diff --git a/accounts/abi/numbers.go b/accounts/abi/numbers.go
index 5d3efff52e..91f2c5d2a4 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/numbers.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/numbers.go
@@ -25,22 +25,22 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	big_t     = reflect.TypeOf(big.Int{})
-	ubig_t    = reflect.TypeOf(big.Int{})
-	byte_t    = reflect.TypeOf(byte(0))
-	byte_ts   = reflect.TypeOf([]byte(nil))
-	uint_t    = reflect.TypeOf(uint(0))
-	uint8_t   = reflect.TypeOf(uint8(0))
-	uint16_t  = reflect.TypeOf(uint16(0))
-	uint32_t  = reflect.TypeOf(uint32(0))
-	uint64_t  = reflect.TypeOf(uint64(0))
-	int_t     = reflect.TypeOf(int(0))
-	int8_t    = reflect.TypeOf(int8(0))
-	int16_t   = reflect.TypeOf(int16(0))
-	int32_t   = reflect.TypeOf(int32(0))
-	int64_t   = reflect.TypeOf(int64(0))
-	hash_t    = reflect.TypeOf(common.Hash{})
-	address_t = reflect.TypeOf(common.Address{})
+	big_t      = reflect.TypeOf(&big.Int{})
+	derefbig_t = reflect.TypeOf(big.Int{})
+	byte_t     = reflect.TypeOf(byte(0))
+	byte_ts    = reflect.TypeOf([]byte(nil))
+	uint_t     = reflect.TypeOf(uint(0))
+	uint8_t    = reflect.TypeOf(uint8(0))
+	uint16_t   = reflect.TypeOf(uint16(0))
+	uint32_t   = reflect.TypeOf(uint32(0))
+	uint64_t   = reflect.TypeOf(uint64(0))
+	int_t      = reflect.TypeOf(int(0))
+	int8_t     = reflect.TypeOf(int8(0))
+	int16_t    = reflect.TypeOf(int16(0))
+	int32_t    = reflect.TypeOf(int32(0))
+	int64_t    = reflect.TypeOf(int64(0))
+	hash_t     = reflect.TypeOf(common.Hash{})
+	address_t  = reflect.TypeOf(common.Address{})
 
 	uint_ts   = reflect.TypeOf([]uint(nil))
 	uint8_ts  = reflect.TypeOf([]uint8(nil))
diff --git a/accounts/abi/pack_test.go b/accounts/abi/pack_test.go
index c6cfb56ea0..fcb5c75a85 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/pack_test.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/pack_test.go
@@ -322,12 +322,12 @@ func TestPack(t *testing.T) {
 	} {
 		typ, err := NewType(test.typ)
 		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatal("unexpected parse error:", err)
+			t.Fatalf("%v failed. Unexpected parse error: %v", i, err)
 		}
 
 		output, err := typ.pack(reflect.ValueOf(test.input))
 		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatal("unexpected pack error:", err)
+			t.Fatalf("%v failed. Unexpected pack error: %v", i, err)
 		}
 
 		if !bytes.Equal(output, test.output) {
diff --git a/accounts/abi/reflect.go b/accounts/abi/reflect.go
index 8fa75df07f..de8344188e 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/reflect.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/reflect.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 // indirect recursively dereferences the value until it either gets the value
 // or finds a big.Int
 func indirect(v reflect.Value) reflect.Value {
-	if v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr && v.Elem().Type() != big_t {
+	if v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr && v.Elem().Type() != derefbig_t {
 		return indirect(v.Elem())
 	}
 	return v
diff --git a/accounts/abi/unpack.go b/accounts/abi/unpack.go
index fc41c88ac7..8163d3886c 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/unpack.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/unpack.go
@@ -34,45 +34,11 @@ func toGoSlice(i int, t Argument, output []byte) (interface{}, error) {
 	if index+32 > len(output) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot marshal in to go slice: insufficient size output %d require %d", len(output), index+32)
 	}
+
 	elem := t.Type.Elem
 
