diff --git a/src/compat/object/mergeWith.spec.ts b/src/compat/object/mergeWith.spec.ts
index e9db3d7c0..9a5194558 100644
--- a/src/compat/object/mergeWith.spec.ts
+++ b/src/compat/object/mergeWith.spec.ts
@@ -116,4 +116,26 @@ describe('mergeWith', () => {
     expect(mergeWith(target, undefined, noop)).toBe(target);
     expect(mergeWith(target, 1, noop)).toBe(target);
   });
+
+  it('should work with nullish variables', () => {
+    const source = { a: 1 };
+    expect(mergeWith(null, source, noop)).toEqual(source);
+    expect(mergeWith(undefined, source, noop)).toEqual(source);
+    expect(mergeWith(null, undefined, source, noop)).toEqual(source);
+    expect(mergeWith(null, undefined, noop)).toEqual({});
+    expect(mergeWith(undefined, null, noop)).toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  it('should merge array to a null prop', () => {
+    const target = { a: null };
+    const source = { a: ['abc', '123'] };
+    expect(mergeWith(target, source, noop)).toEqual({ a: ['abc', '123'] });
+  });
+
+  it('should return an object when the target is a primitive', () => {
+    expect(mergeWith(1, null, noop)).toEqual(Object(1));
+    expect(mergeWith('a', null, noop)).toEqual(Object('a'));
+    expect(mergeWith(true, null, noop)).toEqual(Object(true));
+    expect(mergeWith(1, { a: 1 }, noop)).toEqual(Object.assign(1, { a: 1 }));
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/compat/object/mergeWith.ts b/src/compat/object/mergeWith.ts
index ac169149a..2201d467a 100644
--- a/src/compat/object/mergeWith.ts
+++ b/src/compat/object/mergeWith.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { cloneDeep } from './cloneDeep.ts';
 import { clone } from '../../object/clone.ts';
+import { isPrimitive } from '../../predicate/isPrimitive.ts';
 import { getSymbols } from '../_internal/getSymbols.ts';
 import { isArguments } from '../predicate/isArguments.ts';
 import { isObjectLike } from '../predicate/isObjectLike.ts';
@@ -360,7 +361,9 @@ export function mergeWith(object: any, ...otherArgs: any[]): any {
     source: any,
     stack: Map<any, any>
   ) => any;
-
+  if (isPrimitive(object)) {
+    object = Object(object);
+  }
   let result = object;
 
   for (let i = 0; i < sources.length; i++) {
@@ -423,7 +426,7 @@ function mergeWithDeep(
     }
 
     if (Array.isArray(sourceValue)) {
-      if (typeof targetValue === 'object') {
+      if (typeof targetValue === 'object' && targetValue !== null) {
         const cloned: any = [];
         const targetKeys = Reflect.ownKeys(targetValue);