diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d4d5fe700a5b..63707a66008c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 - `[jest-haste-map]` Fix the `mapper` option which was incorrectly ignored ([#8299](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8299))
 - `[jest-jasmine2]` Fix describe return value warning being shown if the describe function throws ([#8335](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8335))
 - `[jest-environment-jsdom]` Re-declare global prototype of JSDOMEnvironment ([#8352](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8352))
+- `[jest-snapshot]` Handle arrays when merging snapshots ([#7089](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/7089))
 
 ### Chore & Maintenance
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-snapshot/src/__tests__/utils.test.ts b/packages/jest-snapshot/src/__tests__/utils.test.ts
index 981070691777..f28efd12128d 100644
--- a/packages/jest-snapshot/src/__tests__/utils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-snapshot/src/__tests__/utils.test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ jest.mock('fs');
 
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
+import assert from 'assert';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 
 import {
@@ -201,12 +202,85 @@ test('serialize handles \\r\\n', () => {
 
 describe('DeepMerge', () => {
   it('Correctly merges objects with property matchers', () => {
-    const target = {data: {bar: 'bar', foo: 'foo'}};
+    /* eslint-disable sort-keys */
+    // to keep keys in numerical order rather than alphabetical
+    const target = {
+      data: {
+        one: 'one',
+        two: 'two',
+        three: [
+          {
+            four: 'four',
+            five: 'five',
+          },
+          // Include an array element not present in the propertyMatchers
+          {
+            six: 'six',
+            seven: 'seven',
+          },
+        ],
+        eight: [{nine: 'nine'}],
+      },
+    };
+
     const matcher = expect.any(String);
-    const propertyMatchers = {data: {foo: matcher}};
+    const propertyMatchers = {
+      data: {
+        two: matcher,
+        three: [
+          {
+            four: matcher,
+          },
+        ],
+        eight: [
+          {nine: matcher},
+          // Include an array element not present in the target
+          {ten: matcher},
+        ],
+      },
+    };
+
     const mergedOutput = deepMerge(target, propertyMatchers);
 
-    expect(mergedOutput).toStrictEqual({data: {bar: 'bar', foo: matcher}});
-    expect(target).toStrictEqual({data: {bar: 'bar', foo: 'foo'}});
+    // Use assert.deepStrictEqual() instead of expect().toStrictEqual()
+    // since we want to actually validate that we got the matcher
+    // rather than treat it specially the way that expect() does
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(mergedOutput, {
+      data: {
+        one: 'one',
+        two: matcher,
+        three: [
+          {
+            four: matcher,
+            five: 'five',
+          },
+          {
+            six: 'six',
+            seven: 'seven',
+          },
+        ],
+        eight: [{nine: matcher}, {ten: matcher}],
+      },
+    });
+
+    // Ensure original target is not modified
+    expect(target).toStrictEqual({
+      data: {
+        one: 'one',
+        two: 'two',
+        three: [
+          {
+            four: 'four',
+            five: 'five',
+          },
+          {
+            six: 'six',
+            seven: 'seven',
+          },
+        ],
+        eight: [{nine: 'nine'}],
+      },
+    });
+    /* eslint-enable sort-keys */
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/jest-snapshot/src/utils.ts b/packages/jest-snapshot/src/utils.ts
index 992fa72926d0..d0e4b20eb049 100644
--- a/packages/jest-snapshot/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-snapshot/src/utils.ts
@@ -178,6 +178,21 @@ export const saveSnapshotFile = (
   );
 };
 
+const deepMergeArray = (target: Array<any>, source: Array<any>) => {
+  // Clone target
+  const mergedOutput = target.slice();
+
+  source.forEach((element, index) => {
+    if (typeof mergedOutput[index] === 'undefined') {
+      mergedOutput[index] = element;
+    } else {
+      mergedOutput[index] = deepMerge(target[index], element);
+    }
+  });
+
+  return mergedOutput;
+};
+
 export const deepMerge = (target: any, source: any) => {
   const mergedOutput = {...target};
   if (isObject(target) && isObject(source)) {
@@ -185,6 +200,8 @@ export const deepMerge = (target: any, source: any) => {
       if (isObject(source[key]) && !source[key].$$typeof) {
         if (!(key in target)) Object.assign(mergedOutput, {[key]: source[key]});
         else mergedOutput[key] = deepMerge(target[key], source[key]);
+      } else if (Array.isArray(source[key])) {
+        mergedOutput[key] = deepMergeArray(target[key], source[key]);
       } else {
         Object.assign(mergedOutput, {[key]: source[key]});
       }