diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
index f6e6c3abd0..2c77492a58 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
@@ -8476,19 +8476,28 @@ final class DefaultParseContext extends AbstractScope implements ParseContext {
 
     private final Field<?> parseArrayValueConstructorIf() {
         if (parseKeywordIf("ARRAY")) {
-            parse('[');
+            if (parseIf('[')) {
+                List<Field<?>> fields;
 
-            List<Field<?>> fields;
-            if (parseIf(']')) {
-                fields = emptyList();
-            }
-            else {
-                fields = parseList(',', ParseContext::parseField);
-                parse(']');
-            }
+                if (parseIf(']')) {
+                    fields = emptyList();
+                }
+                else {
+                    fields = parseList(',', ParseContext::parseField);
+                    parse(']');
+                }
 
-            // Prevent "wrong" javac method bind
-            return DSL.array((Collection) fields);
+                // Prevent "wrong" javac method bind
+                return DSL.array((Collection) fields);
+            }
+            else if (parseIf('(')) {
+                SelectQueryImpl select = parseWithOrSelect(1);
+                parse(')');
+
+                return DSL.array(select);
+            }
+            else
+                throw expected("[", "(");
         }
 
         return null;
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SelectQueryImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SelectQueryImpl.java
index f448cd23b4..b4e9615a21 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SelectQueryImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SelectQueryImpl.java
@@ -283,6 +283,8 @@ import org.jooq.tools.Convert;
 import org.jooq.tools.JooqLogger;
 import org.jooq.tools.StringUtils;
 
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
 /**
  * A sub-select is a <code>SELECT</code> statement that can be combined with
  * other <code>SELECT</code> statement in <code>UNION</code>s and similar