diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/FetchTests.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/FetchTests.java
index d16888055a..3fc9313b6c 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/FetchTests.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/FetchTests.java
@@ -267,15 +267,20 @@ extends BaseTest<A, AP, B, S, B2S, BS, L, X, DATE, BOOL, D, T, U, I, IPK, T658,
 
         // fetch single field
         // ------------------
+
+        // [#1722] Check the actual returned type of arrays, also
+        String[] array1 = create().selectFrom(TBook()).orderBy(TBook_ID()).fetchArray(TBook_TITLE());
         assertEquals(create().selectFrom(TBook()).orderBy(TBook_ID()).fetch(TBook_TITLE()),
-        Arrays.asList(create().selectFrom(TBook()).orderBy(TBook_ID()).fetchArray(TBook_TITLE())));
+        Arrays.asList(array1));
 
-        assertEquals(create().selectFrom(TBook()).orderBy(TBook_ID()).fetch(1),
-        Arrays.asList(create().selectFrom(TBook()).orderBy(TBook_ID()).fetchArray(1)));
+        Object[] array2 = create().selectFrom(TBook()).orderBy(TBook_ID()).fetchArray(1);
+        assertEquals(create().selectFrom(TBook()).orderBy(TBook_ID()).fetch(1), Arrays.asList(array2));
+        assertTrue(array2 instanceof Integer[]);
 
+        Object[] array3 = create().selectFrom(TBook()).orderBy(TBook_ID()).fetchArray(TBook_ID().getName());
         assertEquals(create().selectFrom(TBook()).orderBy(TBook_ID()).fetch(TBook_ID().getName()),
-        Arrays.asList(create().selectFrom(TBook()).orderBy(TBook_ID()).fetchArray(TBook_ID().getName())));
-
+            Arrays.asList(array3));
+        assertTrue(array3 instanceof Integer[]);
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/PlainSQLTests.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/PlainSQLTests.java
index 8f484ceea6..7c002a25b0 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/PlainSQLTests.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/PlainSQLTests.java
@@ -366,13 +366,16 @@ extends BaseTest<A, AP, B, S, B2S, BS, L, X, DATE, BOOL, D, T, U, I, IPK, T658,
         assertEquals("10", fetch4.getValue("p"));
         assertEquals("10", fetch4.getValue(fetch4.getField("p")));
 
+        // [#1722] Check the actual returned type of arrays, also
         Object[] fetch5 = q.fetchArray("p");
         assertEquals(1, fetch5.length);
         assertEquals("10", fetch5[0]);
+        assertTrue(fetch5 instanceof String[]);
 
         Object[] fetch6 = q.fetchArray(0);
         assertEquals(1, fetch6.length);
         assertEquals("10", fetch6[0]);
+        assertTrue(fetch6 instanceof String[]);
 
         Long[] fetch7 = q.fetchArray(0, Long.class);
         assertEquals(1, fetch7.length);
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/ResultQuery.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/ResultQuery.java
index 20bc85c4ec..61a2efe08b 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/ResultQuery.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/ResultQuery.java
@@ -555,7 +555,9 @@ public interface ResultQuery<R extends Record> extends Query {
      * You can access data like this
      * <code><pre>query.fetchArray(fieldIndex)[recordIndex]</pre></code>
      *
-     * @return The resulting values.
+     * @return The resulting values. This may be an array type more concrete
+     *         than <code>Object[]</code>, depending on whether jOOQ has any
+     *         knowledge about <code>fieldIndex</code>'s actual type.
      * @throws DataAccessException if something went wrong executing the query
      */
     Object[] fetchArray(int fieldIndex) throws DataAccessException;
@@ -589,7 +591,9 @@ public interface ResultQuery<R extends Record> extends Query {
      * You can access data like this
      * <code><pre>query.fetchArray(fieldName)[recordIndex]</pre></code>
      *
-     * @return The resulting values.
+     * @return The resulting values. This may be an array type more concrete
+     *         than <code>Object[]</code>, depending on whether jOOQ has any
+     *         knowledge about <code>fieldName</code>'s actual type.
      * @throws DataAccessException if something went wrong executing the query
      */
     Object[] fetchArray(String fieldName) throws DataAccessException;
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractResultQuery.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractResultQuery.java
index f6d1c5bbc4..18f453b343 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractResultQuery.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractResultQuery.java
@@ -444,7 +444,10 @@ abstract class AbstractResultQuery<R extends Record> extends AbstractQuery imple
 
     @Override
     public final Object[] fetchArray(int fieldIndex) {
-        return fetch(fieldIndex).toArray();
+        Result<R> fetch = fetch();
+        Class<?> type = fetch.getField(fieldIndex).getType();
+        List<?> list = fetch.getValues(fieldIndex);
+        return list.toArray((Object[]) Array.newInstance(type, list.size()));
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
@@ -461,7 +464,10 @@ abstract class AbstractResultQuery<R extends Record> extends AbstractQuery imple
 
     @Override
     public final Object[] fetchArray(String fieldName) {
-        return fetch(fieldName).toArray();
+        Result<R> fetch = fetch();
+        Class<?> type = fetch.getField(fieldName).getType();
+        List<?> list = fetch.getValues(fieldName);
+        return list.toArray((Object[]) Array.newInstance(type, list.size()));
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")