diff --git a/pcapkit/corekit/fields/collections.py b/pcapkit/corekit/fields/collections.py
index 0e9de0e3db..29182bbe31 100644
--- a/pcapkit/corekit/fields/collections.py
+++ b/pcapkit/corekit/fields/collections.py
@@ -135,9 +135,15 @@ def pack(self, value: 'Optional[list[_TL]]', packet: 'dict[str, Any]') -> 'bytes
         Returns:
             Packed field value.
 
+        Without an ``item_type``, :meth:`unpack` returns the field's octets as
+        a single :obj:`bytes`, so such a value is written as-is rather than
+        iterated item by item.
+
         """
         if value is None:
             return b''
+        if self._item_type is None and isinstance(value, bytes):
+            return value
 
         from pcapkit.protocols.schema.schema import \
             Schema  # pylint: disable=import-outside-top-level
diff --git a/tests/corekit/test_field_roundtrip_unit.py b/tests/corekit/test_field_roundtrip_unit.py
index 7b6d153f85..d1b6c5aa4a 100644
--- a/tests/corekit/test_field_roundtrip_unit.py
+++ b/tests/corekit/test_field_roundtrip_unit.py
@@ -563,13 +563,6 @@ class FieldRoundTripTests(KnownFailureTable, unittest.TestCase):
                '(pcapkit/protocols/schema/link/vlan.py:47-51), which no protocol parses with',
             'WIRE', '', ('NumberField/bit-length-12/wire/ffff', 'NumberField/bit-length-12/wire/f000',
                          'EnumField/bit-length-3/wire/ff')),
-        Gap(1489, 'ListField without an item_type unpacks to bytes '
-               '(pcapkit/corekit/fields/collections.py:179), but ListField.pack iterates its '
-               'value item by item and refuses each int of those bytes '
-               '(pcapkit/corekit/fields/collections.py:146, :154). Not reachable through '
-               'Schema.pack, which writes a bytes value itself '
-               '(pcapkit/protocols/schema/schema.py:846)',
-            'PACK', 'has invalid value', ('ListField/bytes/*',)),
     )
 
     def setUp(self) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/corekit/test_listfield_untyped_pack_1489_unit.py b/tests/corekit/test_listfield_untyped_pack_1489_unit.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ebc1a96926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/corekit/test_listfield_untyped_pack_1489_unit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""An untyped ``ListField`` packs back the ``bytes`` its ``unpack`` returns.
+
+GitHub issue #1489. Without an ``item_type``, :meth:`ListField.unpack
+<pcapkit.corekit.fields.collections.ListField.unpack>` returns the field's
+octets as one :obj:`bytes`, but :meth:`ListField.pack
+<pcapkit.corekit.fields.collections.ListField.pack>` iterated that value item
+by item and rejected each :obj:`int` with ``FieldValueError``. ``pack`` now
+writes such a value as-is; a typed ``ListField`` is unchanged.
+"""
+
+import unittest
+
+from pcapkit.corekit.fields.collections import ListField
+from pcapkit.corekit.fields.numbers import UInt16Field
+from pcapkit.utilities.exceptions import FieldValueError
+
+
+def named(field: 'ListField') -> 'ListField':
+    """Name ``field`` by hand, as a schema would."""
+    field.name = 'items'
+    return field
+
+
+class UntypedListFieldPackTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    """``pack(unpack(raw))`` is byte-exact for an untyped ``ListField``."""
+
+    def test_fixed_length_round_trip(self) -> None:
+        field = named(ListField(length=4))({})
+        value = field.unpack(b'abcd', {})
+        self.assertEqual(value, b'abcd')
+        self.assertEqual(field.pack(value, {}), b'abcd')
+
+    def test_callable_length_round_trip(self) -> None:
+        for raw in (b'', b'\x00', b'\xff\x00\x7f', bytes(range(256))):
+            with self.subTest(raw=raw):
+                packet = {'n': len(raw)}
+                field = named(ListField(length=lambda pkt: pkt['n']))(packet)
+                self.assertEqual(field.pack(field.unpack(raw, packet), packet), raw)
+
+    def test_list_of_bytes_items_still_joined(self) -> None:
+        field = named(ListField(length=4))({})
+        self.assertEqual(field.pack([b'ab', b'cd'], {}), b'abcd')
+
+    def test_list_of_ints_still_rejected(self) -> None:
+        field = named(ListField(length=2))({})
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(FieldValueError, 'has invalid value'):
+            field.pack([1, 2], {})
+
+
+class TypedListFieldPackTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    """A typed ``ListField`` still packs item by item."""
+
+    def test_typed_round_trip(self) -> None:
+        field = named(ListField(length=4, item_type=UInt16Field()))({})
+        value = field.unpack(b'\x00\x01\x00\x02', {})
+        self.assertEqual(value, [1, 2])
+        self.assertEqual(field.pack(value, {}), b'\x00\x01\x00\x02')
+
+    def test_typed_bytes_value_still_iterated(self) -> None:
+        field = named(ListField(length=4, item_type=UInt16Field()))({})
+        self.assertEqual(field.pack(b'\x01\x02', {}), b'\x00\x01\x00\x02')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()