diff --git a/src/TSHelper.ts b/src/TSHelper.ts
index 203181681..c3eac9460 100644
--- a/src/TSHelper.ts
+++ b/src/TSHelper.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,25 @@
 import * as ts from "typescript";
 import { Decorator, DecoratorKind } from "./Decorator";
 
+const defaultArrayCallMethodNames = new Set<string>([
+    "concat",
+    "push",
+    "reverse",
+    "shift",
+    "unshift",
+    "sort",
+    "pop",
+    "forEach",
+    "indexOf",
+    "map",
+    "filter",
+    "some",
+    "every",
+    "slice",
+    "splice",
+    "join",
+]);
+
 export class TSHelper {
 
     // Reverse lookup of enum key by value
@@ -74,11 +93,21 @@ export class TSHelper {
                 && (typeNode as ts.UnionOrIntersectionTypeNode).types.some(this.isArrayTypeNode));
     }
 
-    public static isArrayType(type: ts.Type, checker: ts.TypeChecker): boolean {
+    public static isExplicitArrayType(type: ts.Type, checker: ts.TypeChecker): boolean {
         const typeNode = checker.typeToTypeNode(type, undefined, ts.NodeBuilderFlags.InTypeAlias);
         return typeNode && this.isArrayTypeNode(typeNode);
     }
 
+    public static isArrayType(type: ts.Type, checker: ts.TypeChecker): boolean {
+        const baseTypes = type.getBaseTypes();
+        if (baseTypes) {
+          for (const baseType of baseTypes) {
+            if (this.isExplicitArrayType(baseType, checker)) { return true; }
+          }
+        }
+        return this.isExplicitArrayType(type, checker);
+    }
+
     public static isTupleReturnCall(node: ts.Node, checker: ts.TypeChecker): boolean {
         if (ts.isCallExpression(node)) {
             const type = checker.getTypeAtLocation(node.expression);
@@ -254,4 +283,9 @@ export class TSHelper {
         }
         return [false, null, null];
     }
+
+    public static isDefaultArrayCallMethodName(methodName: string): boolean {
+        return defaultArrayCallMethodNames.has(methodName);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/Transpiler.ts b/src/Transpiler.ts
index 7ca71b507..232d1c7fc 100644
--- a/src/Transpiler.ts
+++ b/src/Transpiler.ts
@@ -1203,7 +1203,14 @@ export abstract class LuaTranspiler {
 
         }
 
-        if (tsHelper.isArrayType(ownerType, this.checker)) {
+        // if ownerType is a array, use only supported functions
+        if (tsHelper.isExplicitArrayType(ownerType, this.checker)) {
+            return this.transpileArrayCallExpression(node);
+        }
+
+        // if ownerType inherits from an array, use array calls where appropriate
+        if (tsHelper.isArrayType(ownerType, this.checker)
+            && tsHelper.isDefaultArrayCallMethodName(this.transpileIdentifier(node.expression.name))) {
             return this.transpileArrayCallExpression(node);
         }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/array.spec.ts b/test/unit/array.spec.ts
index bca94494a..d1daa4268 100644
--- a/test/unit/array.spec.ts
+++ b/test/unit/array.spec.ts
@@ -38,4 +38,17 @@ export class ArrayTests {
         const result = util.executeLua(lua);
         Expect(result).toBe(5);
     }
+
+    @Test("Derived array access")
+    public derivedArrayAccess(): void {
+        const lua = `local arr = {firstElement=function(self) return self[1]; end};`
+        +  util.transpileString(
+            `interface CustomArray extends Array<number>{ firstElement():number; };
+            declare const arr: CustomArray;
+            arr[0] = 3;
+            return arr.firstElement();`
+        );
+        const result = util.executeLua(lua);
+        Expect(result).toBe(3);
+    }
 }