diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/FetchTests.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/FetchTests.java
index 692afdda14..d09e1c4969 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/FetchTests.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/FetchTests.java
@@ -327,6 +327,13 @@ extends BaseTest<A, AP, B, S, B2S, BS, L, X, DATE, BOOL, D, T, U, I, IPK, T725,
         Object[][] booksArray = create().selectFrom(TBook()).orderBy(TBook_ID()).fetchArrays();
 
         for (int j = 0; j < books.size(); j++) {
+            B bookJ = books.get(j);
+            Object[] array = bookJ.intoArray();
+
+            B book2 = create().newRecord(TBook());
+            book2.fromArray(array);
+            assertEquals(bookJ, book2);
+
             for (int i = 0; i < TBook().getFields().size(); i++) {
                 assertEquals(books.getValue(j, i), booksArray[j][i]);
                 assertEquals(books.getValue(j, i), books.intoArray()[j][i]);
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Record.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Record.java
index 53e54a4613..e283da6a4b 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Record.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Record.java
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@ public interface Record extends FieldProvider, Attachable {
      * This is the same as calling <code>into(Object[].class)</code>
      *
      * @return This record as an array
+     * @see #fromArray(Object...)
      */
     Object[] intoArray();
 
@@ -722,4 +723,15 @@ public interface Record extends FieldProvider, Attachable {
      */
     void fromMap(Map<String, ?> map);
 
+    /**
+     * Load data from an array into this record
+     * <p>
+     * The argument array is expected to hold values for this record's field
+     * indexes. Missing values will be left untouched. Excess values will be
+     * ignored.
+     * <p>
+     * This is the inverse operation to {@link #intoArray()}
+     */
+    void fromArray(Object... array);
+
 }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractRecord.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractRecord.java
index bf4ee88ca9..03e0e248f8 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractRecord.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractRecord.java
@@ -780,6 +780,16 @@ abstract class AbstractRecord extends AbstractStore implements Record {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final void fromArray(Object... array) {
+        List<Field<?>> f = getFields();
+        int size = f.size();
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < size && i < array.length; i++) {
+            Utils.setValue(this, f.get(i), array[i]);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * This method was implemented with [#799]. It may be useful to make it
      * public for broader use...?