diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a4c9decb8..4589914c1 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ allprojects {
     ext.displayName = null
     ext.buildTimestamp = new Date().format('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss')
 
+    apply plugin: 'maven'
     group = 'com.jayway.jsonpath'
     version = '2.0.1' + (snapshotVersion ? "-SNAPSHOT" : "")
 
@@ -75,4 +76,4 @@ task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
 
 //Task used by Heroku for staging
 task stage(dependsOn: [':json-path-web-test:clean', 'json-path-web-test:jar', 'json-path-web-test:shadowJar']) {}
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/binaryCompatibility.gradle"
\ No newline at end of file
+apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/binaryCompatibility.gradle"
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/token/PathToken.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/token/PathToken.java
index 720728a26..0ed13df8f 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/token/PathToken.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/token/PathToken.java
@@ -128,6 +128,17 @@ void handleArrayIndex(int index, String currentPath, Object model, EvaluationCon
         }
     }
 
+    void handleArrayLength(String currentPath, Object model, EvaluationContextImpl ctx) {
+        String evalPath = currentPath + ".length";
+        PathRef pathRef = ctx.forUpdate() ? PathRef.create(model, "length") : PathRef.NO_OP;
+        Object evalHit = ctx.jsonProvider().length(model);
+        if (isLeaf()) {
+            ctx.addResult(evalPath, pathRef, evalHit);
+        } else {
+            next().evaluate(evalPath, pathRef, evalHit, ctx);
+        }
+    }
+
     PathToken prev(){
         return prev;
     }
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/token/PropertyPathToken.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/token/PropertyPathToken.java
index f7824036d..db3a00b5a 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/token/PropertyPathToken.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/token/PropertyPathToken.java
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ public List<String> getProperties() {
     @Override
     public void evaluate(String currentPath, PathRef parent, Object model, EvaluationContextImpl ctx) {
         if (!ctx.jsonProvider().isMap(model)) {
+            // Special case handling of the 'length' property of arrays.
+            if (isLeaf() && ctx.jsonProvider().isArray(model) && properties.size() == 1 && properties.get(0).equals("length")) {
+                handleArrayLength(currentPath, model, ctx);
+                return;
+            }
             throw new PathNotFoundException("Property " + getPathFragment() + " not found in path " + currentPath);
         }
 
diff --git a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonProviderTest.java b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonProviderTest.java
index 9c80e56b9..bb7504dc9 100644
--- a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonProviderTest.java
+++ b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonProviderTest.java
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ public void test_type_ref() throws IOException {
         assertThat(using(GSON_CONFIGURATION).parse(JSON).read("$", typeRef)).extracting("foo").containsExactly("foo0", "foo1", "foo2");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void length_of_array() {
+        assertThat(using(JACKSON_CONFIGURATION).parse(JSON_DOCUMENT).read("$.store.book.length", Integer.class)).isEqualTo(4);
+        assertThat(using(JACKSON_JSON_NODE_CONFIGURATION).parse(JSON_DOCUMENT).read("$.store.book.length", Integer.class)).isEqualTo(4);
+        assertThat(using(JSON_SMART_CONFIGURATION).parse(JSON_DOCUMENT).read("$.store.book.length", Integer.class)).isEqualTo(4);
+        assertThat(using(GSON_CONFIGURATION).parse(JSON_DOCUMENT).read("$.store.book.length", Integer.class)).isEqualTo(4);
+    }
 
     public static class FooBarBaz<T> {
         public T gen;