diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/OptionsResolver/OptionsResolver.php b/src/Symfony/Component/OptionsResolver/OptionsResolver.php
index f5b84f05b4d5c..95a492de94bb8 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/OptionsResolver/OptionsResolver.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/OptionsResolver/OptionsResolver.php
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ private function verifyTypes($type, $value, array &$invalidTypes)
             $invalidValues = array_filter( // Filter out valid values, keeping invalid values in the resulting array
                 $value,
                 function ($value) use ($type) {
-                    return (function_exists($isFunction = 'is_'.$type) && !$isFunction($value)) || !$value instanceof $type;
+                    return !self::isValueValidType($type, $value);
                 }
             );
 
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ function ($value) use ($type) {
             return false;
         }
 
-        if ((function_exists($isFunction = 'is_'.$type) && $isFunction($value)) || $value instanceof $type) {
+        if (self::isValueValidType($type, $value)) {
             return true;
         }
 
@@ -1073,4 +1073,9 @@ private function formatValues(array $values)
 
         return implode(', ', $values);
     }
+
+    private static function isValueValidType($type, $value)
+    {
+        return (function_exists($isFunction = 'is_'.$type) && $isFunction($value)) || $value instanceof $type;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/OptionsResolver/Tests/OptionsResolverTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/OptionsResolver/Tests/OptionsResolverTest.php
index fb15b1843b809..440af8b5787e6 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/OptionsResolver/Tests/OptionsResolverTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/OptionsResolver/Tests/OptionsResolverTest.php
@@ -486,6 +486,15 @@ public function testSetAllowedTypesFailsIfUnknownOption()
         $this->resolver->setAllowedTypes('foo', 'string');
     }
 
+    public function testResolveTypedArray()
+    {
+        $this->resolver->setDefined('foo');
+        $this->resolver->setAllowedTypes('foo', 'string[]');
+        $options = $this->resolver->resolve(array('foo' => array('bar', 'baz')));
+
+        $this->assertSame(array('foo' => array('bar', 'baz')), $options);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\OptionsResolver\Exception\AccessException
      */