diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/intrinsics/IntrinsicMethods.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/intrinsics/IntrinsicMethods.java
index 910bc70f326..ccc201b48a3 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/intrinsics/IntrinsicMethods.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/intrinsics/IntrinsicMethods.java
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public class IntrinsicMethods {
         namedMethods.put("kotlin.arrays.array", new JavaClassArray());
         namedMethods.put("kotlin.jvm.internal.unsafe.monitorEnter", MonitorInstruction.MONITOR_ENTER);
         namedMethods.put("kotlin.jvm.internal.unsafe.monitorExit", MonitorInstruction.MONITOR_EXIT);
+        namedMethods.put("kotlin.jvm.isArrayOf", new IsArrayOf());
 
         ImmutableList<Name> primitiveCastMethods = OperatorConventions.NUMBER_CONVERSIONS.asList();
         for (Name method : primitiveCastMethods) {
diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/intrinsics/IsArrayOf.kt b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/intrinsics/IsArrayOf.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fcf8419528a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/intrinsics/IsArrayOf.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2015 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.intrinsics
+
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.Callable
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.ExpressionCodegen
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.FunctionDescriptor
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.calls.model.ResolvedCall
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.descriptorUtil.module
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.Variance
+
+class IsArrayOf : IntrinsicMethod() {
+    override fun toCallable(fd: FunctionDescriptor, isSuper: Boolean, resolvedCall: ResolvedCall<*>, codegen: ExpressionCodegen): Callable {
+        val typeArguments = resolvedCall.typeArguments
+        assert(typeArguments.size == 1) { "Expected only one type parameter for Any?.isArrayOf(), got: $typeArguments" }
+
+        val typeMapper = codegen.state.typeMapper
+        val method = typeMapper.mapToCallableMethod(fd, false)
+
+        val builtIns = fd.module.builtIns
+        val elementType = typeArguments.values().first()
+        val arrayKtType = builtIns.getArrayType(Variance.INVARIANT, elementType)
+        val arrayType = typeMapper.mapType(arrayKtType)
+
+        return createIntrinsicCallable(method) {
+            it.instanceOf(arrayType)
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/arrays/kt602.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/arrays/kt602.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index dcc72b3108a..00000000000
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/arrays/kt602.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-fun box() = if(arrayOfNulls<Int>(10) is Array<java.lang.Integer>) "OK" else "fail"
-
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/controlStructures/forInSmartCastToArray.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/controlStructures/forInSmartCastToArray.kt
index c69428486ef..83a919d7e9f 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/controlStructures/forInSmartCastToArray.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/controlStructures/forInSmartCastToArray.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-fun f(x: Any?): String {
-    if (x is Array<String>) {
+fun f(x: Any?): Any? {
+    if (x is Array<*>) {
         for (i in x) {
             return i
         }
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ fun f(x: Any?): String {
 fun box(): String {
     val a = arrayOfNulls<String>(1) as Array<String>
     a[0] = "OK"
-    return f(a)
+    return f(a) as String
 }
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/arrays/kt602.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/arrays/kt602.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb527f81d8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/arrays/kt602.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+fun box() = if(arrayOfNulls<Int>(10).isArrayOf<java.lang.Integer>()) "OK" else "fail"
+
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/arrays/kt7338.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/arrays/kt7338.kt
index 2f893e040de..040fa1dd9b9 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/arrays/kt7338.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/arrays/kt7338.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 fun foo(x : Any): String {
-    return if(x is Array<String>) x[0] else "fail"
+    return if(x is Array<*> && x.isArrayOf<String>()) (x as Array<String>)[0] else "fail"
 }
 
 fun box(): String {
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/toArray/copyToArray.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/toArray/copyToArray.kt
index 03fd6b08ea4..54b11577942 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/toArray/copyToArray.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/toArray/copyToArray.kt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import java.util.Arrays
 
 fun box(): String {
     val array = Arrays.asList(2, 3, 9).toTypedArray()
-    if (array !is Array<Int>) return array.javaClass.toString()
+    if (!array.isArrayOf<Int>()) return array.javaClass.toString()
 
     val str = Arrays.toString(array)
     if (str != "[2, 3, 9]") return str
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/toArray/toArray.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/toArray/toArray.kt
similarity index 75%
rename from compiler/testData/codegen/box/toArray/toArray.kt
rename to compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/toArray/toArray.kt
index ccc23fbf998..ce7010bc6b2 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/toArray/toArray.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/toArray/toArray.kt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ fun box(): String {
     val array1 = collection.toArray()
     val array2 = collection.toArray(arrayOfNulls<Int>(3) as Array<Int>)
 
