diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/Type/CheckboxType.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/Type/CheckboxType.php
index 19ff62c154a04..dd59185cf1dd3 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/Type/CheckboxType.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/Type/CheckboxType.php
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
         // doing so also calls setDataLocked(true).
         $builder->setData(isset($options['data']) ? $options['data'] : false);
         $builder->addViewTransformer(new BooleanToStringTransformer($options['value']));
+        $builder->setAttribute('false_is_empty', true);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php
index 67fd234fe9612..27b117b613a96 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Form.php
@@ -725,7 +725,9 @@ public function isEmpty()
             // arrays, countables
             ((\is_array($this->modelData) || $this->modelData instanceof \Countable) && 0 === \count($this->modelData)) ||
             // traversables that are not countable
-            ($this->modelData instanceof \Traversable && 0 === iterator_count($this->modelData));
+            ($this->modelData instanceof \Traversable && 0 === iterator_count($this->modelData)) ||
+            // @internal - Do not rely on it, it will be removed in Symfony 5.1.
+            (false === $this->modelData && $this->config->getAttribute('false_is_empty'));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/Type/ChoiceTypeTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/Type/ChoiceTypeTest.php
index b81ecb87671ab..573557fff7780 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/Type/ChoiceTypeTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/Extension/Core/Type/ChoiceTypeTest.php
@@ -2046,4 +2046,45 @@ public function provideTrimCases()
             'Multiple expanded' => [true, true],
         ];
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider expandedIsEmptyWhenNoRealChoiceIsSelectedProvider
+     */
+    public function testExpandedIsEmptyWhenNoRealChoiceIsSelected(bool $expected, $submittedData, bool $multiple, bool $required, $placeholder)
+    {
+        $options = [
+            'expanded' => true,
+            'choices' => [
+                'foo' => 'bar',
+            ],
+            'multiple' => $multiple,
+            'required' => $required,
+        ];
+
+        if (!$multiple) {
+            $options['placeholder'] = $placeholder;
+        }
+
+        $form = $this->factory->create(static::TESTED_TYPE, null, $options);
+
+        $form->submit($submittedData);
+
+        $this->assertSame($expected, $form->isEmpty());
+    }
+
+    public function expandedIsEmptyWhenNoRealChoiceIsSelectedProvider()
+    {
+        // Some invalid cases are voluntarily not tested:
+        //   - multiple with placeholder
+        //   - required with placeholder
+        return [
+            'Nothing submitted / single / not required / without a placeholder -> should be empty' => [true, null, false, false, null],
+            'Nothing submitted / single / not required / with a placeholder -> should not be empty' => [false, null, false, false, 'ccc'], // It falls back on the placeholder
+            'Nothing submitted / single / required / without a placeholder -> should be empty' => [true, null, false, true, null],
+            'Nothing submitted / single / required / with a placeholder -> should be empty' => [true, null, false, true, 'ccc'],
+            'Nothing submitted / multiple / not required / without a placeholder -> should be empty' => [true, null, true, false, null],
+            'Nothing submitted / multiple / required / without a placeholder -> should be empty' => [true, null, true, true, null],
+            'Placeholder submitted / single / not required / with a placeholder -> should not be empty' => [false, '', false, false, 'ccc'], // The placeholder is a selected value
+        ];
+    }
 }