diff --git a/src/array/mod.rs b/src/array/mod.rs
index 4a5e7fceba2..86b645b8412 100644
--- a/src/array/mod.rs
+++ b/src/array/mod.rs
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ pub use null::NullArray;
 pub use primitive::*;
 pub use struct_::{MutableStructArray, StructArray};
 pub use union::UnionArray;
-pub use utf8::{MutableUtf8Array, Utf8Array, Utf8ValuesIter};
+pub use utf8::{MutableUtf8Array, MutableUtf8ValuesArray, Utf8Array, Utf8ValuesIter};
 
 pub(crate) use self::ffi::offset_buffers_children_dictionary;
 pub(crate) use self::ffi::FromFfi;
diff --git a/tests/it/array/utf8/mod.rs b/tests/it/array/utf8/mod.rs
index c6a0acec03f..daa2734faa8 100644
--- a/tests/it/array/utf8/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/it/array/utf8/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use arrow2::{array::*, bitmap::Bitmap, buffer::Buffer, datatypes::DataType, error::Result};
 
 mod mutable;
+mod mutable_values;
 mod to_mutable;
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/tests/it/array/utf8/mutable_values.rs b/tests/it/array/utf8/mutable_values.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3e79fde4055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/it/array/utf8/mutable_values.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+use arrow2::array::MutableArray;
+use arrow2::array::MutableUtf8ValuesArray;
+use arrow2::datatypes::DataType;
+
+#[test]
+fn capacity() {
+    let mut b = MutableUtf8ValuesArray::<i32>::with_capacity(100);
+
+    assert_eq!(b.values().capacity(), 0);
+    assert!(b.offsets().capacity() >= 101);
+    b.shrink_to_fit();
+    assert!(b.offsets().capacity() < 101);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn offsets_must_be_monotonic_increasing() {
+    let offsets = vec![0, 5, 4];
+    let values = b"abbbbb".to_vec();
+    assert!(MutableUtf8ValuesArray::<i32>::try_new(DataType::Utf8, offsets, values).is_err());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn data_type_must_be_consistent() {
+    let offsets = vec![0, 4];
+    let values = b"abbb".to_vec();
+    assert!(MutableUtf8ValuesArray::<i32>::try_new(DataType::Int32, offsets, values).is_err());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn must_be_utf8() {
+    let offsets = vec![0, 2];
+    let values = vec![207, 128];
+    assert!(MutableUtf8ValuesArray::<i32>::try_new(DataType::Int32, offsets, values).is_err());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn as_box() {
+    let offsets = vec![0, 2];
+    let values = b"ab".to_vec();
+    let mut b = MutableUtf8ValuesArray::<i32>::try_new(DataType::Utf8, offsets, values).unwrap();
+    let _ = b.as_box();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn as_arc() {
+    let offsets = vec![0, 2];
+    let values = b"ab".to_vec();
+    let mut b = MutableUtf8ValuesArray::<i32>::try_new(DataType::Utf8, offsets, values).unwrap();
+    let _ = b.as_arc();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn extend_trusted_len() {
+    let offsets = vec![0, 2];
+    let values = b"ab".to_vec();
+    let mut b = MutableUtf8ValuesArray::<i32>::try_new(DataType::Utf8, offsets, values).unwrap();
+    b.extend_trusted_len(vec!["a", "b"].into_iter());
+
+    let offsets = vec![0, 2, 3, 4];
+    let values = b"abab".to_vec();
+    assert_eq!(
+        b.as_box(),
+        MutableUtf8ValuesArray::<i32>::try_new(DataType::Utf8, offsets, values)
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_box()
+    )
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn from_trusted_len() {
+    let mut b = MutableUtf8ValuesArray::<i32>::from_trusted_len_iter(vec!["a", "b"].into_iter());
+
+    let offsets = vec![0, 1, 2];
+    let values = b"ab".to_vec();
+    assert_eq!(
+        b.as_box(),
+        MutableUtf8ValuesArray::<i32>::try_new(DataType::Utf8, offsets, values)
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_box()
+    )
+}