-    if (array1 !is Array<Any>) return (array1 as Object).getClass().toString()
-    if (array2 !is Array<Int>) return (array2 as Object).getClass().toString()
+    if (!array1.isArrayOf<Any>()) return (array1 as Object).getClass().toString()
+    if (!array2.isArrayOf<Int>()) return (array2 as Object).getClass().toString()
 
     val s1 = Arrays.toString(array1)
     val s2 = Arrays.toString(array2)
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/toArray/toArrayAlreadyPresent.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/toArray/toArrayAlreadyPresent.kt
similarity index 84%
rename from compiler/testData/codegen/box/toArray/toArrayAlreadyPresent.kt
rename to compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/toArray/toArrayAlreadyPresent.kt
index 4f6591cb979..93be5ffff0f 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/toArray/toArrayAlreadyPresent.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/toArray/toArrayAlreadyPresent.kt
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ fun box(): String {
     val array1 = collection.toArray()
     val array2 = collection.toArray(arrayOfNulls<Int>(3) as Array<Int>)
 
-    if (array1 !is Array<Any>) return (array1 as Object).getClass().toString()
-    if (array2 !is Array<Int>) return (array2 as Object).getClass().toString()
+    if (!array1.isArrayOf<Any>()) return (array1 as Object).getClass().toString()
+    if (!array2.isArrayOf<Int>()) return (array2 as Object).getClass().toString()
 
     val s1 = Arrays.toString(array1)
     val s2 = Arrays.toString(array2)
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/isArrayOf.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/isArrayOf.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3370b6fec7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/isArrayOf.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fun f(x: Any): Boolean = x is Array<*> && x.isArrayOf<String>()
+
+// 2 INSTANCEOF
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/cast/IsArray.kt b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/cast/IsArray.kt
index f5329d82748..5bc070e0377 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/cast/IsArray.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/cast/IsArray.kt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-fun f(a: Array<out Number>) = a is Array<Int>
+fun f(a: Array<out Number>) = a.isArrayOf<Int>()
diff --git a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/cast/IsReified.kt b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/cast/IsReified.kt
index 22106795e61..513997f865a 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/cast/IsReified.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/cast/IsReified.kt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-fun ff(a: Any) = a is Array<String>
\ No newline at end of file
+fun ff(a: Any) = a is Array<*> && <!DEBUG_INFO_SMARTCAST!>a<!>.isArrayOf<String>()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BytecodeTextTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BytecodeTextTestGenerated.java
index 4c5a7ea27a4..0d3c4c3cf26 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BytecodeTextTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BytecodeTextTestGenerated.java
@@ -149,6 +149,12 @@ public class BytecodeTextTestGenerated extends AbstractBytecodeTextTest {
         doTest(fileName);
     }
 
+    @TestMetadata("isArrayOf.kt")
+    public void testIsArrayOf() throws Exception {
+        String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/isArrayOf.kt");
+        doTest(fileName);
+    }
+
     @TestMetadata("javaExtensionPropertyIntrinsic.kt")
     public void testJavaExtensionPropertyIntrinsic() throws Exception {
         String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/javaExtensionPropertyIntrinsic.kt");
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/generated/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/generated/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
index 0723ae6dfd4..c5ed215a3d5 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/generated/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/generated/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
@@ -286,12 +286,6 @@ public class BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated extends AbstractBlackBoxCodegenTest {
             doTest(fileName);
         }
 
-        @TestMetadata("kt602.kt")
-        public void testKt602() throws Exception {
-            String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/arrays/kt602.kt");
-            doTest(fileName);
-        }
-
         @TestMetadata("kt7288.kt")
         public void testKt7288() throws Exception {
             String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/arrays/kt7288.kt");
@@ -7409,27 +7403,6 @@ public class BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated extends AbstractBlackBoxCodegenTest {
         }
     }
 
