diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/vue/components/Vendors/VendorResource.vue b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/vue/components/Vendors/VendorResource.vue
index 1d6a9c970c..8d9e51b2d0 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/vue/components/Vendors/VendorResource.vue
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/vue/components/Vendors/VendorResource.vue
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ export default {
                     type: "select",
                     label: $__("Vendor type"),
                     avCat: "av_vendor_types",
+                    fallbackType: "text",
                 },
                 {
                     name: "aliases",
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/vue/composables/base-resource.js b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/vue/composables/base-resource.js
index 7f2a39c447..4714c8ec45 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/vue/composables/base-resource.js
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/vue/composables/base-resource.js
@@ -320,9 +320,13 @@ export function useBaseResource(instancedResource) {
             if (attr.type === "select" && typeof attr.avCat === "string") {
                 const avKey = attr.avCat;
                 const avArray = authorisedValues[avKey];
-                attr.options = avArray;
-                attr.requiredKey = "value";
-                attr.selectLabel = "description";
+                if ((!avArray || !avArray.length) && attr.fallbackType) {
+                    attr.type = attr.fallbackType;
+                } else {
+                    attr.options = avArray;
+                    attr.requiredKey = "value";
+                    attr.selectLabel = "description";
+                }
             }
             if (attr.type == "relationship" && attr.componentProps) {
                 Object.keys(attr.componentProps).forEach(key => {