diff --git a/src/test/java/picocli/CommandLineTypeConversionTest.java b/src/test/java/picocli/CommandLineTypeConversionTest.java
index 02fe499d8..17e49b93c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/picocli/CommandLineTypeConversionTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/picocli/CommandLineTypeConversionTest.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ static class SupportedTypes {
         @Option(names = "-Byte")          Byte aByteField;
         @Option(names = "-char")          char charField;
         @Option(names = "-Character")     Character aCharacterField;
+        @Option(names = "-charArray")     char[] charArrayField;
         @Option(names = "-short")         short shortField;
         @Option(names = "-Short")         Short aShortField;
         @Option(names = "-int")           int intField;
@@ -496,6 +497,16 @@ public void testCharConverterInvalidError() throws ParseException {
         }
     }
     @Test
+    public void testCharArrayConverter() {
+        try {
+            final SupportedTypes cli = new SupportedTypes();
+            CommandLine.populateCommand(new SupportedTypes(), "-charArray", "abcd");
+            assertEquals(new char[]{'a', 'b', 'c', 'd'}, cli.charArrayField);
+        } catch (Exception exception) {
+            fail("Unexpected exception while converting char[] type: " + exception.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+    @Test
     public void testNumberConvertersInvalidError() {
         parseInvalidValue("-Byte", "aa", "Invalid value for option '-Byte': 'aa' is not a byte");
         parseInvalidValue("-byte", "aa", "Invalid value for option '-byte': 'aa' is not a byte");