diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/RoutineAndUDTTests.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/RoutineAndUDTTests.java
index 083b774414..c990442e4f 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/RoutineAndUDTTests.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/RoutineAndUDTTests.java
@@ -881,6 +881,10 @@ extends BaseTest<A, B, S, B2S, BS, L, X, DATE, D, T, U, I, IPK, T658, T725, T639
         if (TArrays_NUMBER_R() != null) {
             Result<Record> result;
 
+            // [#1184] Test data type
+            assertTrue(TArrays_NUMBER_R().getDataType().isArray());
+            assertFalse(TBook_ID().getDataType().isArray());
+
             // An empty array
             // --------------
             ArrayRecord<Integer> array = newNUMBER_R();
@@ -990,6 +994,10 @@ extends BaseTest<A, B, S, B2S, BS, L, X, DATE, D, T, U, I, IPK, T658, T725, T639
             Table<?> table;
             Integer[] array;
 
+            // [#1184] Test data type
+            assertTrue(TArrays_NUMBER().getDataType().isArray());
+            assertFalse(TBook_ID().getDataType().isArray());
+
             // Cross join the array table with the unnested string array value
             // ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DataType.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DataType.java
index 272acf4a35..5645230ea2 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DataType.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DataType.java
@@ -210,4 +210,9 @@ public interface DataType<T> extends Serializable {
      * </ul>
      */
     boolean isBinary();
+
+    /**
+     * Whether this data type is an array type.
+     */
+    boolean isArray();
 }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractDataType.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractDataType.java
index f3bc537a34..0983a8c9b4 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractDataType.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractDataType.java
@@ -454,6 +454,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractDataType<T> implements DataType<T> {
         return type == byte[].class;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final boolean isArray() {
+        return ArrayRecord.class.isAssignableFrom(type)
+            || (!isBinary() && type.isArray());
+    }
+
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // The Object API
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------