diff --git a/src/serialize.h b/src/serialize.h
index 2d790190a0b..f1595077e91 100644
--- a/src/serialize.h
+++ b/src/serialize.h
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ template<typename Stream> inline void Serialize(Stream& s, int64_t a ) { ser_wri
 template<typename Stream> inline void Serialize(Stream& s, uint64_t a) { ser_writedata64(s, a); }
 template<typename Stream, int N> inline void Serialize(Stream& s, const char (&a)[N]) { s.write(MakeByteSpan(a)); }
 template<typename Stream, int N> inline void Serialize(Stream& s, const unsigned char (&a)[N]) { s.write(MakeByteSpan(a)); }
+template <typename Stream, typename B, std::size_t N> void Serialize(Stream& s, const std::array<B, N>& a) { (void)/* force byte-type */UCharCast(a.data()); s.write(MakeByteSpan(a)); }
 template <typename Stream, typename B> void Serialize(Stream& s, Span<B> span) { (void)/* force byte-type */UCharCast(span.data()); s.write(AsBytes(span)); }
 
 #ifndef CHAR_EQUALS_INT8
@@ -301,6 +302,7 @@ template<typename Stream> inline void Unserialize(Stream& s, int64_t& a ) { a =
 template<typename Stream> inline void Unserialize(Stream& s, uint64_t& a) { a = ser_readdata64(s); }
 template<typename Stream, int N> inline void Unserialize(Stream& s, char (&a)[N]) { s.read(MakeWritableByteSpan(a)); }
 template<typename Stream, int N> inline void Unserialize(Stream& s, unsigned char (&a)[N]) { s.read(MakeWritableByteSpan(a)); }
+template <typename Stream, typename B, std::size_t N> void Unserialize(Stream& s, std::array<B, N>& a) { (void)/* force byte-type */UCharCast(a.data()); s.read(MakeWritableByteSpan(a)); }
 template <typename Stream, typename B> void Unserialize(Stream& s, Span<B> span) { (void)/* force byte-type */UCharCast(span.data()); s.read(AsWritableBytes(span)); }
 
 template <typename Stream> inline void Serialize(Stream& s, bool a) { uint8_t f = a; ser_writedata8(s, f); }