diff --git a/libsolidity/Types.cpp b/libsolidity/Types.cpp
index adcd2e542..8cc1f2589 100644
--- a/libsolidity/Types.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/Types.cpp
@@ -537,7 +537,19 @@ TypePointer ContractType::unaryOperatorResult(Token::Value _operator) const
 
 bool ArrayType::isImplicitlyConvertibleTo(const Type& _convertTo) const
 {
-	return _convertTo.getCategory() == getCategory();
+	if (_convertTo.getCategory() != getCategory())
+		return false;
+	auto& convertTo = dynamic_cast<ArrayType const&>(_convertTo);
+	// let us not allow assignment to memory arrays for now
+	if (convertTo.getLocation() != Location::Storage)
+		return false;
+	if (convertTo.isByteArray() != isByteArray())
+		return false;
+	if (!getBaseType()->isImplicitlyConvertibleTo(*convertTo.getBaseType()))
+		return false;
+	if (convertTo.isDynamicallySized())
+		return true;
+	return !isDynamicallySized() && convertTo.getLength() >= getLength();
 }
 
 TypePointer ArrayType::unaryOperatorResult(Token::Value _operator) const
@@ -552,7 +564,10 @@ bool ArrayType::operator==(Type const& _other) const
 	if (_other.getCategory() != getCategory())
 		return false;
 	ArrayType const& other = dynamic_cast<ArrayType const&>(_other);
-	return other.m_location == m_location;
+	if (other.m_location != m_location || other.isByteArray() != isByteArray() ||
+			other.isDynamicallySized() != isDynamicallySized())
+		return false;
+	return isDynamicallySized() || getLength()  == other.getLength();
 }
 
 u256 ArrayType::getStorageSize() const
diff --git a/test/SolidityNameAndTypeResolution.cpp b/test/SolidityNameAndTypeResolution.cpp
index 4809aac1e..ff9fa1655 100644
--- a/test/SolidityNameAndTypeResolution.cpp
+++ b/test/SolidityNameAndTypeResolution.cpp
@@ -1185,6 +1185,61 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(array_with_nonconstant_length)
 	BOOST_CHECK_THROW(parseTextAndResolveNames(text), TypeError);
 }
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(array_copy_with_different_types1)
+{
+	char const* text = R"(
+		contract c {
+			bytes a;
+			uint[] b;
+			function f() { b = a; }
+		})";
+	BOOST_CHECK_THROW(parseTextAndResolveNames(text), TypeError);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(array_copy_with_different_types2)
+{
+	char const* text = R"(
+		contract c {
+			uint32[] a;
+			uint8[] b;
+			function f() { b = a; }
+		})";
+	BOOST_CHECK_THROW(parseTextAndResolveNames(text), TypeError);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(array_copy_with_different_types_conversion_possible)
+{
+	char const* text = R"(
+		contract c {
+			uint32[] a;
+			uint8[] b;
+			function f() { a = b; }
+		})";
+	BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(parseTextAndResolveNames(text));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(array_copy_with_different_types_static_dynamic)
+{
+	char const* text = R"(
+		contract c {
+			uint32[] a;
+			uint8[80] b;
+			function f() { a = b; }
+		})";
+	BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(parseTextAndResolveNames(text));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(array_copy_with_different_types_dynamic_static)
+{
+	char const* text = R"(
+		contract c {
+			uint[] a;
+			uint[80] b;
+			function f() { b = a; }
+		})";
+	BOOST_CHECK_THROW(parseTextAndResolveNames(text), TypeError);
+}
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
 
 }