diff --git a/src/main/java/io/swagger/inflector/examples/ExampleBuilder.java b/src/main/java/io/swagger/inflector/examples/ExampleBuilder.java
index 7964c027..328edb88 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/swagger/inflector/examples/ExampleBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/swagger/inflector/examples/ExampleBuilder.java
@@ -325,7 +325,12 @@ public static Example fromProperty(Property property, Map<String, Model> definit
             }
         } else if (property instanceof ArrayProperty) {
             if (example != null) {
-                output = new ArrayExample();
+                try {
+                    output = Json.mapper().readValue(example.toString(), ArrayExample.class);
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    LOGGER.error("unable to convert `" + example + "` to JsonNode");
+                    output = new ArrayExample();
+                }
             }
             else {
                 ArrayProperty ap = (ArrayProperty) property;
@@ -527,7 +532,6 @@ else if(model instanceof ComposedModel) {
         }
         else if(model instanceof ArrayModel) {
             ArrayModel am = (ArrayModel) model;
-            ObjectExample ex = new ObjectExample();
 
             Property inner = am.getItems();
             if (inner != null) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/swagger/inflector/examples/models/ArrayExample.java b/src/main/java/io/swagger/inflector/examples/models/ArrayExample.java
index 86ab0193..18943923 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/swagger/inflector/examples/models/ArrayExample.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/swagger/inflector/examples/models/ArrayExample.java
@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@
 
 package io.swagger.inflector.examples.models;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize;
+import io.swagger.inflector.processors.JsonExampleDeserializer;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
+@JsonDeserialize(using = JsonExampleDeserializer.class)
 public class ArrayExample extends AbstractExample {
     List<Example> values = null;
     
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/swagger/test/examples/ExampleBuilderTest.java b/src/test/java/io/swagger/test/examples/ExampleBuilderTest.java
index a18bd318..c9188ca0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/swagger/test/examples/ExampleBuilderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/swagger/test/examples/ExampleBuilderTest.java
@@ -576,6 +576,20 @@ public void testIssue1177RefArrayExample() throws Exception {
         assertEqualsIgnoreLineEnding(output, "[ \"string\" ]");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testInlinedArrayExample() throws Exception {
+        Swagger swagger = new SwaggerParser().read("src/test/swagger/array-example.yaml");
+
+        String output = getExampleForPath(swagger, "/");
+        assertEqualsIgnoreLineEnding(output, "[ {\n" +
+                "  \"id\" : 1,\n" +
+                "  \"name\" : \"Arthur Dent\"\n" +
+                "}, {\n" +
+                "  \"id\" : 2,\n" +
+                "  \"name\" : \"Ford Prefect\"\n" +
+                "} ]");
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testIssue1263SchemaExampleNestedObjects() throws Exception {
         Swagger swagger = new SwaggerParser().read("src/test/swagger/issue-1263.yaml");
diff --git a/src/test/swagger/array-example.yaml b/src/test/swagger/array-example.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b9f7823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/swagger/array-example.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+swagger: '2.0'
+info:
+  version: '1.0'
+  title: Array example
+
+paths:
+  /:
+    get:
+      produces:
+        - application/json
+      responses:
+        200:
+          description: completed successfully
+          schema:
+            type: array
+            items:
+              $ref: '#/definitions/User'
+            example:
+              - id: 1
+                name: Arthur Dent
+              - id: 2
+                name: Ford Prefect
+definitions:
+  User:
+    type: object
+    properties:
+      id:
+        type: integer
+        example: 0
+      name:
+        type: string
+        example: Marvin
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