diff --git a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/semantics/EqualsTest.java b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/semantics/EqualsTest.java
index 417773c3a84..b2bb4d6cc95 100644
--- a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/semantics/EqualsTest.java
+++ b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/semantics/EqualsTest.java
@@ -69,4 +69,8 @@ public final class EqualsTest extends AbstractExpressionTest {
     public void testSuperEquals() throws Exception {
         checkFooBoxIsOk();
     }
+
+    public void testArrays() throws Exception {
+        checkFooBoxIsOk();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/js/js.translator/testData/_commonFiles/asserts.kt b/js/js.translator/testData/_commonFiles/asserts.kt
index d5cfb0520d4..374b30db350 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/testData/_commonFiles/asserts.kt
+++ b/js/js.translator/testData/_commonFiles/asserts.kt
@@ -18,6 +18,30 @@ fun <T> assertNotEquals(illegal: T, actual: T, message: String? = null) {
     }
 }
 
+fun <T> assertArrayEquals(expected: Array<out T>, actual: Array<out T>, message: String? = null) {
+    if (!arraysEqual(expected, actual)) {
+        val msg = if (message == null) "" else (" message = '" + message + "',")
+        fail("Unexpected array:$msg expected = '$expected', actual = '$actual'")
+    }
+}
+
+private fun <T> arraysEqual(first: Array<out T>, second: Array<out T>): Boolean {
+    if (first === second) return true
+    if (first.size != second.size) return false
+    for (index in first.indices) {
+        if (!equal(first[index], second[index])) return false
+    }
+    return true
+}
+
+private fun equal(first: Any?, second: Any?) =
+    if (first is Array<*> && second is Array<*>) {
+        arraysEqual(first, second)
+    }
+    else {
+        first == second
+    }
+
 fun assertTrue(actual: Boolean, message: String? = null) = assertEquals(true, actual, message)
 
 fun assertFalse(actual: Boolean, message: String? = null) = assertEquals(false, actual, message)
diff --git a/js/js.translator/testData/enum/cases/standardMethods.kt b/js/js.translator/testData/enum/cases/standardMethods.kt
index 5603dca22dc..59b84913535 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/testData/enum/cases/standardMethods.kt
+++ b/js/js.translator/testData/enum/cases/standardMethods.kt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ fun box(): String {
 
     if (EmptyEnum.values().size != 0) return "EmptyEnum.values().size != 0"
 
-    if (A.values() != arrayOf(A.a, A.b, A.c)) return "Wrong A.values(): " + A.values().toString()
+    if (A.values().asList() != listOf(A.a, A.b, A.c)) return "Wrong A.values(): " + A.values().toString()
 
     if (A.c.toString() != "c") return "A.c.toString() != c, it: ${A.c.toString()}"
     if (A.valueOf("b") != A.b) return "A.valueOf('b') != A.b"
diff --git a/js/js.translator/testData/expression/cast/cases/castToAny.kt b/js/js.translator/testData/expression/cast/cases/castToAny.kt
index 622ffa8275d..e1f3018f4fe 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/testData/expression/cast/cases/castToAny.kt
+++ b/js/js.translator/testData/expression/cast/cases/castToAny.kt
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ fun box(): String {
     success("10 as Any") { assertEquals<Any>(10, 10 as Any) }
     success("\"abc\" as Any") { assertEquals<Any>("abc", "abc" as Any) }
     success("\"abc\" as Any") { assertEquals<Any>(true, true as Any) }
-    success("arrayOf(1, 2) as Any") { assertEquals<Any>(arrayOf(1, 2), arrayOf(1, 2) as Any) }
+    val array = arrayOf(1, 2)
+    success("arrayOf(1, 2) as Any") { assertEquals<Any>(array, array as Any) }
     success("{ 0 } as Any") { { 0 } as Any }
     success("a as Any") { assertEquals<Any>(a, a as Any) }
     success("object{} as Any") { object{} as Any }
diff --git a/js/js.translator/testData/expression/equals/cases/arrays.kt b/js/js.translator/testData/expression/equals/cases/arrays.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6024bd1b20b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/js.translator/testData/expression/equals/cases/arrays.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package foo
+
+fun box(): String {
+    val a = arrayOf(1, 2, 3)
+    val b = arrayOf(1, 2, 3)
+    val c = a
+
+    if (a == b) return "fail1"
+    if (a != c) return "fail2"
+    if (c == b) return "fail3"
+
+    return "OK"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/js.translator/testData/expression/string/cases/stringSplit.kt b/js/js.translator/testData/expression/string/cases/stringSplit.kt
index 47179d50050..a53905da782 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/testData/expression/string/cases/stringSplit.kt
+++ b/js/js.translator/testData/expression/string/cases/stringSplit.kt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ fun box(): String {
         val expected = test.second
         val result = testInput.splitWithRegex(regexp)
 
