diff --git a/spec/ffi/struct_spec.rb b/spec/ffi/struct_spec.rb
index 45e10ec88..3fe58e304 100644
--- a/spec/ffi/struct_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ffi/struct_spec.rb
@@ -786,6 +786,62 @@ class StructWithArray < FFI::Struct
     @s = LibTest::StructWithArray.new(LibTest.struct_make_struct_with_array(0, 1, 2, 3, 4))
     expect(@s[:a].to_ptr).to eq(LibTest::struct_field_array(@s.to_ptr))
   end
+
+  it 'raises when trying to set an array field' do
+    @s = LibTest::StructWithArray.new(LibTest.struct_make_struct_with_array(0, 1, 2, 3, 4))
+    expect { @s[:a] = [7, 8, 9, 10, 11] }.to raise_error(NotImplementedError, 'cannot set array field')
+  end
+end
+
+describe FFI::Struct, ' with a char array field'  do
+  module LibTest
+    class StructWithCharArray < FFI::Struct
+      layout :before, :int32, :str, [:char, 4], :after, :int32
+    end
+  end
+
+  before do
+    @s = LibTest::StructWithCharArray.new
+    @s.pointer.write_bytes([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 0].pack("lC4l"))
+  end
+
+  it 'should read values from memory' do
+    expect(@s[:before]).to eq(0)
+    expect(@s[:str].to_a).to eq([1, 2, 3, 4])
+    expect(@s[:str].to_s).to eq("\x01\x02\x03\x04".b)
+    expect(@s[:after]).to eq(0)
+  end
+
+  it 'should return the number of elements in the array field' do
+    expect(@s[:str].size).to eq(4)
+  end
+
+  it 'should allow iteration through the array elements' do
+    @s[:str].each_with_index { |elem, i| expect(elem).to eq(i+1) }
+  end
+
+  it 'should return the pointer to the array' do
+    expect(@s[:str].to_ptr).to eq(@s.to_ptr + 4)
+  end
+
+  it 'allows writing a shorter String to the char array' do
+    @s[:str] = "abc"
+    expect(@s[:before]).to eq(0)
+    expect(@s[:str].to_s).to eq("abc")
+    expect(@s[:after]).to eq(0)
+  end
+
+  it 'allows writing a String of the same size to the char array' do
+    @s[:after] = -1
+    @s[:str] = "abcd"
+    expect(@s[:before]).to eq(0)
+    expect(@s[:str].to_s).to eq("abcd")
+    expect(@s[:after]).to eq(-1) # The above should not write to the next field
+  end
+
+  it 'raises when writing a longer String to the char array' do
+    expect { @s[:str] = "abcdefg" }.to raise_error(IndexError)
+  end
 end
 
 describe 'BuggedStruct' do