diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/postgresql/array_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/postgresql/array_test.rb
index e5e877f0b0934abe63aa7cf69a436c0d76254767..c537b08c3eebcfb5bf0f1dee1fded218dc2292b6 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/postgresql/array_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/postgresql/array_test.rb
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ def test_change_column_with_array
     assert column.array
   end
 
+  def test_change_column_cant_make_non_array_column_to_array
+    @connection.add_column :pg_arrays, :a_string, :string
+    assert_raises ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid do
+      @connection.transaction do
+        @connection.change_column :pg_arrays, :a_string, :string, array: true
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_type_cast_array
     assert @column