diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 130d0e5e85f..a71803a88db 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -276,6 +276,9 @@ Bug Fixes
 
 - ``astropy.coordinates``
 
+  - Fixed a bug where using ``==`` on two array coordinates wouldn't
+    work. [#1832]
+
   - Fixed bug which caused `len()` not to work for coordinate objects
     and added a `shape` property to get appropriately array-like
     behavior. [#1761, #2014]
diff --git a/astropy/coordinates/coordsystems.py b/astropy/coordinates/coordsystems.py
index f1920831f19..d156c12fdb3 100644
--- a/astropy/coordinates/coordsystems.py
+++ b/astropy/coordinates/coordsystems.py
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
     def __eq__(self, other):
         try:
-            return (self.latangle == other.latangle and
-                    self.lonangle == other.lonangle and
-                    self.distance == other.distance and
+            return (np.all(self.latangle == other.latangle) and
+                    np.all(self.lonangle == other.lonangle) and
+                    np.all(self.distance == other.distance) and
                     self.equinox == other.equinox)
         except AttributeError:
             return False
diff --git a/astropy/coordinates/tests/test_arrays.py b/astropy/coordinates/tests/test_arrays.py
index b5624141fc9..f6527d63764 100644
--- a/astropy/coordinates/tests/test_arrays.py
+++ b/astropy/coordinates/tests/test_arrays.py
@@ -301,3 +301,16 @@ def test_array_len():
         len(c)
 
     assert c.shape == tuple()
+
+def test_array_eq():
+    from .. import ICRS
+
+    c1 = ICRS([1, 2], [3, 4], unit=('deg', 'deg'))
+    c2 = ICRS([1, 2], [3, 5], unit=('deg', 'deg'))
+    c3 = ICRS([1, 3], [3, 4], unit=('deg', 'deg'))
+    c4 = ICRS([1, 2], [3, 4.2], unit=('deg', 'deg'))
+
+    assert c1 == c1
+    assert c1 != c2
+    assert c1 != c3
+    assert c1 != c4