diff --git a/libguile/array-handle.c b/libguile/array-handle.c
index ec3127a4a..08778f369 100644
--- a/libguile/array-handle.c
+++ b/libguile/array-handle.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004, 2005, 2006, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  * 
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
@@ -97,6 +97,47 @@ scm_array_handle_pos (scm_t_array_handle *h, SCM indices)
   return pos;
 }
 
+static void
+check_array_index_bounds (scm_t_array_dim *dim, ssize_t idx)
+{
+  if (idx < dim->lbnd || idx > dim->ubnd)
+    scm_error (scm_out_of_range_key, NULL, "Value out of range ~S to ~S: ~S",
+               scm_list_3 (scm_from_ssize_t (dim->lbnd),
+                           scm_from_ssize_t (dim->ubnd),
+                           scm_from_ssize_t (idx)),
+               scm_list_1 (scm_from_ssize_t (idx)));
+}
+
+ssize_t
+scm_array_handle_pos_1 (scm_t_array_handle *h, ssize_t idx0)
+{
+  scm_t_array_dim *dim = scm_array_handle_dims (h);
+
+  if (scm_array_handle_rank (h) != 1)
+    scm_misc_error (NULL, "wrong number of indices, expecting ~A",
+		    scm_list_1 (scm_from_size_t (scm_array_handle_rank (h))));
+
+  check_array_index_bounds (&dim[0], idx0);
+
+  return (idx0 - dim[0].lbnd) * dim[0].inc;
+}
+
+ssize_t
+scm_array_handle_pos_2 (scm_t_array_handle *h, ssize_t idx0, ssize_t idx1)
+{
+  scm_t_array_dim *dim = scm_array_handle_dims (h);
+
+  if (scm_array_handle_rank (h) != 2)
+    scm_misc_error (NULL, "wrong number of indices, expecting ~A",
+		    scm_list_1 (scm_from_size_t (scm_array_handle_rank (h))));
+
+  check_array_index_bounds (&dim[0], idx0);
+  check_array_index_bounds (&dim[1], idx1);
+
+  return ((idx0 - dim[0].lbnd) * dim[0].inc
+          + (idx1 - dim[1].lbnd) * dim[1].inc);
+}
+
 SCM
 scm_array_handle_element_type (scm_t_array_handle *h)
 {
diff --git a/libguile/array-handle.h b/libguile/array-handle.h
index 0a0b4031b..fa2449dea 100644
--- a/libguile/array-handle.h
+++ b/libguile/array-handle.h
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ typedef struct scm_t_array_handle {
 
 SCM_API void scm_array_get_handle (SCM array, scm_t_array_handle *h);
 SCM_API ssize_t scm_array_handle_pos (scm_t_array_handle *h, SCM indices);
+SCM_API ssize_t scm_array_handle_pos_1 (scm_t_array_handle *h, ssize_t idx0);
+SCM_API ssize_t scm_array_handle_pos_2 (scm_t_array_handle *h, ssize_t idx0, ssize_t idx1);
 SCM_API SCM scm_array_handle_element_type (scm_t_array_handle *h);
 SCM_API void scm_array_handle_release (scm_t_array_handle *h);
 SCM_API const SCM* scm_array_handle_elements (scm_t_array_handle *h);
diff --git a/libguile/generalized-arrays.c b/libguile/generalized-arrays.c
index 3a0ce25c7..f5f41ac24 100644
--- a/libguile/generalized-arrays.c
+++ b/libguile/generalized-arrays.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  * 
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@
 #include "libguile/generalized-arrays.h"
 
 
+SCM_INTERNAL SCM scm_i_array_ref (SCM v,
+                                  SCM idx0, SCM idx1, SCM idxN);
+SCM_INTERNAL SCM scm_i_array_set_x (SCM v, SCM obj,
+                                    SCM idx0, SCM idx1, SCM idxN);
+
+
 int
 scm_is_array (SCM obj)
 {
@@ -195,11 +201,35 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_array_in_bounds_p, "array-in-bounds?", 1, 0, 1,
 }
 #undef FUNC_NAME
 
-SCM_DEFINE (scm_array_ref, "array-ref", 1, 0, 1,
-           (SCM v, SCM args),
-	    "Return the element at the @code{(index1, index2)} element in\n"
-	    "array @var{v}.")
-#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_array_ref
+
+SCM
+scm_c_array_ref_1 (SCM array, ssize_t idx0)
+{
+  scm_t_array_handle handle;
+  SCM res;
+
+  scm_array_get_handle (array, &handle);
+  res = scm_array_handle_ref (&handle, scm_array_handle_pos_1 (&handle, idx0));
+  scm_array_handle_release (&handle);
+  return res;
+}
+
+
+SCM
+scm_c_array_ref_2 (SCM array, ssize_t idx0, ssize_t idx1)
+{
+  scm_t_array_handle handle;
+  SCM res;
+
+  scm_array_get_handle (array, &handle);
+  res = scm_array_handle_ref (&handle, scm_array_handle_pos_2 (&handle, idx0, idx1));
+  scm_array_handle_release (&handle);
+  return res;
+}
+
+
+SCM
+scm_array_ref (SCM v, SCM args)
 {
   scm_t_array_handle handle;
   SCM res;
@@ -209,15 +239,34 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_array_ref, "array-ref", 1, 0, 1,
   scm_array_handle_release (&handle);
   return res;
 }
-#undef FUNC_NAME
 
