diff --git a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/TypeManager.java b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/TypeManager.java
index f11f0a1..c22f51a 100644
--- a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/TypeManager.java
+++ b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/TypeManager.java
@@ -345,7 +345,11 @@ public class TypeManager {
                 componentClassIndex = ((StructType)arrayType).classIndex;
             }
 
-            type = new ArrayType( arrayType, this, componentClassIndex );
+            type = new ArrayType( arrayType, this, componentClassIndex, options );
+            if( options.useGC() ) {
+                StructType nativeArrayType = (StructType)type.getNativeArrayType();
+                structTypes.put( nativeArrayType.getName(), nativeArrayType );
+            }
             structTypes.put( arrayType, type );
         }
         return type;
@@ -584,17 +588,24 @@ public class TypeManager {
             instanceOFs = new LinkedHashSet<>(); // remembers the order from bottom to top class.
             instanceOFs.add( this );
             interfaceMethods = new LinkedHashMap<>();
-            if( classIndex < PRIMITIVE_CLASSES.length ) {
-                // nothing
-            } else if( this instanceof ArrayType ) {
-                HashSet<String> allNeededFields = new HashSet<>();
-                listStructFields( "java/lang/Object", functions, types, classFileLoader, allNeededFields );
-            } else {
-                // add all interfaces to the instanceof set
-                listInterfaces( functions, types, classFileLoader );
+            switch( kind ) {
+                case primitive:
+                    // nothing
+                    break;
+                case array:
+                    HashSet<String> allNeededFields = new HashSet<>();
+                    listStructFields( "java/lang/Object", functions, types, classFileLoader, allNeededFields );
+                    fields.add( new NamedStorageType( ((ArrayType)this).getNativeArrayType(), null, FIELD_VALUE ) );
+                    break;
+                case array_native:
+                    fields.add( new NamedStorageType( ((ArrayType)this).getArrayType(), null, null ) );
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    // add all interfaces to the instanceof set
+                    listInterfaces( functions, types, classFileLoader );
 
-                HashSet<String> allNeededFields = new HashSet<>();
-                listStructFields( name, functions, types, classFileLoader, allNeededFields );
+                    allNeededFields = new HashSet<>();
+                    listStructFields( name, functions, types, classFileLoader, allNeededFields );
             }
         }
 
@@ -661,9 +672,6 @@ public class TypeManager {
             } else {
                 fields.add( new NamedStorageType( ValueType.i32, className, FIELD_VTABLE ) );
                 fields.add( new NamedStorageType( ValueType.i32, className, FIELD_HASHCODE ) );
-                if( getComponentClassIndex() >= 0 ) {
-                    fields.add( new NamedStorageType( this, className, FIELD_VALUE ) );
-                }
             }
 
             // list all fields
diff --git a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/text/TextModuleWriter.java b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/text/TextModuleWriter.java
index c7afbf7..34391b6 100644
--- a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/text/TextModuleWriter.java
+++ b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/text/TextModuleWriter.java
@@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ public class TextModuleWriter extends ModuleWriter {
         inset = 1;
         newline( output );
         String typeName = normalizeName( type.getName() );
-        output.append( "(type $" ).append( typeName ).append( " (struct" );
+        String kind = type.getKind() == StructTypeKind.array_native ? "array" : "struct";
+        output.append( "(type $" ).append( typeName ).append( " ("  ).append( kind );
         inset++;
         for( NamedStorageType field : type.getFields() ) {
             newline( output );
diff --git a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/wasm/ArrayType.java b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/wasm/ArrayType.java
index c394859..dc48d11 100644
--- a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/wasm/ArrayType.java
+++ b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/wasm/ArrayType.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 
 import de.inetsoftware.jwebassembly.WasmException;
 import de.inetsoftware.jwebassembly.module.TypeManager;
+import de.inetsoftware.jwebassembly.module.WasmOptions;
 import de.inetsoftware.jwebassembly.module.TypeManager.StructType;
 import de.inetsoftware.jwebassembly.module.TypeManager.StructTypeKind;
 
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ public class ArrayType extends StructType {
 
     private AnyType arrayType;
 
+    private AnyType nativeArrayType;
+
     private int componentClassIndex;
 
     /**
@@ -43,11 +46,36 @@ public class ArrayType extends StructType {
      *            the manager which hold all StructTypes
      * @param componentClassIndex
      *            the running index of the component/array class/type
+     * @param options
+     *            compiler properties
      */
-    public ArrayType( AnyType arrayType, @Nonnull TypeManager manager, int componentClassIndex ) {
-        super( getJavaClassName( arrayType ), StructTypeKind.array, manager );
-        this.arrayType = arrayType;
+    public ArrayType( AnyType arrayType, @Nonnull TypeManager manager, int componentClassIndex, WasmOptions options ) {
+        this( getJavaClassName( arrayType ), StructTypeKind.array, manager, arrayType );
         this.componentClassIndex = componentClassIndex;
+        if( options.useGC() ) {
+            String nativeName = '_' + getName();
+            this.nativeArrayType = new ArrayType( nativeName, StructTypeKind.array_native, manager, arrayType );
+            //structTypes.put( name, nativeArrayType );
+        } else {
+            this.nativeArrayType = arrayType;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new instance
+     * 
+     * @param name
+     *            the type name
+     * @param kind
+     *            the kind, array or array_native
+     * @param manager
+     *            the manager which hold all StructTypes
+     * @param arrayType
+     *            the type of the array
+     */
+    private ArrayType( @Nonnull String name, @Nonnull StructTypeKind kind, @Nonnull TypeManager manager, AnyType arrayType ) {
+        super( name, kind, manager );
+        this.arrayType = arrayType;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -57,6 +85,7 @@ public class ArrayType extends StructType {
      *            the type of the array
      * @return the name
      */
+    @Nonnull
     private static String getJavaClassName( AnyType arrayType ) {
         if( !arrayType.isRefType() ) {
             switch( (ValueType)arrayType ) {
@@ -97,6 +126,10 @@ public class ArrayType extends StructType {
         return arrayType;
     }
 
+    public AnyType getNativeArrayType() {
+        return nativeArrayType;
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */