diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/Arrays.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/Arrays.kt
index 4da21bffa2a..99e9287dccd 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/Arrays.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/Arrays.kt
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@ public inline fun <reified T> Array(size: Int, init: (Int) -> T): Array<T> {
 
     return result as Array<T>
 }
+
+// Returns an empty array of the specified type `T`.
+public inline fun <reified T> emptyArray(): Array<T> = arrayOfNulls<T>(0) as Array<T>
+
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/test/collections/ArraysTest.kt b/libraries/stdlib/test/collections/ArraysTest.kt
index 9307f3b69a3..541ef8d01b2 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/test/collections/ArraysTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/test/collections/ArraysTest.kt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class ArraysTest {
         val arr1 = IntArray(0)
         assertEquals(-1, arr1.lastIndex)
 
-        val arr2 = Array<String>(0, { "$it" })
+        val arr2 = emptyArray<String>()
         assertEquals(-1, arr2.lastIndex)
     }