diff --git a/src/types.js b/src/types.js
index 7c7c2b93..78932ccc 100644
--- a/src/types.js
+++ b/src/types.js
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 import { Query } from './query.js'
 import { Errors } from './errors.js'
 
+const defaultArrayTypes = {
+  "boolean": 1000,
+  "number": 1021,
+  "string": 1009,
+  "bigint": 1016,
+};
+
+export const inferArrayType = function inferArrayType(x) {
+  return defaultArrayTypes[typeof x[0]] || inferType(x[0]);
+}
+
 export const types = {
   string: {
     to: 25,
@@ -224,7 +235,7 @@ export const inferType = function inferType(x) {
     x instanceof Uint8Array ? 17 :
     (x === true || x === false) ? 16 :
     typeof x === 'bigint' ? 20 :
-    Array.isArray(x) ? inferType(x[0]) :
+    Array.isArray(x) ? inferArrayType(x) :
     0
   )
 }
diff --git a/tests/index.js b/tests/index.js
index bf81b036..f3f9f842 100644
--- a/tests/index.js
+++ b/tests/index.js
@@ -92,6 +92,22 @@ t('Boolean false', async() =>
   [false, (await sql`select ${ false } as x`)[0].x]
 )
 
+t('Boolean[] [true, false]', async() =>
+  ["[true,false]", JSON.stringify((await sql`select ${ [true, false] }::bool[] as x`)[0].x)]
+)
+
+t('Number[] [1, 2]', async() =>
+  ["[1,2]", JSON.stringify((await sql`select ${ [1, 2] }::int4[] as x`)[0].x)]
+)
+
+t('String[] ["a", "b"]', async() =>
+  ['["a","b"]', JSON.stringify((await sql`select ${ ["a", "b"] }::text[] as x`)[0].x)]
+)
+
+t('BigInt[] [BigInt(1), BigInt(2)]', async() =>
+  ['[1,2]', JSON.stringify((await sql`select ${ [BigInt(1), BigInt(2)] }::float4[] as x`)[0].x)]
+)
+
 t('Boolean true', async() =>
   [true, (await sql`select ${ true } as x`)[0].x]
 )
@@ -125,7 +141,7 @@ t('String array', async() =>
 )
 
 t('Array of Integer', async() =>
-  ['3', (await sql`select ${ sql.array([1, 2, 3]) } as x`)[0].x[2]]
+  [3, (await sql`select ${ sql.array([1, 2, 3]) } as x`)[0].x[2]]
 )
 
 t('Array of String', async() =>
@@ -143,11 +159,11 @@ t('Array of Box', async() => [
 ])
 
 t('Nested array n2', async() =>
-  ['4', (await sql`select ${ sql.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]]) } as x`)[0].x[1][1]]
+  [4, (await sql`select ${ sql.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]]) } as x`)[0].x[1][1]]
 )
 
 t('Nested array n3', async() =>
-  ['6', (await sql`select ${ sql.array([[[1, 2]], [[3, 4]], [[5, 6]]]) } as x`)[0].x[2][0][1]]
+  [6, (await sql`select ${ sql.array([[[1, 2]], [[3, 4]], [[5, 6]]]) } as x`)[0].x[2][0][1]]
 )
 
 t('Escape in arrays', async() =>