diff --git a/lib/controller.js b/lib/controller.js
index 36984f3e9..8b5c6dc94 100644
--- a/lib/controller.js
+++ b/lib/controller.js
@@ -248,19 +248,36 @@ class Controller {
         if (settings.get().experimental.output === 'json') {
             this.mqtt.publish(entity.friendlyName, JSON.stringify(messagePayload), options);
         } else if (settings.get().experimental.output === 'attribute') {
-            Object.keys(messagePayload).forEach((key) => {
-                if (typeof messagePayload[key] == 'object') {
-                    Object.keys(messagePayload[key]).forEach((subKey) => {
-                        this.mqtt.publish(`${entity.friendlyName}/${key}-${subKey}`,
-                            `${messagePayload[key][subKey]}`, options);
-                    });
-                } else {
-                    this.mqtt.publish(`${entity.friendlyName}/${key}`, `${messagePayload[key]}`, options);
-                }
-            });
+            this.iteratePayloadForAttrOutput(entity.friendlyName+'/', messagePayload, options);
         }
     }
 
+    iteratePayloadForAttrOutput(topicRoot, payload, options) {
+        Object.keys(payload).forEach((key) => {
+            let subPayload = payload[key];
+            let message;
+
+            // Special cases
+            if (key === 'color' &&
+                subPayload.r !== undefined &&
+                subPayload.g !== undefined &&
+                subPayload.b !== undefined) {
+                subPayload = [subPayload.r, subPayload.g, subPayload.b];
+            }
+
+            // Check Array first, since it is also an Object
+            if (Array.isArray(subPayload)) {
+                message = subPayload.map((x) => `${x}`).join(',');
+            } else if (typeof subPayload === 'object') {
+                return this.iteratePayloadForAttrOutput(topicRoot+key+'-', subPayload, options);
+            } else {
+                message = typeof subPayload === 'string' ? subPayload : JSON.stringify(subPayload);
+            }
+
+            this.mqtt.publish(`${topicRoot}${key}`, message, options);
+        });
+    }
+
     getDeviceInfoForMqtt(ieeeAddr) {
         const device = this.zigbee.getDevice(ieeeAddr);
         const {
diff --git a/test/controller.test.js b/test/controller.test.js
index 5e72ca3a8..f12951982 100644
--- a/test/controller.test.js
+++ b/test/controller.test.js
@@ -91,13 +91,27 @@ describe('Controller', () => {
                 },
             });
 
-            const payload = {temperature: 1, humidity: 2};
+            const payload = {
+                temperature: 1,
+                humidity: 2,
+                state: 'ON',
+                allowedStates: ['ON', 'OFF'],
+                color: {r: 100, g: 0, b: 102, a: 0},
+                nested: {
+                    state: 'OFF',
+                    color: {r: 1, g: 0, b: 2},
+                },
+            };
             controller.publishEntityState('0x12345678', payload);
-            expect(mqttPublish).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
-            expect(mqttPublish.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe('test/temperature');
-            expect(mqttPublish.mock.calls[0][1]).toBe('1');
-            expect(mqttPublish.mock.calls[1][0]).toBe('test/humidity');
-            expect(mqttPublish.mock.calls[1][1]).toBe('2');
+            expect(mqttPublish.mock.calls.map((x) => [x[0], x[1]])).toEqual([
+                ['test/temperature', '1'],
+                ['test/humidity', '2'],
+                ['test/state', 'ON'],
+                ['test/allowedStates', 'ON,OFF'],
+                ['test/color', '100,0,102'],
+                ['test/nested-state', 'OFF'],
+                ['test/nested-color', '1,0,2'],
+            ]);
         });
 
         it('Should cache state', () => {