diff --git a/init/postgres/test-db.sql b/init/postgres/test-db.sql
index 28ff80161..c7c98ec84 100644
--- a/init/postgres/test-db.sql
+++ b/init/postgres/test-db.sql
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ create extension postgis;
 create extension hstore;
 create type myenum as enum ('foo', 'bar', 'invalid');
 
+create schema other_schema;
+
+set search_path to other_schema;
+
+create type other_enum as enum ('a', 'b');
+
+set search_path to public;
+
 --
 -- The sample data used in the world database is Copyright Statistics
 -- Finland, http://www.stat.fi/worldinfigures.
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/doobie/util/meta/meta.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/doobie/util/meta/meta.scala
index 900c6baec..12d036dee 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/doobie/util/meta/meta.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/doobie/util/meta/meta.scala
@@ -130,13 +130,13 @@ trait MetaConstructors {
       )
 
     def array[A >: Null <: AnyRef](
-        elementType: String,
-        schemaH: String,
-        schemaT: String*
+        elementTypeName: String, // Used in Put to set the array element type
+        arrayTypeName: String,
+        additionalArrayTypeNames: String*
     ): Meta[Array[A]] =
       new Meta[Array[A]](
-        Get.Advanced.array[A](NonEmptyList(schemaH, schemaT.toList)),
-        Put.Advanced.array[A](NonEmptyList(schemaH, schemaT.toList), elementType)
+        Get.Advanced.array[A](NonEmptyList(arrayTypeName, additionalArrayTypeNames.toList)),
+        Put.Advanced.array[A](NonEmptyList(arrayTypeName, additionalArrayTypeNames.toList), elementTypeName)
       )
 
     def other[A >: Null <: AnyRef: TypeName: ClassTag](
diff --git a/modules/docs/src/main/mdoc/docs/11-Arrays.md b/modules/docs/src/main/mdoc/docs/11-Arrays.md
index 0db0d49d7..e77b578cd 100644
--- a/modules/docs/src/main/mdoc/docs/11-Arrays.md
+++ b/modules/docs/src/main/mdoc/docs/11-Arrays.md
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ val create =
 (drop *> create).unsafeRunSync()
 ```
 
-**doobie** maps SQL array columns to `Array`, `List`, and `Vector` by default. No special handling is required, other than importing the vendor-specific array support above.
+**doobie** maps SQL array columns to `Array`, `List`, and `Vector` by default for standard types like `String` or `Int`. No special handling is required, other than importing the vendor-specific array support above.
 
 ```scala mdoc:silent
 case class Person(id: Long, name: String, pets: List[String])
@@ -93,3 +93,49 @@ sql"select array['foo','bar','baz']".query[Option[List[String]]].quick.unsafeRun
 sql"select array['foo',NULL,'baz']".query[List[Option[String]]].quick.unsafeRunSync()
 sql"select array['foo',NULL,'baz']".query[Option[List[Option[String]]]].quick.unsafeRunSync()
 ```
+
+### Array of enums
+
+For reading from and writing to a column that is an array of enum, you can use `doobie.postgres.implicits.arrayOfEnum` 
+to create a `Meta` instance for your enum type:
+
+```scala mdoc
+import doobie.postgres.implicits.arrayOfEnum
+
+sealed trait MyEnum
+
+object MyEnum {
+  case object Foo extends MyEnum
+
+  case object Bar extends MyEnum
+
+  private val typeName = "myenum"
+
+  def fromStrUnsafe(s: String): MyEnum = s match {
+    case "foo" => Foo
+    case "bar" => Bar
+    case other => throw new RuntimeException(s"Unexpected value '$other' for MyEnum")
+  }
+
+  def toStr(e: MyEnum): String = e match {
+    case Foo => "foo"
+    case Bar => "bar"
+  }
+
+  implicit val MyEnumArrayMeta: Meta[Array[MyEnum]] =
+    arrayOfEnum[MyEnum](
+      enumTypeName = typeName,
+      fromStr = fromStrUnsafe,
+      toStr = toStr
+    )
+    
+}
+```
+
+and you can now map the array of enum column into an `Array[MyEnum]`, `List[MyEnum]`, `Vector[MyEnum]`:
+
+```scala mdoc
+sql"select array['foo', 'bar'] :: myenum[]".query[List[MyEnum]].quick.unsafeRunSync()
+```
+
+For an example of using an enum type from another schema, please see [OtherEnum.scala](https://github.com/typelevel/doobie/blob/main/modules/postgres/src/test/scala/doobie/postgres/enums/OtherEnum.scala)
diff --git a/modules/postgres/src/main/scala/doobie/postgres/Instances.scala b/modules/postgres/src/main/scala/doobie/postgres/Instances.scala
index a30b8202c..a88d1af46 100644
--- a/modules/postgres/src/main/scala/doobie/postgres/Instances.scala
+++ b/modules/postgres/src/main/scala/doobie/postgres/Instances.scala
@@ -170,6 +170,28 @@ trait Instances {
     .timap(_.map(_.map(a => if (a == null) null else BigDecimal.apply(a))))(_.map(_.map(a =>
       if (a == null) null else a.bigDecimal)))
 
+  /** Create a Meta instance to allow reading and writing into an array of enum, with stricter typechecking support to
+    * verify that the column we're inserting into must match the enum array type.