-	// first we need to create a slice of the type
+	// this value will become our slice or our array, depending on the type
 	var refSlice reflect.Value
-	switch elem.T {
-	case IntTy, UintTy, BoolTy:
-		// create a new reference slice matching the element type
-		switch t.Type.Kind {
-		case reflect.Bool:
-			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]bool(nil))
-		case reflect.Uint8:
-			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]uint8(nil))
-		case reflect.Uint16:
-			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]uint16(nil))
-		case reflect.Uint32:
-			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]uint32(nil))
-		case reflect.Uint64:
-			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]uint64(nil))
-		case reflect.Int8:
-			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]int8(nil))
-		case reflect.Int16:
-			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]int16(nil))
-		case reflect.Int32:
-			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]int32(nil))
-		case reflect.Int64:
-			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]int64(nil))
-		default:
-			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]*big.Int(nil))
-		}
-	case AddressTy: // address must be of slice Address
-		refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]common.Address(nil))
-	case HashTy: // hash must be of slice hash
-		refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]common.Hash(nil))
-	case FixedBytesTy:
-		refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([][]byte(nil))
-	default: // no other types are supported
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: unsupported slice type %v", elem.T)
-	}
-
 	var slice []byte
 	var size int
 	var offset int
@@ -95,10 +61,13 @@ func toGoSlice(i int, t Argument, output []byte) (interface{}, error) {
 
 		// reslice to match the required size
 		slice = slice[:size*32]
-	} else if t.Type.IsArray {
+		// declare our slice
+		refSlice = reflect.MakeSlice(reflect.SliceOf(elem.Type), size, size)
+	} else if t.Type.T == ArrayTy {
 		//get the number of elements in the array
-		size = t.Type.SliceSize
-
+		size = t.Type.Size
+		// declare our slice
+		refSlice = reflect.New(reflect.ArrayOf(size, elem.Type)).Elem()
 		//check to make sure array size matches up
 		if index+32*size > len(output) {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot marshal in to go array: offset %d would go over slice boundary (len=%d)", len(output), index+32*size)
@@ -128,9 +97,11 @@ func toGoSlice(i int, t Argument, output []byte) (interface{}, error) {
 			inter = common.BytesToHash(returnOutput)
 		case FixedBytesTy:
 			inter = returnOutput
+		default:
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: unsupported slice type passed in")
 		}
 		// append the item to our reflect slice
-		refSlice = reflect.Append(refSlice, reflect.ValueOf(inter))
+		refSlice.Index(i).Set(reflect.ValueOf(inter))
 	}
 
 	// return the interface
diff --git a/accounts/abi/unpack_test.go b/accounts/abi/unpack_test.go
index 8e3afee4e6..425ea0a4a2 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/unpack_test.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/unpack_test.go
@@ -229,6 +229,68 @@ func TestSimpleMethodUnpack(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestArraysAndSlicesUnpack(t *testing.T) {
+	for i, test := range []struct {
+		def              string      // definition of the **output** ABI params
+		marshalledOutput []byte      // evm return data
+		expectedOut      interface{} // the expected output
+		outVar           interface{} // the output variable (e.g. uint32, *big.Int, etc)
+		err              string      // empty or error if expected
+	}{
+		{
+			`[ { "type": "uint32[]" } ]`,
+			append(pad(common.Hex2Bytes("20"), 32, true), formatSliceOutput([]byte{1}, []byte{2})...),
+			[]uint32{1, 2},
+			[]uint32{},
+			"",
+		},
+		{
+			`[ { "type": "uint32[2]" } ]`,
+			append(pad([]byte{1}, 32, true), pad([]byte{2}, 32, true)...),
+			[2]uint32{1, 2},
+			[2]uint32{},
+			"",
+		},
+		{
+			`[ { "type": "uint256[3]" } ]`,
+			append(pad([]byte{1}, 32, true), append(pad([]byte{2}, 32, true), pad([]byte{3}, 32, true)...)...),
+			[3]*big.Int{big.NewInt(1), big.NewInt(2), big.NewInt(3)},
+			[3]*big.Int{},
+			"",
+		},
+	} {
+
+		abiDefinition := fmt.Sprintf(`[{ "name" : "method", "outputs": %s}]`, test.def)
+		abi, err := JSON(strings.NewReader(abiDefinition))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%d failed. %v", i, err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		err = abi.Unpack(&test.outVar, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
+
+		if err != nil && len(test.err) == 0 {
+			t.Errorf("%d failed. Expected no err but got: %v", i, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if err == nil && len(test.err) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("%d failed. Expected err: %v but got none", i, test.err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if err != nil && len(test.err) != 0 && err.Error() != test.err {
+			t.Errorf("%d failed. Expected err: '%v' got err: '%v'", i, test.err, err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if err == nil {
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.expectedOut, test.outVar) {
+				t.Errorf("%d failed. Output error: expected %v, got %v", i, test.expectedOut, test.outVar)
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
+}
+
 func TestUnpackSetInterfaceSlice(t *testing.T) {
 	var (
 		var1 = new(uint8)