diff --git a/packages/compiler-core/__tests__/transforms/transformElement.spec.ts b/packages/compiler-core/__tests__/transforms/transformElement.spec.ts
index a9edc9870de..b672799adf4 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-core/__tests__/transforms/transformElement.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-core/__tests__/transforms/transformElement.spec.ts
@@ -807,6 +807,37 @@ describe('compiler: element transform', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  test(':style with array literal', () => {
+    const { node, root } = parseWithElementTransform(
+      `<div :style="[{ color: 'red' }]" />`,
+      {
+        nodeTransforms: [transformExpression, transformStyle, transformElement],
+        directiveTransforms: {
+          bind: transformBind
+        },
+        prefixIdentifiers: true
+      }
+    )
+    expect(root.helpers).toContain(NORMALIZE_STYLE)
+    expect(node.props).toMatchObject({
+      type: NodeTypes.JS_OBJECT_EXPRESSION,
+      properties: [
+        {
+          type: NodeTypes.JS_PROPERTY,
+          key: {
+            type: NodeTypes.SIMPLE_EXPRESSION,
+            content: `style`,
+            isStatic: true
+          },
+          value: {
+            type: NodeTypes.JS_CALL_EXPRESSION,
+            callee: NORMALIZE_STYLE
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    })
+  })
+
   test(`props merging: class`, () => {
     const { node, root } = parseWithElementTransform(
       `<div class="foo" :class="{ bar: isBar }" />`,
diff --git a/packages/compiler-core/src/transforms/transformElement.ts b/packages/compiler-core/src/transforms/transformElement.ts
index 3e2f74c0d01..403c5c6e382 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-core/src/transforms/transformElement.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-core/src/transforms/transformElement.ts
@@ -767,10 +767,11 @@ export function buildProps(
           }
           if (
             styleProp &&
-            !isStaticExp(styleProp.value) &&
             // the static style is compiled into an object,
             // so use `hasStyleBinding` to ensure that it is a dynamic style binding
             (hasStyleBinding ||
+              (styleProp.value.type === NodeTypes.SIMPLE_EXPRESSION &&
+                styleProp.value.content.trim()[0] === `[`) ||
               // v-bind:style and style both exist,
               // v-bind:style with static literal object
               styleProp.value.type === NodeTypes.JS_ARRAY_EXPRESSION)