-        if (result != expected) return "Wrong result for '$regexp' -- Expected: $expected | Actual: $result"
+        if (result.asList() != expected.asList()) return "Wrong result for '$regexp' -- Expected: $expected | Actual: $result"
     }
 
     for (test in tests) {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ fun box(): String {
         val expected = Array(limit) { test.second[it] }
         val result = testInput.splitWithRegex(regexp, limit)
 
-        if (result != expected) return "Wrong result for '$regexp' -- Expected: $expected | Actual: $result"
+        if (result.asList() != expected.asList()) return "Wrong result for '$regexp' -- Expected: $expected | Actual: $result"
     }
 
     return "OK"
diff --git a/js/js.translator/testData/inline/cases/arrayLiteralAliasing.kt b/js/js.translator/testData/inline/cases/arrayLiteralAliasing.kt
index 0020b227e6e..f2b2d232001 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/testData/inline/cases/arrayLiteralAliasing.kt
+++ b/js/js.translator/testData/inline/cases/arrayLiteralAliasing.kt
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ inline fun moveTo(source: Array<Int>, sink: Array<Int>): PairArray<Int, Int> {
 
 fun box(): String {
     val expected = PairArray<Int, Int>(arrayOf(), arrayOf(1,2,3,4))
-    assertEquals(expected, moveTo(arrayOf(3, 4),  arrayOf(1, 2)))
+    assertTrue(expected.deepEquals(moveTo(arrayOf(3, 4),  arrayOf(1, 2))))
 
     return "OK"
+}
+
+fun <T, R> PairArray<T, R>.deepEquals(other: PairArray<T, R>): Boolean {
+    return fst.asList() == other.fst.asList() && snd.asList() == other.snd.asList()
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/js.translator/testData/inlineEvaluationOrder/cases/arrayLiteral.kt b/js/js.translator/testData/inlineEvaluationOrder/cases/arrayLiteral.kt
index 715c68e8b45..7a7138358bf 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/testData/inlineEvaluationOrder/cases/arrayLiteral.kt
+++ b/js/js.translator/testData/inlineEvaluationOrder/cases/arrayLiteral.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package foo
 
 fun box(): String {
-    assertEquals(arrayOf(1, 2), arrayOf(fizz(1), buzz(2)))
+    assertArrayEquals(arrayOf(1, 2), arrayOf(fizz(1), buzz(2)))
     assertEquals("fizz(1);buzz(2);", pullLog())
 
     return "OK"
diff --git a/js/js.translator/testData/inlineEvaluationOrder/cases/arrayLiteralMultipleInlineCalls.kt b/js/js.translator/testData/inlineEvaluationOrder/cases/arrayLiteralMultipleInlineCalls.kt
index 89f8558d978..3492593855f 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/testData/inlineEvaluationOrder/cases/arrayLiteralMultipleInlineCalls.kt
+++ b/js/js.translator/testData/inlineEvaluationOrder/cases/arrayLiteralMultipleInlineCalls.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package foo
 