+    *
+    * @param enumTypeName
+    *   Name of the enum type
+    * @param fromStr
+    *   Function to convert each element to the Scala type when reading from the database
+    * @param toStr
+    *   Function to convert each element to string when writing to the database
+    * @return
+    */
+  def arrayOfEnum[A: ClassTag](
+      enumTypeName: String,
+      fromStr: String => A,
+      toStr: A => String
+  ): Meta[Array[A]] = {
+    Meta.Advanced.array[String](
+      enumTypeName,
+      arrayTypeName = s"_$enumTypeName"
+    ).timap(arr => arr.map(fromStr))(arr => arr.map(toStr))
+  }
+
   // So, it turns out that arrays of structs don't work because something is missing from the
   // implementation. So this means we will only be able to support primitive types for arrays.
   //
diff --git a/modules/postgres/src/test/scala/doobie/postgres/PgArraySuite.scala b/modules/postgres/src/test/scala/doobie/postgres/PgArraySuite.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a64b93cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/postgres/src/test/scala/doobie/postgres/PgArraySuite.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2013-2020 Rob Norris and Contributors
+// This software is licensed under the MIT License (MIT).
+// For more information see LICENSE or https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
+
+package doobie.postgres
+
+import cats.effect.IO
+import doobie.Transactor
+import doobie.postgres.enums.{MyEnum, OtherEnum}
+import doobie.postgres.implicits.*
+import doobie.syntax.all.*
+import doobie.util.analysis.{ColumnTypeError, ParameterTypeError}
+
+class PgArraySuite extends munit.CatsEffectSuite {
+
+  val transactor: Transactor[IO] = Transactor.fromDriverManager[IO](
+    driver = "org.postgresql.Driver",
+    url = "jdbc:postgresql:world",
+    user = "postgres",
+    password = "password",
+    logHandler = None
+  )
+
+  private val listOfMyEnums: List[MyEnum] = List(MyEnum.Foo, MyEnum.Bar)
+
+  private val listOfOtherEnums: List[OtherEnum] = List(OtherEnum.A, OtherEnum.B)
+
+  test("array of custom string type: read correctly and typechecks") {
+    val q = sql"select array['foo', 'bar'] :: myenum[]".query[List[MyEnum]]
+    (for {
+      _ <- q.analysis
+        .map(ana => assertEquals(ana.columnAlignmentErrors, List.empty))
+
+      _ <- q.unique.map(assertEquals(_, listOfMyEnums))
+
+      _ <- sql"select array['foo', 'bar']".query[List[MyEnum]].analysis.map(_.columnAlignmentErrors)
+        .map {
+          case List(e: ColumnTypeError) => assertEquals(e.schema.vendorTypeName, "_text")
+          case other                    => fail(s"Unexpected typecheck result: $other")
+        }
+    } yield ())
+      .transact(transactor)
+  }
+
+  test("array of custom string type: writes correctly and typechecks") {
+    val q = sql"insert into temp_myenum (arr) values ($listOfMyEnums)".update
+    (for {
+      _ <- sql"drop table if exists temp_myenum".update.run
+      _ <- sql"create table temp_myenum(arr myenum[] not null)".update.run
+      _ <- q.analysis.map(_.columnAlignmentErrors).map(ana => assertEquals(ana, List.empty))
+      _ <- q.run
+      _ <- sql"select arr from temp_myenum".query[List[MyEnum]].unique
+        .map(assertEquals(_, listOfMyEnums))
+
+      _ <- sql"insert into temp_myenum (arr) values (${List("foo")})".update.analysis
+        .map(_.parameterAlignmentErrors)
+        .map {
+          case List(e: ParameterTypeError) => assertEquals(e.vendorTypeName, "_myenum")
+          case other                       => fail(s"Unexpected typecheck result: $other")
+        }
+    } yield ())
+      .transact(transactor)
+  }
+
+  test("array of custom type in another schema: read correctly and typechecks") {
+    val q = sql"select array['a', 'b'] :: other_schema.other_enum[]".query[List[OtherEnum]]
+    (for {
+      _ <- q.analysis
+        .map(ana => assertEquals(ana.columnAlignmentErrors, List.empty))
+
+      _ <- q.unique.map(assertEquals(_, listOfOtherEnums))
+
+      _ <- sql"select array['a', 'b']".query[List[OtherEnum]].analysis.map(_.columnAlignmentErrors)
+        .map {
+          case List(e: ColumnTypeError) => assertEquals(e.schema.vendorTypeName, "_text")
+          case other                    => fail(s"Unexpected typecheck result: $other")
+        }
+
+      _ <- sql"select array['a', 'b'] :: other_schema.other_enum[]".query[List[String]].analysis.map(
+        _.columnAlignmentErrors)
