diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fabe255..6124b95 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ serde = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_bytes = "0.11.12"
 
 [features]
+bytes-from-array = []
 log-all = []
 log-none = []
 log-info = []
diff --git a/src/de.rs b/src/de.rs
index 92533e1..013cc7c 100644
--- a/src/de.rs
+++ b/src/de.rs
@@ -597,10 +597,24 @@ impl<'de, 'a> de::Deserializer<'de> for &'a mut Deserializer<'de> {
     where
         V: Visitor<'de>,
     {
-        // major type 2: "byte string"
-        let length = self.raw_deserialize_u32(MAJOR_BYTES)? as usize;
-        let bytes: &'de [u8] = self.try_take_n(length)?;
-        visitor.visit_borrowed_bytes(bytes)
+        let major = self.peek_major()?;
+        match major {
+            #[cfg(feature = "bytes-from-array")]
+            MAJOR_ARRAY => {
+                let len = self.raw_deserialize_u32(MAJOR_ARRAY)?;
+                visitor.visit_seq(SeqAccess {
+                    deserializer: self,
+                    len: len as usize,
+                })
+            }
+            MAJOR_BYTES => {
+                // major type 2: "byte string"
+                let length = self.raw_deserialize_u32(MAJOR_BYTES)? as usize;
+                let bytes: &'de [u8] = self.try_take_n(length)?;
+                visitor.visit_borrowed_bytes(bytes)
+            }
+            _ => Err(Error::DeserializeBadMajor),
+        }
     }
 
     fn deserialize_byte_buf<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value>