diff --git a/src/core/xfa/template.js b/src/core/xfa/template.js
index 9fb3bf6ee..e2c42e6a5 100644
--- a/src/core/xfa/template.js
+++ b/src/core/xfa/template.js
@@ -503,6 +503,10 @@ class Area extends XFAObject {
     return true;
   }
 
+  [$isBindable]() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   [$addHTML](html, bbox) {
     const [x, y, w, h] = bbox;
     this[$extra].width = Math.max(this[$extra].width, x + w);
@@ -2869,6 +2873,11 @@ class Field extends XFAObject {
         }
 
         if (value) {
+          if (this.ui.numericEdit) {
+            value = parseFloat(value);
+            value = isNaN(value) ? "" : value.toString();
+          }
+
           if (ui.children[0].name === "textarea") {
             ui.children[0].attributes.textContent = value;
           } else {
@@ -5166,6 +5175,10 @@ class SubformSet extends XFAObject {
     }
     return parent;
   }
+
+  [$isBindable]() {
+    return true;
+  }
 }
 
 class SubjectDN extends ContentObject {
diff --git a/test/unit/xfa_parser_spec.js b/test/unit/xfa_parser_spec.js
index 3f04586c8..8ef286822 100644
--- a/test/unit/xfa_parser_spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/xfa_parser_spec.js
@@ -1400,4 +1400,30 @@ describe("XFAParser", function () {
       ).toEqual(["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"]);
     });
   });
+
+  it("should make a binding with a element in an area", function () {
+    const xml = `
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<xdp:xdp xmlns:xdp="http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/">
+  <template xmlns="http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/3.3">
+    <subform name="A" mergeMode="matchTemplate">
+      <area>
+        <field name="B"/>
+      </area>
+    </subform>
+  </template>
+  <xfa:datasets xmlns:xfa="http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/">
+    <xfa:data>
+      <A><B>foobar</B></A>
+    </xfa:data>
+  </xfa:datasets>
+</xdp:xdp>
+    `;
+    const root = new XFAParser().parse(xml);
+    const form = new Binder(root).bind();
+
+    expect(searchNode(form, form, "A..B..text")[0][$dump]().$content).toBe(
+      "foobar"
+    );
+  });
 });