diff --git a/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/beans/decoder/ArrayElementHandler.java b/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/beans/decoder/ArrayElementHandler.java
index 5406891efbf..9c2b8742afa 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/beans/decoder/ArrayElementHandler.java
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/beans/decoder/ArrayElementHandler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2008, 2013 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -109,6 +109,20 @@ final class ArrayElementHandler extends NewElementHandler {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Tests whether the value of this element can be used
+     * as an argument of the element that contained in this one.
+     *
+     * @return {@code true} if the value of this element can be used
+     *         as an argument of the element that contained in this one,
+     *         {@code false} otherwise
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected boolean isArgument() {
+        return true; // hack for compatibility
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Creates an instance of the array.
      *
diff --git a/jdk/test/java/beans/XMLEncoder/Test8027066.java b/jdk/test/java/beans/XMLEncoder/Test8027066.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..22d495d4f31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jdk/test/java/beans/XMLEncoder/Test8027066.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8027066
+ * @summary Tests that the same array can be encoded twice
+ * @author Anton Nashatyrev
+ */
+public class Test8027066 extends AbstractTest<String[][]> {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        new Test8027066().test(true);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String[][] getObject() {
+        String[] strings = {"first", "second"};
+        String[][] arrays = {strings, strings};
+        return arrays;
+    }
+}