diff --git a/elasticsearch_dsl/query.py b/elasticsearch_dsl/query.py
index 993213c6..e21e48b9 100644
--- a/elasticsearch_dsl/query.py
+++ b/elasticsearch_dsl/query.py
@@ -550,6 +550,9 @@ class Term(Query):
 class Terms(Query):
     name = "terms"
 
+    def _setattr(self, name, value):
+        super()._setattr(name, list(value))
+
 
 class TermsSet(Query):
     name = "terms_set"
diff --git a/tests/test_query.py b/tests/test_query.py
index 601f5102..3f7c61ec 100644
--- a/tests/test_query.py
+++ b/tests/test_query.py
@@ -77,6 +77,15 @@ def test_term_to_dict() -> None:
     assert {"term": {"_type": "article"}} == query.Term(_type="article").to_dict()
 
 
+def test_terms_to_dict() -> None:
+    assert {"terms": {"_type": ["article", "section"]}} == query.Terms(
+        _type=["article", "section"]
+    ).to_dict()
+    assert {"terms": {"_type": ["article", "section"]}} == query.Terms(
+        _type=("article", "section")
+    ).to_dict()
+
+
 def test_bool_to_dict() -> None:
     bool = query.Bool(must=[query.Match(f="value")], should=[])