-    @TestMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/toArray")
-    @TestDataPath("$PROJECT_ROOT")
-    @RunWith(JUnit3RunnerWithInners.class)
-    public static class ToArray extends AbstractBlackBoxCodegenTest {
-        public void testAllFilesPresentInToArray() throws Exception {
-            JetTestUtils.assertAllTestsPresentByMetadata(this.getClass(), new File("compiler/testData/codegen/box/toArray"), Pattern.compile("^(.+)\\.kt$"), true);
-        }
-
-        @TestMetadata("toArray.kt")
-        public void testToArray() throws Exception {
-            String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/toArray/toArray.kt");
-            doTest(fileName);
-        }
-
-        @TestMetadata("toArrayAlreadyPresent.kt")
-        public void testToArrayAlreadyPresent() throws Exception {
-            String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/toArray/toArrayAlreadyPresent.kt");
-            doTest(fileName);
-        }
-    }
-
     @TestMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/traits")
     @TestDataPath("$PROJECT_ROOT")
     @RunWith(JUnit3RunnerWithInners.class)
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/generated/BlackBoxWithStdlibCodegenTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/generated/BlackBoxWithStdlibCodegenTestGenerated.java
index c7f0c494013..7f34114fa2a 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/generated/BlackBoxWithStdlibCodegenTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/generated/BlackBoxWithStdlibCodegenTestGenerated.java
@@ -256,6 +256,12 @@ public class BlackBoxWithStdlibCodegenTestGenerated extends AbstractBlackBoxCode
             doTestWithStdlib(fileName);
         }
 
+        @TestMetadata("kt602.kt")
+        public void testKt602() throws Exception {
+            String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/arrays/kt602.kt");
+            doTestWithStdlib(fileName);
+        }
+
         @TestMetadata("kt7009.kt")
         public void testKt7009() throws Exception {
             String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/arrays/kt7009.kt");
@@ -4644,6 +4650,18 @@ public class BlackBoxWithStdlibCodegenTestGenerated extends AbstractBlackBoxCode
             String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/toArray/returnCopyToArray.kt");
             doTestWithStdlib(fileName);
         }
+
+        @TestMetadata("toArray.kt")
+        public void testToArray() throws Exception {
+            String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/toArray/toArray.kt");
+            doTestWithStdlib(fileName);
+        }
+
+        @TestMetadata("toArrayAlreadyPresent.kt")
+        public void testToArrayAlreadyPresent() throws Exception {
+            String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/toArray/toArrayAlreadyPresent.kt");
+            doTestWithStdlib(fileName);
+        }
     }
 
     @TestMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/vararg")
diff --git a/idea/testData/checker/infos/SmartCasts.kt b/idea/testData/checker/infos/SmartCasts.kt
index 8441d34ec0c..a656974aa85 100644
--- a/idea/testData/checker/infos/SmartCasts.kt
+++ b/idea/testData/checker/infos/SmartCasts.kt
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ fun foo(aa: Any): Int {
 }
 
 fun inForLoop(x: Any?) {
-    if (x is Array<String>) {
-        for (i in <info descr="Smart cast to kotlin.Array<kotlin.String>">x</info>) {}
+    if (x is Array<*>) {
+        for (i in <info descr="Smart cast to kotlin.Array<*>">x</info>) {}
     }
     for (i in <error descr="[ITERATOR_MISSING] For-loop range must have an iterator() method">x</error>) {}
 }
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/jvm/IsArrayOf.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/jvm/IsArrayOf.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f64f7ecd7f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/jvm/IsArrayOf.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2015 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package kotlin.jvm
+
+import kotlin.jvm.internal.Intrinsic
+
+/**
+ * Checks if array can contain element of type [T].
+ */
+@Intrinsic("kotlin.jvm.isArrayOf")
+public fun <reified T : Any> Array<*>.isArrayOf(): Boolean =
+        T::class.java.isAssignableFrom(this.javaClass.componentType)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/test/collections/CollectionJVMTest.kt b/libraries/stdlib/test/collections/CollectionJVMTest.kt
index 89df44678b9..3cb78960275 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/test/collections/CollectionJVMTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/test/collections/CollectionJVMTest.kt
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class CollectionJVMTest {
         assertEquals(2, arr.size())
         todo {
             assertTrue {
-                arr is Array<String>
+                arr.isArrayOf<String>()
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/test/collections/CollectionTest.kt b/libraries/stdlib/test/collections/CollectionTest.kt
index 7179efac19d..131a186d67b 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/test/collections/CollectionTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/test/collections/CollectionTest.kt
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ class CollectionTest {
         assertEquals(2, arr.size())
         todo {
             assertTrue {
-                arr is Array<String>
+                arr.isArrayOf<String>()
             }
         }
     }