diff --git a/src/jvm/clojure/lang/APersistentSet.java b/src/jvm/clojure/lang/APersistentSet.java
index 5e3864fc97..8d5ab0e0f7 100644
--- a/src/jvm/clojure/lang/APersistentSet.java
+++ b/src/jvm/clojure/lang/APersistentSet.java
@@ -140,19 +140,7 @@ public boolean containsAll(Collection c){
 }
 
 public Object[] toArray(Object[] a){
-	if(a.length >= count())
-		{
-		ISeq s = seq();
-		for(int i = 0; s != null; ++i, s = s.next())
-			{
-			a[i] = s.first();
-			}
-		if(a.length > count())
-			a[count()] = null;
-		return a;
-		}
-	else
-		return toArray();
+    return RT.seqToPassedArray(seq(), a);
 }
 
 public int size(){
diff --git a/src/jvm/clojure/lang/APersistentVector.java b/src/jvm/clojure/lang/APersistentVector.java
index ef73c5bfa5..2b373790ae 100644
--- a/src/jvm/clojure/lang/APersistentVector.java
+++ b/src/jvm/clojure/lang/APersistentVector.java
@@ -366,19 +366,7 @@ public boolean containsAll(Collection c){
 }
 
 public Object[] toArray(Object[] a){
-	if(a.length >= count())
-		{
-		ISeq s = seq();
-		for(int i = 0; s != null; ++i, s = s.next())
-			{
-			a[i] = s.first();
-			}
-		if(a.length > count())
-			a[count()] = null;
-		return a;
-		}
-	else
-		return toArray();
+    return RT.seqToPassedArray(seq(), a);
 }
 
 public int size(){
diff --git a/src/jvm/clojure/lang/ASeq.java b/src/jvm/clojure/lang/ASeq.java
index e5ae82d89f..5597f5fe52 100644
--- a/src/jvm/clojure/lang/ASeq.java
+++ b/src/jvm/clojure/lang/ASeq.java
@@ -175,19 +175,7 @@ public boolean containsAll(Collection c){
 }
 
 public Object[] toArray(Object[] a){
-	if(a.length >= count())
-		{
-		ISeq s = seq();
-		for(int i = 0; s != null; ++i, s = s.next())
-			{
-			a[i] = s.first();
-			}
-		if(a.length > count())
-			a[count()] = null;
-		return a;
-		}
-	else
-		return toArray();
+    return RT.seqToPassedArray(seq(), a);
 }
 
 public int size(){
diff --git a/src/jvm/clojure/lang/LazySeq.java b/src/jvm/clojure/lang/LazySeq.java
index 7fc613a8fa..6e9e37c111 100644
--- a/src/jvm/clojure/lang/LazySeq.java
+++ b/src/jvm/clojure/lang/LazySeq.java
@@ -174,19 +174,7 @@ public boolean containsAll(Collection c){
 }
 
 public Object[] toArray(Object[] a){
-	if(a.length >= count())
-		{
-		ISeq s = seq();
-		for(int i = 0; s != null; ++i, s = s.next())
-			{
-			a[i] = s.first();
-			}
-		if(a.length > count())
-			a[count()] = null;
-		return a;
-		}
-	else
-		return toArray();
+    return RT.seqToPassedArray(seq(), a);
 }
 
 public int size(){
diff --git a/src/jvm/clojure/lang/PersistentQueue.java b/src/jvm/clojure/lang/PersistentQueue.java
index 674fd790bb..fed7e406c5 100644
--- a/src/jvm/clojure/lang/PersistentQueue.java
+++ b/src/jvm/clojure/lang/PersistentQueue.java
@@ -204,19 +204,7 @@ public boolean containsAll(Collection c){
 }
 
 public Object[] toArray(Object[] a){
-	if(a.length >= count())
-		{
-		ISeq s = seq();
-		for(int i = 0; s != null; ++i, s = s.next())
-			{
-			a[i] = s.first();
-			}
-		if(a.length >= count())
-			a[count()] = null;
-		return a;
-		}
-	else
-		return toArray();
+    return RT.seqToPassedArray(seq(), a);
 }
 
 public int size(){
diff --git a/src/jvm/clojure/lang/RT.java b/src/jvm/clojure/lang/RT.java
index 0c9cb55eb9..3f77ad245a 100644
--- a/src/jvm/clojure/lang/RT.java
+++ b/src/jvm/clojure/lang/RT.java
@@ -1570,6 +1570,21 @@ static public Object[] seqToArray(ISeq seq){
 	return ret;
 }
 
+    // supports java Collection.toArray(T[])
+    static public Object[] seqToPassedArray(ISeq seq, Object[] passed){
+        Object[] dest = passed;
+        int len = count(seq);
+        if (len > dest.length) {
+            dest = (Object[]) Array.newInstance(passed.getClass().getComponentType(), len);
+        }
+        for(int i = 0; seq != null; ++i, seq = seq.next())
+            dest[i] = seq.first();
+        if (len < passed.length) {
+            dest[len] = null;
+        }
+        return dest;
+    }
+
 static public Object seqToTypedArray(ISeq seq) {
 	Class type = (seq != null) ? seq.first().getClass() : Object.class;
 	return seqToTypedArray(type, seq);
diff --git a/test/clojure/test_clojure/java_interop.clj b/test/clojure/test_clojure/java_interop.clj
index 059ef11511..08c3db2901 100644
--- a/test/clojure/test_clojure/java_interop.clj
+++ b/test/clojure/test_clojure/java_interop.clj
@@ -273,6 +273,29 @@
       (to-array [])
       (to-array [1 2 3]) ))
 
+(defn queue [& contents]
+  (apply conj (clojure.lang.PersistentQueue/EMPTY) contents))
+
+(defn array-typed-equals [expected actual]
+  (and (= (class expected) (class actual))
+       (java.util.Arrays/equals expected actual)))
+
+(defmacro test-to-passed-array-for [collection-type]
+  `(deftest ~(symbol (str "test-to-passed-array-for-" collection-type))
+     (let [string-array# (make-array String 5)
+           shorter# (~collection-type "1" "2" "3")
+           same-length# (~collection-type "1" "2" "3" "4" "5")
+           longer# (~collection-type "1" "2" "3" "4" "5" "6")]
+       (are [expected actual] (array-typed-equals expected actual)
+            (into-array String ["1" "2" "3" nil nil]) (.toArray shorter# string-array#)
+            (into-array String ["1" "2" "3" "4" "5"]) (.toArray same-length# string-array#)
+            (into-array String ["1" "2" "3" "4" "5" "6"]) (.toArray longer# string-array#)))))
+
+
+(test-to-passed-array-for vector)
+(test-to-passed-array-for list)
+(test-to-passed-array-for hash-set)
+(test-to-passed-array-for queue)
 
 (deftest test-into-array
   ; compatible types only