diff --git a/bind.go b/bind.go
index 507def3ea..877c0f5c4 100644
--- a/bind.go
+++ b/bind.go
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ func (b *DefaultBinder) bindData(destination interface{}, data map[string][]stri
 		for k, v := range data {
 			if isElemString {
 				val.SetMapIndex(reflect.ValueOf(k), reflect.ValueOf(v[0]))
+			} else if isElemInterface {
+				// To maintain backward compatibility, we always bind to the first string value
+				// and not the slice of strings when dealing with map[string]interface{}{}
+				val.SetMapIndex(reflect.ValueOf(k), reflect.ValueOf(v[0]))
 			} else {
 				val.SetMapIndex(reflect.ValueOf(k), reflect.ValueOf(v))
 			}
diff --git a/bind_test.go b/bind_test.go
index db7693cb9..fc0c00598 100644
--- a/bind_test.go
+++ b/bind_test.go
@@ -497,8 +497,8 @@ func TestDefaultBinder_bindDataToMap(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NoError(t, new(DefaultBinder).bindData(&dest, exampleData, "param"))
 		assert.Equal(t,
 			map[string]interface{}{
-				"multiple": []string{"1", "2"},
-				"single":   []string{"3"},
+				"multiple": "1",
+				"single":   "3",
 			},
 			dest,
 		)
@@ -509,8 +509,8 @@ func TestDefaultBinder_bindDataToMap(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NoError(t, new(DefaultBinder).bindData(&dest, exampleData, "param"))
 		assert.Equal(t,
 			map[string]interface{}{
-				"multiple": []string{"1", "2"},
-				"single":   []string{"3"},
+				"multiple": "1",
+				"single":   "3",
 			},
 			dest,
 		)