diff --git a/src/core/Array.pm b/src/core/Array.pm
index a02624aaf56..041a66bbb86 100644
--- a/src/core/Array.pm
+++ b/src/core/Array.pm
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ my class X::TypeCheck { ... };
 my class X::Subscript::Negative { ... };
 my class X::NotEnoughDimensions { ... };
 my class X::Assignment::ArrayShapeMismatch { ... };
-my class X::Assignment::ToShaped { ... };
 
 # An Array is a List that ensures every item added to it is in a Scalar
 # container. It also supports push, pop, shift, unshift, splice, BIND-POS,
@@ -252,28 +251,6 @@ my class Array { # declared in BOOTSTRAP
         multi method STORE(::?CLASS:D: Mu \item) {
             self.STORE((item,))
         }
-        method !STORE-PATH(@path, @rest, \in) {
-            my int $cur-pos = 0;
-            if @rest.elems == 1 {
-                for in -> \item {
-                    self.ASSIGN-POS(|@path, $cur-pos, item);
-                    $cur-pos = $cur-pos + 1;
-                }
-            }
-            else {
-                my @nextrest = @rest[1..*];
-                for in -> \item {
-                    my @nextpath = flat @path, $cur-pos;
-                    if nqp::istype(item, Iterable) && nqp::isconcrete(item) {
-                        self!STORE-PATH(@nextpath, @nextrest, item)
-                    }
-                    else {
-                        X::Assignment::ToShaped.new(shape => self.shape).throw;
-                    }
-                    $cur-pos = $cur-pos + 1;
-                }
-            }
-        }
 
         # A shaped array isn't lazy, we these methods don't need to go looking
         # into the "todo".
diff --git a/src/core/Rakudo/Internals.pm b/src/core/Rakudo/Internals.pm
index dcd08812e37..4efa54896b9 100644
--- a/src/core/Rakudo/Internals.pm
+++ b/src/core/Rakudo/Internals.pm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 my class Seq { ... }
 my class X::IllegalOnFixedDimensionArray { ... };
+my class X::Assignment::ToShaped { ... };
 
 my class Rakudo::Internals {
 
@@ -489,6 +490,29 @@ my class Rakudo::Internals {
                 ']' x (@path.elems > 0)
             }
         }
+
+        method !STORE-PATH(@path, @rest, \in) {
+            my int $cur-pos = 0;
+            if @rest.elems == 1 {
+                for in -> \item {
+                    self.ASSIGN-POS(|@path, $cur-pos, item);
+                    $cur-pos = $cur-pos + 1;
+                }
+            }
+            else {
+                my @nextrest = @rest[1..@rest.elems];
+                for in -> \item {
+                    my @nextpath = flat @path, $cur-pos;
+                    if nqp::istype(item, Iterable) && nqp::isconcrete(item) {
+                        self!STORE-PATH(@nextpath, @nextrest, item)
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        X::Assignment::ToShaped.new(shape => self.shape).throw;
+                    }
+                    $cur-pos = $cur-pos + 1;
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/native_array.pm b/src/core/native_array.pm
index d801bb9ccfb..681a7ec7380 100644
--- a/src/core/native_array.pm
+++ b/src/core/native_array.pm
@@ -447,6 +447,31 @@ my class array does Iterable is repr('VMArray') {
                 False
             }
         }
+
+        proto method STORE(|) { * }
+        multi method STORE(::?CLASS:D: Iterable:D \in) {
+            my \in-shape = nqp::can(in, 'shape') ?? in.shape !! Nil;
+            if in-shape && !nqp::istype(in-shape.AT-POS(0), Whatever) {
+                if self.shape eqv in-shape {
+                    # Can do a VM-supported memcpy-like thing in the future
+                    for self.keys {
+                        self.ASSIGN-POS(|$_, in.AT-POS(|$_))
+                    }
+                }
+                else {
+                    X::Assignment::ArrayShapeMismatch.new(
+                        source-shape => in-shape,
+                        target-shape => self.shape
+                    ).throw
+                }
+            }
+            else {
+                self!STORE-PATH((), self.shape, in)
+            }
+        }
+        multi method STORE(::?CLASS:D: Mu \item) {
+            self.STORE((item,))
+        }
     }
 
     role shapedintarray[::T] does shapedarray {