 
-SCM_DEFINE (scm_array_set_x, "array-set!", 2, 0, 1, 
-           (SCM v, SCM obj, SCM args),
-	    "Set the element at the @code{(index1, index2)} element in array\n"
-	    "@var{v} to @var{obj}.  The value returned by @code{array-set!}\n"
-	    "is unspecified.")
-#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_array_set_x           
+void
+scm_c_array_set_1_x (SCM array, SCM obj, ssize_t idx0)
+{
+  scm_t_array_handle handle;
+
+  scm_array_get_handle (array, &handle);
+  scm_array_handle_set (&handle, scm_array_handle_pos_1 (&handle, idx0),
+                        obj);
+  scm_array_handle_release (&handle);
+}
+
+
+void
+scm_c_array_set_2_x (SCM array, SCM obj, ssize_t idx0, ssize_t idx1)
+{
+  scm_t_array_handle handle;
+
+  scm_array_get_handle (array, &handle);
+  scm_array_handle_set (&handle, scm_array_handle_pos_2 (&handle, idx0, idx1),
+                        obj);
+  scm_array_handle_release (&handle);
+}
+
+
+SCM
+scm_array_set_x (SCM v, SCM obj, SCM args)
 {
   scm_t_array_handle handle;
 
@@ -226,8 +275,47 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_array_set_x, "array-set!", 2, 0, 1,
   scm_array_handle_release (&handle);
   return SCM_UNSPECIFIED;
 }
+
+
+SCM_DEFINE (scm_i_array_ref, "array-ref", 1, 2, 1,
+            (SCM v, SCM idx0, SCM idx1, SCM idxN),
+	    "Return the element at the @code{(idx0, idx1, idxN...)}\n"
+            "position in array @var{v}.")
+#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_i_array_ref
+{
+  if (SCM_UNBNDP (idx0))
+    return scm_array_ref (v, SCM_EOL);
+  else if (SCM_UNBNDP (idx1))
+    return scm_c_array_ref_1 (v, scm_to_ssize_t (idx0));
+  else if (scm_is_null (idxN))
+    return scm_c_array_ref_2 (v, scm_to_ssize_t (idx0), scm_to_ssize_t (idx1));
+  else
+    return scm_array_ref (v, scm_cons (idx0, scm_cons (idx1, idxN)));
+}
 #undef FUNC_NAME
 
+
+SCM_DEFINE (scm_i_array_set_x, "array-set!", 2, 2, 1,
+            (SCM v, SCM obj, SCM idx0, SCM idx1, SCM idxN),
+	    "Set the element at the @code{(idx0, idx1, idxN...)} position\n"
+	    "in the array @var{v} to @var{obj}.  The value returned by\n"
+            "@code{array-set!} is unspecified.")
+#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_i_array_set_x
+{
+  if (SCM_UNBNDP (idx0))
+    scm_array_set_x (v, obj, SCM_EOL);
+  else if (SCM_UNBNDP (idx1))
+    scm_c_array_set_1_x (v, obj, scm_to_ssize_t (idx0));
+  else if (scm_is_null (idxN))
+    scm_c_array_set_2_x (v, obj, scm_to_ssize_t (idx0), scm_to_ssize_t (idx1));
+  else
+    scm_array_set_x (v, obj, scm_cons (idx0, scm_cons (idx1, idxN)));
+
+  return SCM_UNSPECIFIED;
+}
+#undef FUNC_NAME
+
+
 static SCM 
 array_to_list (scm_t_array_handle *h, size_t dim, unsigned long pos)
 {
diff --git a/libguile/generalized-arrays.h b/libguile/generalized-arrays.h
index 1f9b6ad3d..2ad34a1d5 100644
--- a/libguile/generalized-arrays.h
+++ b/libguile/generalized-arrays.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #ifndef SCM_GENERALIZED_ARRAYS_H
 #define SCM_GENERALIZED_ARRAYS_H
 
-/* Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1999,2000,2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1999,2000,2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ SCM_API SCM scm_array_dimensions (SCM ra);
 SCM_API SCM scm_array_type (SCM ra);
 SCM_API SCM scm_array_in_bounds_p (SCM v, SCM args);
 
+SCM_API SCM scm_c_array_ref_1 (SCM v, ssize_t idx0);
+SCM_API SCM scm_c_array_ref_2 (SCM v, ssize_t idx0, ssize_t idx1);
+
+SCM_API void scm_c_array_set_1_x (SCM v, SCM obj, ssize_t idx0);
+SCM_API void scm_c_array_set_2_x (SCM v, SCM obj, ssize_t idx0, ssize_t idx1);
+
 SCM_API SCM scm_array_ref (SCM v, SCM args);
 SCM_API SCM scm_array_set_x (SCM v, SCM obj, SCM args);
 SCM_API SCM scm_array_to_list (SCM v);
diff --git a/test-suite/tests/arrays.test b/test-suite/tests/arrays.test
index f13b1a2ac..f00c12d11 100644
--- a/test-suite/tests/arrays.test
+++ b/test-suite/tests/arrays.test
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;;; unif.test --- tests guile's uniform arrays     -*- scheme -*-
 ;;;;
-;;;; Copyright 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;;;; Copyright 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 ;;;;
 ;;;; This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 ;;;; modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@
 	(array-set! a 'y 2))
       (pass-if-exception "end+1" exception:out-of-range
 	(array-set! a 'y 6))
-      (pass-if-exception "two indexes" exception:out-of-range
+      (pass-if-exception "two indexes" exception:wrong-num-indices
 	(array-set! a 'y 6 7))))
 
   (with-test-prefix "two dim"