diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/auto_str_methods.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/auto_str_methods.v
index 080796f674..3dfd83ceda 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/auto_str_methods.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/auto_str_methods.v
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ fn (mut g Gen) gen_str_for_array(info ast.Array, styp string, str_fn_name string
 	if sym.kind == .function {
 		g.auto_str_funcs.writeln('\t\tstring x = ${elem_str_fn_name}();')
 	} else {
-		if sym.kind == .array_fixed {
+		if !typ.has_flag(.option) && sym.kind == .array_fixed {
 			g.auto_str_funcs.writeln('\t\t${field_styp} it;')
 			g.auto_str_funcs.writeln('\t\tmemcpy(*(${field_styp}*)it, (byte*)array_get(a, i), sizeof(${field_styp}));')
 		} else {
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/for.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/for.v
index b0a18f981f..bb40caa591 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/for.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/for.v
@@ -253,12 +253,13 @@ fn (mut g Gen) for_in_stmt(node_ ast.ForInStmt) {
 				tcc_bug := c_name(node.val_var)
 				g.write_fn_ptr_decl(&val_sym.info, tcc_bug)
 				g.writeln(' = ((voidptr*)${cond_var}${op_field}data)[${i}];')
-			} else if val_sym.kind == .array_fixed && !node.val_is_mut {
+			} else if !node.val_type.has_flag(.option) && val_sym.kind == .array_fixed
+				&& !node.val_is_mut {
 				right := '((${styp}*)${cond_var}${op_field}data)[${i}]'
 				g.writeln('\t${styp} ${c_name(node.val_var)};')
 				g.writeln('\tmemcpy(*(${styp}*)${c_name(node.val_var)}, (byte*)${right}, sizeof(${styp}));')
 			} else {
-				needs_memcpy := !node.val_type.is_ptr()
+				needs_memcpy := !node.val_type.is_ptr() && !node.val_type.has_flag(.option)
 					&& g.table.final_sym(node.val_type).kind == .array_fixed
 				// If val is mutable (pointer behind the scenes), we need to generate
 				// `int* val = ((int*)arr.data) + i;`
@@ -311,6 +312,7 @@ fn (mut g Gen) for_in_stmt(node_ ast.ForInStmt) {
 		if node.val_var != '_' {
 			val_sym := g.table.sym(node.val_type)
 			is_fixed_array := val_sym.kind == .array_fixed && !node.val_is_mut
+				&& !node.val_type.has_flag(.option)
 			if val_sym.info is ast.FnType {
 				g.write('\t')
 				tcc_bug := c_name(node.val_var)
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/if.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/if.v
index 706037ab15..b2463b8212 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/if.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/if.v
@@ -371,6 +371,9 @@ fn (mut g Gen) if_expr(node ast.IfExpr) {
 						left_var_name := c_name(branch.cond.vars[0].name)
 						if is_auto_heap {
 							g.writeln('\t${base_type}* ${left_var_name} = HEAP(${base_type}, *(${base_type}*)${var_name}.data);')
+						} else if base_type.starts_with('Array_fixed') {
+							g.writeln('\t${base_type} ${left_var_name} = {0};')
+							g.writeln('memcpy(${left_var_name}, (${base_type}*)${var_name}.data, sizeof(${base_type}));')
 						} else {
 							dot_or_ptr := if !branch.cond.expr_type.has_flag(.option_mut_param_t) {
 								'.'
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/infix.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/infix.v
index 2605c6cf28..c28e711576 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/infix.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/infix.v
@@ -991,10 +991,11 @@ fn (mut g Gen) infix_expr_left_shift_op(node ast.InfixExpr) {
 		tmp_var := g.new_tmp_var()
 		array_info := left.unaliased_sym.info as ast.Array
 		noscan := g.check_noscan(array_info.elem_type)
+		elem_is_option := array_info.elem_type.has_flag(.option)
 		if (right.unaliased_sym.kind == .array
 			|| (right.unaliased_sym.kind == .struct && right.unaliased_sym.name == 'array'))
 			&& left.sym.nr_dims() == right.sym.nr_dims() && array_info.elem_type != right.typ
-			&& !(right.sym.kind == .alias
+			&& !elem_is_option && !(right.sym.kind == .alias
 			&& g.table.sumtype_has_variant(array_info.elem_type, node.right_type, false)) {
 			// push an array => PUSH_MANY, but not if pushing an array to 2d array (`[][]int << []int`)
 			g.write('_PUSH_MANY${noscan}(')
@@ -1028,7 +1029,8 @@ fn (mut g Gen) infix_expr_left_shift_op(node ast.InfixExpr) {
 			// push a single element
 			elem_type_str := g.styp(array_info.elem_type)
 			elem_sym := g.table.final_sym(array_info.elem_type)
-			elem_is_array_var := elem_sym.kind in [.array, .array_fixed] && node.right is ast.Ident
+			elem_is_array_var := !elem_is_option && elem_sym.kind in [.array, .array_fixed]
+				&& node.right is ast.Ident
 			g.write('array_push${noscan}((array*)')
 			mut needs_addr := false
 			if !left.typ.is_ptr()
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/builtin_arrays/array_of_option_array_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/builtin_arrays/array_of_option_array_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d569eadf99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/builtin_arrays/array_of_option_array_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+fn test_array_of_option_array() {
+	mut arr := []?[]int{}
+
+	arr1 := []int{}
+	arr << arr1
+
+	arr2 := [1, 2, 3]
+	arr << arr2
+
+	arr << none
+
+	println(arr)
+
+	for i, item in arr {
+		if arr_item := item {
+			if i == 0 {
+				assert arr_item == []
+			} else if i == 1 {
+				assert arr_item == [1, 2, 3]
+			}
+		} else {
+			assert item == none
+		}
+	}
+
+	assert arr.len == 3
+	assert '${arr[0]}' == 'Option([])'
+	assert '${arr[1]}' == 'Option([1, 2, 3])'
+	assert '${arr[2]}' == 'Option(none)'
+}
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/builtin_arrays/array_of_option_fixed_array_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/builtin_arrays/array_of_option_fixed_array_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37daf8e59f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/builtin_arrays/array_of_option_fixed_array_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+module builtin_arrays
+
+fn test_array_of_option_fixed_array() {
+	mut arr := []?[3]u8{}
+
+	fixed_arr1 := [3]u8{}
+	arr << fixed_arr1
+
+	fixed_arr2 := [u8(1), 2, 3]!
+	arr << fixed_arr2
+
+	arr << none
+
+	println(arr)
+
+	for i, item in arr {
+		if arr1 := item {
+			if i == 0 {
+				assert arr1 == [3]u8{}
+			} else if i == 1 {
+				assert arr1 == [u8(1), 2, 3]!
+			}
+		} else {
+			assert item == none
+		}
+	}
+
+	assert arr.len == 3
+	assert '${arr[0]}' == 'Option([0, 0, 0])'
+	assert '${arr[1]}' == 'Option([1, 2, 3])'
+	assert '${arr[2]}' == 'Option(none)'
+}