diff --git a/field_test.go b/field_test.go
index ec4487c4b..589e4fc18 100644
--- a/field_test.go
+++ b/field_test.go
@@ -174,6 +174,20 @@ func TestMarshalerField(t *testing.T) {
 	assertCanBeReused(t, Marshaler("foo", fakeUser{"phil"}))
 }
 
+func TestIntsField(t *testing.T) {
+	assertFieldJSON(t, `"foo":[]`, Object("foo", []int{}))
+	assertFieldJSON(t, `"foo":[1]`, Object("foo", []int{1}))
+	assertFieldJSON(t, `"foo":[1,2,3]`, Object("foo", []int{1, 2, 3}))
+	assertCanBeReused(t, Object("foo", []int{1, 2, 3}))
+}
+
+func TestStringsField(t *testing.T) {
+	assertFieldJSON(t, `"foo":[]`, Object("foo", []string{}))
+	assertFieldJSON(t, `"foo":["bar 1"]`, Object("foo", []string{"bar 1"}))
+	assertFieldJSON(t, `"foo":["bar 1","bar 2","bar 3"]`, Object("foo", []string{"bar 1", "bar 2", "bar 3"}))
+	assertCanBeReused(t, Object("foo", []string{"bar 1", "bar 2", "bar 3"}))
+}
+
 func TestObjectField(t *testing.T) {
 	assertFieldJSON(t, `"foo":[5,6]`, Object("foo", []int{5, 6}))
 	assertCanBeReused(t, Object("foo", []int{5, 6}))
diff --git a/json_encoder_bench_test.go b/json_encoder_bench_test.go
index a270d41bd..0311fae5e 100644
--- a/json_encoder_bench_test.go
+++ b/json_encoder_bench_test.go
@@ -45,6 +45,30 @@ func BenchmarkJSONLogMarshalerFunc(b *testing.B) {
 	}
 }
 
+func BenchmarkZapJSONInts(b *testing.B) {
+	ts := time.Unix(0, 0)
+	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+		for pb.Next() {
+			enc := NewJSONEncoder()
+			enc.AddObject("ints", []int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10})
+			enc.WriteEntry(ioutil.Discard, "fake", DebugLevel, ts)
+			enc.Free()
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func BenchmarkZapJSONStrings(b *testing.B) {
+	ts := time.Unix(0, 0)
+	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+		for pb.Next() {
+			enc := NewJSONEncoder()
+			enc.AddObject("strings", []string{"bar 1", "bar 2", "bar 3", "bar 4", "bar 5", "bar 6", "bar 7", "bar 8", "bar 9", "bar 10"})
+			enc.WriteEntry(ioutil.Discard, "fake", DebugLevel, ts)
+			enc.Free()
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 func BenchmarkZapJSON(b *testing.B) {
 	ts := time.Unix(0, 0)
 	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
diff --git a/json_encoder_test.go b/json_encoder_test.go
index 9a59820f3..840b9ce88 100644
--- a/json_encoder_test.go
+++ b/json_encoder_test.go
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ func TestJSONEncoderFields(t *testing.T) {
 		{"marshaler", `"k":{}`, func(e Encoder) {
 			assert.Error(t, e.AddMarshaler("k", loggable{false}), "Expected an error calling MarshalLog.")
 		}},
+		{"ints", `"k":[1,2,3]`, func(e Encoder) { e.AddObject("k", []int{1, 2, 3}) }},
+		{"strings", `"k":["bar 1","bar 2","bar 3"]`,
+			func(e Encoder) {
+				e.AddObject("k", []string{"bar 1", "bar 2", "bar 3"})
+			}},
 		{"arbitrary object", `"k":{"loggable":"yes"}`, func(e Encoder) {
 			assert.NoError(t, e.AddObject("k", map[string]string{"loggable": "yes"}), "Unexpected error JSON-serializing a map.")
 		}},
diff --git a/logger_bench_test.go b/logger_bench_test.go
index 5967f2726..d3e0c65f6 100644
--- a/logger_bench_test.go
+++ b/logger_bench_test.go
@@ -135,6 +135,18 @@ func BenchmarkMarshalerField(b *testing.B) {
 	})
 }
 
+func BenchmarkIntsField(b *testing.B) {
+	withBenchedLogger(b, func(log zap.Logger) {
+		log.Info("Array of Ints.", zap.Object("ints", []int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}))
+	})
+}
+
+func BenchmarkStringsField(b *testing.B) {
+	withBenchedLogger(b, func(log zap.Logger) {
+		log.Info("Array of Strings.", zap.Object("strings", []string{"bar 1", "bar 2", "bar 3", "bar 4", "bar 5", "bar 6", "bar 7", "bar 8", "bar 9", "bar 10"}))
+	})
+}
+
 func BenchmarkObjectField(b *testing.B) {
 	withBenchedLogger(b, func(log zap.Logger) {
 		log.Info("Reflection-based serialization.", zap.Object("user", _jane))
diff --git a/text_encoder_test.go b/text_encoder_test.go
index 38674399a..e2c37ba8a 100644
--- a/text_encoder_test.go
+++ b/text_encoder_test.go
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ func TestTextEncoderFields(t *testing.T) {
 		{"marshaler", "k={}", func(e Encoder) {
 			assert.Error(t, e.AddMarshaler("k", loggable{false}), "Expected an error calling MarshalLog.")
 		}},
+		{"ints", "k=[1 2 3]", func(e Encoder) { e.AddObject("k", []int{1, 2, 3}) }},
+		{"strings", `k=[bar 1 bar 2 bar 3]`,
+			func(e Encoder) {
+				e.AddObject("k", []string{"bar 1", "bar 2", "bar 3"})
+			}},
 		{"map[string]string", "k=map[loggable:yes]", func(e Encoder) {
 			assert.NoError(t, e.AddObject("k", map[string]string{"loggable": "yes"}), "Unexpected error serializing a map.")
 		}},