diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/teavm/backend/javascript/rendering/Renderer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/teavm/backend/javascript/rendering/Renderer.java
index 0988d622d..c60bf6223 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/teavm/backend/javascript/rendering/Renderer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/teavm/backend/javascript/rendering/Renderer.java
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ public class Renderer implements RenderingManager {
 
     public void renderRuntime() throws RenderingException {
         try {
+            renderSetCloneMethod();
             renderRuntimeCls();
             renderRuntimeString();
             renderRuntimeUnwrapString();
@@ -172,6 +173,13 @@ public class Renderer implements RenderingManager {
         }
     }
 
+    private void renderSetCloneMethod() throws IOException {
+        writer.append("function $rt_setCloneMethod(target, f)").ws().append("{").softNewLine().indent();
+        writer.append("target.").appendMethod("clone", Object.class).ws().append('=').ws().append("f;").
+                softNewLine().indent();
+        writer.outdent().append("}").newLine();
+    }
+
     private void renderRuntimeCls() throws IOException {
         writer.append("function $rt_cls(cls)").ws().append("{").softNewLine().indent();
         writer.append("return ").appendMethodBody("java.lang.Class", "getClass",
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/org/teavm/backend/javascript/runtime.js b/core/src/main/resources/org/teavm/backend/javascript/runtime.js
index 9c1c2e615..98e1a2525 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/org/teavm/backend/javascript/runtime.js
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/org/teavm/backend/javascript/runtime.js
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ function $rt_arraycls(cls) {
             str += "]";
             return str;
         };
+        $rt_setCloneMethod(arraycls.prototype, function () {
+            return new arraycls(this.data.slice());
+        });
         var name = "[" + cls.$meta.binaryName;
         arraycls.$meta = { item : cls, supertypes : [$rt_objcls()], primitive : false, superclass : $rt_objcls(),
                 name : name, binaryName : name, enum : false };
diff --git a/tests/src/test/java/org/teavm/vm/VMTest.java b/tests/src/test/java/org/teavm/vm/VMTest.java
index aded39e2b..b246ac10b 100644
--- a/tests/src/test/java/org/teavm/vm/VMTest.java
+++ b/tests/src/test/java/org/teavm/vm/VMTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package org.teavm.vm;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotSame;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -393,4 +394,13 @@ public class VMTest {
 
     class PathJoint implements FirstPath, SecondPath {
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void cloneArray() {
+        String[] a = new String[] { "foo" };
+        String[] b = a.clone();
+        assertNotSame(a, b);
+        a[0] = "bar";
+        assertEquals("foo", b[0]);
+    }
 }
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