diff --git a/src/structs/types.ts b/src/structs/types.ts
index 0587f78a..c1cfccfa 100644
--- a/src/structs/types.ts
+++ b/src/structs/types.ts
@@ -499,11 +499,12 @@ export function type<S extends ObjectSchema>(
     },
     validator(value) {
       return (
-        isObject(value) || `Expected an object, but received: ${print(value)}`
+        isNonArrayObject(value) ||
+        `Expected an object, but received: ${print(value)}`
       )
     },
     coercer(value) {
-      return isObject(value) ? { ...value } : value
+      return isNonArrayObject(value) ? { ...value } : value
     },
   })
 }
diff --git a/test/validation/type/invalid-array.ts b/test/validation/type/invalid-array.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a0ec3972
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/validation/type/invalid-array.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { type } from '../../../src'
+
+export const Struct = type({})
+
+export const data = []
+
+export const failures = [
+  {
+    value: [],
+    type: 'type',
+    refinement: undefined,
+    path: [],
+    branch: [data],
+  },
+]