diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/transform/CleanUp.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/transform/CleanUp.scala
index 7689cc652923..017446d4708a 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/transform/CleanUp.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/transform/CleanUp.scala
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ abstract class CleanUp extends Statics with Transform with ast.TreeDSL {
       // See scala/bug#6611; we must *only* do this for literal vararg arrays.
       case Apply(appMeth, Apply(wrapRefArrayMeth, (arg @ StripCast(ArrayValue(elemtpt, elems))) :: Nil) :: classTagEvidence :: Nil)
       if (wrapRefArrayMeth.symbol == currentRun.runDefinitions.Predef_genericWrapRefArray || wrapRefArrayMeth.symbol ==  currentRun.runDefinitions.Predef_wrapRefArray) && appMeth.symbol == ArrayModule_genericApply &&
-         !elemtpt.tpe.typeSymbol.isBottomClass =>
+         !elemtpt.tpe.typeSymbol.isBottomClass && !elemtpt.tpe.typeSymbol.isPrimitiveValueClass /* can happen via specialization.*/  =>
         classTagEvidence.attachments.get[analyzer.MacroExpansionAttachment] match {
           case Some(att) if att.expandee.symbol.name == nme.materializeClassTag && tree.isInstanceOf[ApplyToImplicitArgs] =>
             super.transform(arg)
diff --git a/src/library/scala/Array.scala b/src/library/scala/Array.scala
index b41a0d9c1349..b2390a41804e 100644
--- a/src/library/scala/Array.scala
+++ b/src/library/scala/Array.scala
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@
 package scala
 
 import scala.collection.generic._
-import scala.collection.{ mutable, immutable }
-import mutable.{ ArrayBuilder, ArraySeq }
-import scala.reflect.ClassTag
-import scala.runtime.ScalaRunTime.{ array_apply, array_update }
+import scala.collection.{immutable, mutable}
+import mutable.{ArrayBuilder, ArraySeq}
+import scala.reflect.{ClassTag, classTag}
+import scala.runtime.ScalaRunTime
+import scala.runtime.ScalaRunTime.{array_apply, array_update}
 
 /** Contains a fallback builder for arrays when the element type
  *  does not have a class tag. In that case a generic array is built.
@@ -194,10 +195,20 @@ object Array extends FallbackArrayBuilding {
   // Subject to a compiler optimization in Cleanup.
   // Array(e0, ..., en) is translated to { val a = new Array(3); a(i) = ei; a }
   def apply[T: ClassTag](xs: T*): Array[T] = {
-    val array = new Array[T](xs.length)
-    var i = 0
-    for (x <- xs.iterator) { array(i) = x; i += 1 }
-    array
+    val len = xs.length
+    xs match {
+      case wa: mutable.WrappedArray[_] if wa.elemTag == classTag[T] =>
+        // We get here in test/files/run/sd760a.scala, `Array[T](t)` for
+        // a specialized type parameter `T`. While we still pay for two
+        // copies of the array it is better than before when we also boxed
+        // each element when populating the result.
+        ScalaRunTime.array_clone(wa.array).asInstanceOf[Array[T]]
+      case _ =>
+        val array = new Array[T](len)
+        var i = 0
+        for (x <- xs.iterator) { array(i) = x; i += 1 }
+        array
+    }
   }
 
   /** Creates an array of `Boolean` objects */
diff --git a/test/files/run/array-cleanup-optimation-specialized.scala b/test/files/run/array-cleanup-optimation-specialized.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5db397752df3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/run/array-cleanup-optimation-specialized.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import scala.reflect.ClassTag
+
+object Test {
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    assert(apply[String]("") == classOf[Array[String]])
+    assert(apply[Double](1d) == classOf[Array[Double]])
+  }
+
+  def apply[@specialized(Double) C: ClassTag](c: C): Class[_] = {
+    Array(c).getClass
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/files/run/sd760a.scala b/test/files/run/sd760a.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5db397752df3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/run/sd760a.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import scala.reflect.ClassTag
+
+object Test {
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    assert(apply[String]("") == classOf[Array[String]])
+    assert(apply[Double](1d) == classOf[Array[Double]])
+  }
+
+  def apply[@specialized(Double) C: ClassTag](c: C): Class[_] = {
+    Array(c).getClass
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/files/run/sd760b.scala b/test/files/run/sd760b.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fae0e9cf8a6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/run/sd760b.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import scala.reflect.ClassTag
+
+object Test {
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    assert(apply[Double](1d) == classOf[Array[Double]])
+  }
+
+  def apply[D <: Double: ClassTag](d: D): Class[_] = {
+    Array.apply[D](d).getClass
+  }
+}