diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ArrayDataType.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ArrayDataType.java
index 9ae2984598..1bffdcbd71 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ArrayDataType.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ArrayDataType.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ final class ArrayDataType<T> extends DefaultDataType<T[]> {
      */
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 7883229760246533448L;
 
-    private final DataType<T> elementType;
+    final DataType<T>         elementType;
 
     public ArrayDataType(DataType<T> elementType) {
         super(null, elementType.getArrayType(), elementType.getTypeName(), elementType.getCastTypeName());
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
index 3aeee7c7c3..beb7de1a07 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
@@ -4306,6 +4306,9 @@ final class Tools {
     }
 
     static final void toSQLDDLTypeDeclaration(Context<?> ctx, DataType<?> type) {
+        DataType<?> elementType = (type instanceof ArrayDataType)
+            ? ((ArrayDataType<?>) type).elementType
+            : type;
 
         // In some databases, identity is a type, not a flag.
         if (type.identity()) {
@@ -4372,7 +4375,9 @@ final class Tools {
         }
 
         String typeName = type.getTypeName(ctx.configuration());
-        if (type.hasLength()) {
+
+        // [#8070] Make sure VARCHAR(n) ARRAY types are generated as such in HSQLDB
+        if (type.hasLength() || elementType.hasLength()) {
 
             // [#6289] [#7191] Some databases don't support lengths on binary types
             if (type.isBinary() && NO_SUPPORT_BINARY_TYPE_LENGTH.contains(ctx.family()))