diff --git a/base/array.jl b/base/array.jl
index ab754d1e6d3e1..c2b7e7c0bf826 100644
--- a/base/array.jl
+++ b/base/array.jl
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ function vect(X...)
     return copy!(Array{T,1}(length(X)), X)
 end
 
+(::Type{Array{T,N}}){T,N}() = Array{T,N}(ntuple(i -> 0, Val{N})...)
+
 size(a::Array, d) = arraysize(a, d)
 size(a::Vector) = (arraysize(a,1),)
 size(a::Matrix) = (arraysize(a,1), arraysize(a,2))
diff --git a/base/boot.jl b/base/boot.jl
index 1ab6488471a9b..eb5ba229208dc 100644
--- a/base/boot.jl
+++ b/base/boot.jl
@@ -321,9 +321,6 @@ typealias NTuple{N,T} Tuple{Vararg{T,N}}
 (::Type{Array{T}}){T}(m::Int, n::Int) = Array{T,2}(m, n)
 (::Type{Array{T}}){T}(m::Int, n::Int, o::Int) = Array{T,3}(m, n, o)
 
-(::Type{Array{T,1}}){T}() = Array{T,1}(0)
-(::Type{Array{T,2}}){T}() = Array{T,2}(0, 0)
-
 # primitive Symbol constructors
 function Symbol(s::String)
     return ccall(:jl_symbol_n, Ref{Symbol}, (Ptr{UInt8}, Int),
diff --git a/test/arrayops.jl b/test/arrayops.jl
index a93825ead24b7..a23a3eb59b503 100644
--- a/test/arrayops.jl
+++ b/test/arrayops.jl
@@ -1250,6 +1250,10 @@ let a = Array{Float64}(10)
     @test size(aa) == size(bb)
     bbb = Array{Float64, 9}(9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1)
     @test size(aaa) == size(bbb)
+
+    #14201 Test Array{T, N}() constructor
+    @test @inferred size(Array{Float64,5}()) == (0,0,0,0,0)
+    @test @inferred size(Array{Float64,8}()) == (0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0)
 end
 
 # Cartesian