+        .map {
+          case List(e: ColumnTypeError) => assertEquals(e.schema.vendorTypeName, """"other_schema"."_other_enum"""")
+          case other                    => fail(s"Unexpected typecheck result: $other")
+        }
+    } yield ())
+      .transact(transactor)
+  }
+
+  test("array of custom type in another schema: writes correctly and typechecks") {
+    val q = sql"insert into temp_otherenum (arr) values ($listOfOtherEnums)".update
+    (for {
+      _ <- sql"drop table if exists temp_otherenum".update.run
+      _ <- sql"create table temp_otherenum(arr other_schema.other_enum[] not null)".update.run
+      _ <- q.analysis.map(_.parameterAlignmentErrors).map(ana => assertEquals(ana, List.empty))
+      _ <- q.run
+      _ <- sql"select arr from temp_otherenum".query[List[OtherEnum]].to[List]
+        .map(assertEquals(_, List(listOfOtherEnums)))
+
+      _ <- sql"insert into temp_otherenum (arr) values (${List("a")})".update.analysis
+        .map(_.parameterAlignmentErrors)
+        .map {
+          case List(e: ParameterTypeError) => {
+            // pgjdbc is a bit crazy. If you have inserted into the table already then it'll report the parameter type as
+            // _other_enum, or otherwise "other_schema"."_other_enum"..
+            assertEquals(e.vendorTypeName, "_other_enum")
+            // assertEquals(e.vendorTypeName, s""""other_schema"."_other_enum"""")
+          }
+          case other => fail(s"Unexpected typecheck result: $other")
+        }
+    } yield ())
+      .transact(transactor)
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/modules/postgres/src/test/scala/doobie/postgres/enums/MyEnum.scala b/modules/postgres/src/test/scala/doobie/postgres/enums/MyEnum.scala
index 7dcd2f4c2..cd376e6dc 100644
--- a/modules/postgres/src/test/scala/doobie/postgres/enums/MyEnum.scala
+++ b/modules/postgres/src/test/scala/doobie/postgres/enums/MyEnum.scala
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package doobie.postgres.enums
 
 import doobie.Meta
 import doobie.postgres.implicits.*
+import doobie.postgres.implicits.arrayOfEnum
 
 // create type myenum as enum ('foo', 'bar') <-- part of setup
 sealed trait MyEnum
@@ -13,15 +14,30 @@ object MyEnum {
   case object Foo extends MyEnum
   case object Bar extends MyEnum
 
+  def fromStringUnsafe(s: String): MyEnum = s match {
+    case "foo" => Foo
+    case "bar" => Bar
+  }
+
+  def asString(e: MyEnum): String = e match {
+    case Foo => "foo"
+    case Bar => "bar"
+  }
+
+  private val typeName = "myenum"
+
   implicit val MyEnumMeta: Meta[MyEnum] =
     pgEnumString(
-      "myenum",
-      {
-        case "foo" => Foo
-        case "bar" => Bar
-      },
-      {
-        case Foo => "foo"
-        case Bar => "bar"
-      })
+      typeName,
+      fromStringUnsafe,
+      asString
+    )
+
+  implicit val MyEnumArrayMeta: Meta[Array[MyEnum]] =
+    arrayOfEnum[MyEnum](
+      typeName,
+      fromStringUnsafe,
+      asString
+    )
+
 }
diff --git a/modules/postgres/src/test/scala/doobie/postgres/enums/OtherEnum.scala b/modules/postgres/src/test/scala/doobie/postgres/enums/OtherEnum.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30451d05e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/postgres/src/test/scala/doobie/postgres/enums/OtherEnum.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2013-2020 Rob Norris and Contributors
+// This software is licensed under the MIT License (MIT).
+// For more information see LICENSE or https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
+
+package doobie.postgres.enums
+
+import doobie.Meta
+
+// This is an enum type defined in another schema (See other_enum in test-db.sql)
+sealed abstract class OtherEnum(val strValue: String)
+
+object OtherEnum {
+  case object A extends OtherEnum("a")
+
+  case object B extends OtherEnum("b")
+
+  private def fromStrUnsafe(s: String): OtherEnum = s match {
+    case "a" => A
+    case "b" => B
+  }
+
+  private val elementTypeNameUnqualified = "other_enum"
+  private val elementTypeName = s""""other_schema"."$elementTypeNameUnqualified""""
+  private val arrayTypeName = s""""other_schema"."_$elementTypeNameUnqualified""""
+
+  implicit val arrayMeta: Meta[Array[OtherEnum]] =
+    Meta.Advanced.array[String](
+      elementTypeName,
+      arrayTypeName,
+      s"_$elementTypeNameUnqualified"
+    ).timap(arr => arr.map(fromStrUnsafe))(arr => arr.map(_.strValue))
+}