diff --git a/lib/schema.js b/lib/schema.js
index d857b7ba636..270463d3b5d 100644
--- a/lib/schema.js
+++ b/lib/schema.js
@@ -746,8 +746,10 @@ Schema.prototype.path = function(path, obj) {
 
       // Skip arrays of document arrays
       if (_schemaType.$isMongooseDocumentArray) {
+        _schemaType.$embeddedSchemaType._arrayPath = arrayPath;
         _schemaType = _schemaType.$embeddedSchemaType.clone();
       } else {
+        _schemaType.caster._arrayPath = arrayPath;
         _schemaType = _schemaType.caster.clone();
       }
 
diff --git a/lib/schema/array.js b/lib/schema/array.js
index 3986bddc559..bc828a178ab 100644
--- a/lib/schema/array.js
+++ b/lib/schema/array.js
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ SchemaArray.prototype._applySetters = function(value, scope, init, priorVal) {
  * @api private
  */
 
-SchemaArray.prototype.cast = function(value, doc, init) {
+SchemaArray.prototype.cast = function(value, doc, init, prev, options) {
   // lazy load
   MongooseArray || (MongooseArray = require('../types').Array);
 
@@ -355,7 +355,13 @@ SchemaArray.prototype.cast = function(value, doc, init) {
           if (this.caster.instance === 'Number' && value[i] === void 0) {
             throw new MongooseError('Mongoose number arrays disallow storing undefined');
           }
-          value[i] = this.caster.cast(value[i], doc, init);
+          const opts = {};
+          if (options != null && options.arrayPath != null) {
+            opts.arrayPath = options.arrayPath + '.' + i;
+          } else if (this.caster._arrayPath != null) {
+            opts.arrayPath = this.caster._arrayPath.slice(0, -2) + '.' + i;
+          }
+          value[i] = this.caster.cast(value[i], doc, init, void 0, opts);
         }
       } catch (e) {
         // rethrow
diff --git a/lib/schema/documentarray.js b/lib/schema/documentarray.js
index 3ec0e3cc27d..57e2fa441b0 100644
--- a/lib/schema/documentarray.js
+++ b/lib/schema/documentarray.js
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ DocumentArrayPath.prototype.cast = function(value, doc, init, prev, options) {
   let selected;
   let subdoc;
   const _opts = { transform: false, virtuals: false };
+  options = options || {};
 
   if (!Array.isArray(value)) {
     if (!init && !DocumentArrayPath.options.castNonArrays) {
@@ -374,11 +375,11 @@ DocumentArrayPath.prototype.cast = function(value, doc, init, prev, options) {
     if (!!doc && init) {
       doc.markModified(this.path);
     }
-    return this.cast([value], doc, init, prev);
+    return this.cast([value], doc, init, prev, options);
   }
 
   if (!(value && value.isMongooseDocumentArray) &&
-      (!options || !options.skipDocumentArrayCast)) {
+      !options.skipDocumentArrayCast) {
     value = new MongooseDocumentArray(value, this.path, doc);
   } else if (value && value.isMongooseDocumentArray) {
     // We need to create a new array, otherwise change tracking will
@@ -386,6 +387,10 @@ DocumentArrayPath.prototype.cast = function(value, doc, init, prev, options) {
     value = new MongooseDocumentArray(value, this.path, doc);
   }
 
+  if (options.arrayPath != null) {
+    value[arrayPathSymbol] = options.arrayPath;
+  }
+
   const len = value.length;
 
   for (let i = 0; i < len; ++i) {