diff --git a/src/machine.cpp b/src/machine.cpp
index 94916963aa..4c03e74658 100644
--- a/src/machine.cpp
+++ b/src/machine.cpp
@@ -2650,6 +2650,20 @@ nameClass(Thread* t, Machine::Type type, const char* name)
   set(t, arrayBody(t, t->m->types, type), ClassName, n);
 }
 
+void
+makeArrayInterfaceTable(Thread* t)
+{
+  object interfaceTable = makeArray(t, 4);
+  
+  set(t, interfaceTable, ArrayBody, type
+      (t, Machine::SerializableType));
+  
+  set(t, interfaceTable, ArrayBody + (2 * BytesPerWord),
+      type(t, Machine::CloneableType));
+  
+  setRoot(t, Machine::ArrayInterfaceTable, interfaceTable);
+}
+
 void
 boot(Thread* t)
 {
@@ -2761,15 +2775,7 @@ boot(Thread* t)
 
   setRoot(t, Machine::StringMap, makeWeakHashMap(t, 0, 0));
 
-  { object interfaceTable = makeArray(t, 4);
-
-    set(t, interfaceTable, ArrayBody, type(t, Machine::SerializableType));
-
-    set(t, interfaceTable, ArrayBody + (2 * BytesPerWord),
-        type(t, Machine::CloneableType));
-    
-    setRoot(t, Machine::ArrayInterfaceTable, interfaceTable);
-  }
+  makeArrayInterfaceTable(t);
 
   set(t, type(t, Machine::BooleanArrayType), ClassInterfaceTable,
       root(t, Machine::ArrayInterfaceTable));
@@ -3228,6 +3234,7 @@ Thread::init()
 
     if (image and code) {
       m->processor->boot(this, image, code);
+      makeArrayInterfaceTable(this);
     } else {
       boot(this);
     }
diff --git a/test/Misc.java b/test/Misc.java
index 620897332f..669e7bf691 100644
--- a/test/Misc.java
+++ b/test/Misc.java
@@ -250,5 +250,11 @@ public class Misc {
       μInstance.μMethod(8933);
       expect(μInstance.μField == 8933);
     }
+
+    expect(new int[0] instanceof Cloneable);
+    expect(new int[0] instanceof java.io.Serializable);
+
+    expect(new Object[0] instanceof Cloneable);
+    expect(new Object[0] instanceof java.io.Serializable);
   }
 }