diff --git a/extras/tests/JsonVariant/is.cpp b/extras/tests/JsonVariant/is.cpp
index 365e933f..8c793737 100644
--- a/extras/tests/JsonVariant/is.cpp
+++ b/extras/tests/JsonVariant/is.cpp
@@ -144,6 +144,24 @@ TEST_CASE("JsonVariant::is<T>()") {
     CHECK(variant.is<MYENUM2>() == false);
   }
 
+  SECTION("linked array") {
+    StaticJsonDocument<1024> doc2;
+    doc2[0] = "world";
+    variant.link(doc2);
+
+    CHECK(variant.is<JsonArray>() == false);
+    CHECK(variant.is<JsonArrayConst>() == true);
+    CHECK(variant.is<JsonVariant>() == true);
+    CHECK(variant.is<JsonVariantConst>() == true);
+    CHECK(variant.is<JsonObject>() == false);
+    CHECK(variant.is<JsonObjectConst>() == false);
+    CHECK(variant.is<int>() == false);
+    CHECK(variant.is<float>() == false);
+    CHECK(variant.is<bool>() == false);
+    CHECK(variant.is<const char *>() == false);
+    CHECK(variant.is<MYENUM2>() == false);
+  }
+
   SECTION("JsonObject") {
     variant.to<JsonObject>();
 
@@ -162,7 +180,7 @@ TEST_CASE("JsonVariant::is<T>()") {
     CHECK(variant.is<JsonVariantConst>() == true);
   }
 
-  SECTION("JsonObject") {
+  SECTION("linked object") {
     StaticJsonDocument<1024> doc2;
     doc2["hello"] = "world";
     variant.link(doc2);
@@ -337,6 +355,24 @@ TEST_CASE("JsonVariantConst::is<T>()") {
     CHECK(cvariant.is<MYENUM2>() == false);
   }
 
+  SECTION("linked array") {
+    StaticJsonDocument<1024> doc2;
+    doc2[0] = "world";
+    variant.link(doc2);
+
+    CHECK(cvariant.is<JsonArrayConst>() == true);
+    CHECK(cvariant.is<JsonVariantConst>() == true);
+    CHECK(cvariant.is<JsonArray>() == false);
+    CHECK(cvariant.is<JsonVariant>() == false);
+    CHECK(cvariant.is<JsonObject>() == false);
+    CHECK(cvariant.is<JsonObjectConst>() == false);
+    CHECK(cvariant.is<int>() == false);
+    CHECK(cvariant.is<float>() == false);
+    CHECK(cvariant.is<bool>() == false);
+    CHECK(cvariant.is<const char *>() == false);
+    CHECK(cvariant.is<MYENUM2>() == false);
+  }
+
   SECTION("linked object") {
     StaticJsonDocument<1024> doc2;
     doc2["hello"] = "world";
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Array/ArrayRef.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Array/ArrayRef.hpp
index a5df7abc..d8924d31 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Array/ArrayRef.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Array/ArrayRef.hpp
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ struct Converter<ArrayRef> {
 
   static bool checkJson(VariantRef src) {
     VariantData* data = getData(src);
-    return data && data->isArray();
+    return data && data->isArrayStrict();
   }
 };
 }  // namespace ARDUINOJSON_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp
index 5982b904..e163e279 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ class VariantData {
   }
 
   const CollectionData *asArray() const {
+    // TODO
+    // if (isPointer())
+    //   return _content.asPointer->asArray();
     return const_cast<VariantData *>(this)->asArray();
   }
 
@@ -108,6 +111,13 @@ class VariantData {
   bool copyFrom(const VariantData &src, MemoryPool *pool);
 
   bool isArray() const {
+    if (isPointer())
+      return _content.asPointer->isArray();
+    else
+      return isArrayStrict();
+  }
+
+  bool isArrayStrict() const {
     return (_flags & VALUE_IS_ARRAY) != 0;
   }