diff --git a/lib/distributed_cache.rb b/lib/distributed_cache.rb
index 2c454526dbf..203bb2ae842 100644
--- a/lib/distributed_cache.rb
+++ b/lib/distributed_cache.rb
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class DistributedCache
 
     def set(hash, key, value)
       # special support for set
-      marshal = (Set === value || Hash === value)
+      marshal = (Set === value || Hash === value || Array === value)
       value = Base64.encode64(Marshal.dump(value)) if marshal
       publish(hash, op: :set, key: key, value: value, marshalled: marshal)
     end
diff --git a/spec/components/distributed_cache_spec.rb b/spec/components/distributed_cache_spec.rb
index a1b442edf17..4ff420c96e4 100644
--- a/spec/components/distributed_cache_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/distributed_cache_spec.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,20 @@ describe DistributedCache do
     cache(cache_name)
   end
 
+  it 'supports arrays with hashes' do
+
+    c1 = cache("test1")
+    c2 = cache("test1")
+
+    c1["test"] = [{ test: :test }]
+
+    wait_for do
+      c2["test"] == [{ test: :test }]
+    end
+
+    expect(c2[:test]).to eq([{ test: :test }])
+  end
+
   it 'allows us to store Set' do
     c1 = cache("test1")
     c2 = cache("test1")