diff --git a/general/array.hpp b/general/array.hpp
index 46c7f6684f..1224a265bf 100644
--- a/general/array.hpp
+++ b/general/array.hpp
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ public:
    template <typename CT>
    inline Array(const Array<CT> &src);
 
+   /// Deep copy from a braced init-list of convertible type
+   template <typename CT, int N>
+   explicit inline Array(const CT (&values)[N]);
+
    /// Destructor
    inline ~Array() { data.Delete(); }
 
@@ -631,6 +635,12 @@ inline Array<T>::Array(const Array<CT> &src)
    for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) { (*this)[i] = T(src[i]); }
 }
 
+template <typename T> template <typename CT, int N>
+inline Array<T>::Array(const CT (&values)[N]) : Array(N)
+{
+   for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) { (*this)[i] = T(values[i]); }
+}
+
 template <class T>
 inline void Array<T>::GrowSize(int minsize)
 {
diff --git a/tests/unit/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/unit/CMakeLists.txt
index e01db4f431..c36066c467 100644
--- a/tests/unit/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/unit/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ include_directories(BEFORE ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
 include_directories(BEFORE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 
 set(UNIT_TESTS_SRCS
+  general/test_array.cpp
   general/test_mem.cpp
   general/test_text.cpp
   general/test_zlib.cpp
diff --git a/tests/unit/general/test_array.cpp b/tests/unit/general/test_array.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c4d117883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/general/test_array.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2010-2021, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. Produced
+// at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. All Rights reserved. See files
+// LICENSE and NOTICE for details. LLNL-CODE-806117.
+//
+// This file is part of the MFEM library. For more information and source code
+// availability visit https://mfem.org.
+//
+// MFEM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+// terms of the BSD-3 license. We welcome feedback and contributions, see file
+// CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
+
+#include "mfem.hpp"
+#include "unit_tests.hpp"
+
+using namespace mfem;
+
+TEST_CASE("Array init-list construction", "[Array]")
+{
+   int ContigData[6] = {6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1};
+   Array<int> a(ContigData, 6);
+   Array<int> b({6.0, 5.0, 4.0, 3.0, 2.0, 1.0});
+
+   for (int i = 0; i < a.Size(); i++)
+   {
+      REQUIRE(a[i] == b[i]);
+   }
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/linalg/test_vector.cpp b/tests/unit/linalg/test_vector.cpp
index c59fe2d94d..8904a17541 100644
--- a/tests/unit/linalg/test_vector.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/linalg/test_vector.cpp
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ using namespace mfem;
 
 TEST_CASE("Vector init-list construction", "[Vector]")
 {
-   double ContigData[6] = {6.0, 5.0,
-                           4.0, 3.0,
-                           2.0, 1.0
-                          };
+   double ContigData[6] = {6.0, 5.0, 4.0, 3.0, 2.0, 1.0};
    Vector a(ContigData, 6);
    Vector b({6.0, 5.0, 4.0, 3.0, 2.0, 1.0});