 fun box(): String {
-    assertEquals(arrayOf(1, 2, 3, 4), arrayOf(fizz(1), buzz(2), fizz(3), buzz(4)))
+    assertArrayEquals(arrayOf(1, 2, 3, 4), arrayOf(fizz(1), buzz(2), fizz(3), buzz(4)))
     assertEquals("fizz(1);buzz(2);fizz(3);buzz(4);", pullLog())
 
     return "OK"
diff --git a/js/js.translator/testData/inlineEvaluationOrder/cases/arrayLiteralNested.kt b/js/js.translator/testData/inlineEvaluationOrder/cases/arrayLiteralNested.kt
index cd9c6ee739d..2706a6e2880 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/testData/inlineEvaluationOrder/cases/arrayLiteralNested.kt
+++ b/js/js.translator/testData/inlineEvaluationOrder/cases/arrayLiteralNested.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package foo
 
 fun box(): String {
-    assertEquals(arrayOf(arrayOf(1, 2), arrayOf(3, 4)), arrayOf(arrayOf(fizz(1), buzz(2)), arrayOf(fizz(3), buzz(4))))
+    assertArrayEquals(arrayOf(arrayOf(1, 2), arrayOf(3, 4)), arrayOf(arrayOf(fizz(1), buzz(2)), arrayOf(fizz(3), buzz(4))))
     assertEquals("fizz(1);buzz(2);fizz(3);buzz(4);", pullLog())
 
     return "OK"
diff --git a/js/js.translator/testData/java/arrayList/cases/misc.kt b/js/js.translator/testData/java/arrayList/cases/misc.kt
index 4320bab8ca9..590ce8c7200 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/testData/java/arrayList/cases/misc.kt
+++ b/js/js.translator/testData/java/arrayList/cases/misc.kt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ fun box(): Boolean {
     assertEquals(true, a.isEmpty(), "a.isEmpty()")
 
 
-    assertEquals(arrayOf(1, 500, 2, 3), list.toTypedArray(), "list.toTypedArray()")
+    assertArrayEquals(arrayOf(1, 500, 2, 3), list.toTypedArray(), "list.toTypedArray()")
     assertEquals("[1,500,2,3]", JSON.stringify(list), "JSON.stringify(list)")
     assertEquals("[1, 500, 2, 3]", list.toString(), "list.toString()")
     return true;
diff --git a/js/js.translator/testData/kotlin_lib.js b/js/js.translator/testData/kotlin_lib.js
index bc33ca05586..6cd1906cf3a 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/testData/kotlin_lib.js
+++ b/js/js.translator/testData/kotlin_lib.js
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@
             return false;
         }
 
-        if (Array.isArray(obj1)) {
-            return Kotlin.arrayEquals(obj1, obj2);
-        }
-
         if (typeof obj1 == "object" && typeof obj1.equals_za3rmp$ === "function") {
             return obj1.equals_za3rmp$(obj2);
         }
diff --git a/js/js.translator/testData/standardClasses/cases/arrayFactoryMethods.kt b/js/js.translator/testData/standardClasses/cases/arrayFactoryMethods.kt
index 4050b2faf4a..e8de71fa1c0 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/testData/standardClasses/cases/arrayFactoryMethods.kt
+++ b/js/js.translator/testData/standardClasses/cases/arrayFactoryMethods.kt
@@ -3,8 +3,19 @@ package foo
 class Fail(message: String) : Exception(message)
 
 fun test(testName: String, actual: Any, expectedAsString: String) {
-    val expected = eval("[$expectedAsString]")
-    assertEquals(expected, actual)
+    val expected = eval("[$expectedAsString]") as Array<in Any>
+    val expectedJs: dynamic = expected
+    val actualJs: dynamic = actual
+    if (expectedJs.length != actualJs.length) {
+        fail("Lengths do not match: ${expectedJs} vs. ${actualJs}")
+    }
+    for (index in 0..(expectedJs.length)) {
+        val expectedElem = expectedJs[index] as Any?
+        val actualElem = actualJs[index] as Any?
+        if (expectedElem != actualElem) {
+            fail("Content do not match: ${expectedJs} vs. ${actualJs}")
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 fun box(): String {