diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index de4bf8e..3e63f6a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ Changelog
 Here you can see the full list of changes between each SQLAlchemy-Utils release.
 
 
+0.29.5 (2015-02-03)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- Made assert_max_length support PostgreSQL array type
+
+
 0.29.4 (2015-01-31)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py b/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py
index 115b90f..4d6a665 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ from .types import (
 from .models import Timestamp
 
 
-__version__ = '0.29.4'
+__version__ = '0.29.5'
 
 
 __all__ = (
diff --git a/sqlalchemy_utils/asserts.py b/sqlalchemy_utils/asserts.py
index 934bea9..507c8e6 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_utils/asserts.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_utils/asserts.py
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ We can easily test the constraints by assert_* functions::
     # raises AssertionError because the max length of email is 255
     assert_max_length(user, 'email', 300)
 """
+from decimal import Decimal
 import sqlalchemy as sa
+from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import ARRAY
 from sqlalchemy.exc import DataError, IntegrityError
 
 
@@ -71,6 +73,27 @@ def _expect_failing_update(obj, field, value, expected_exc):
     session.rollback()
 
 
+def _repeated_value(type_):
+    if isinstance(type_, ARRAY):
+        if isinstance(type_.item_type, sa.Integer):
+            return [0]
+        elif isinstance(type_.item_type, sa.String):
+            return [u'a']
+        elif isinstance(type_.item_type, sa.Numeric):
+            return [Decimal('0')]
+        else:
+            raise TypeError('Unknown array item type')
+    else:
+        return u'a'
+
+
+def _expected_exception(type_):
+    if isinstance(type_, ARRAY):
+        return IntegrityError
+    else:
+        return DataError
+
+
 def assert_nullable(obj, column):
     """
     Assert that given column is nullable. This is checked by running an SQL
@@ -95,14 +118,49 @@ def assert_non_nullable(obj, column):
 
 def assert_max_length(obj, column, max_length):
     """
-    Assert that the given column is of given max length.
+    Assert that the given column is of given max length. This function supports
+    string typed columns as well as PostgreSQL array typed columns.
+
+    In the following example we add a check constraint that user can have a
+    maximum of 5 favorite colors and then test this.::
+
+
+        class User(Base):
+            __tablename__ = 'user'
+            id = sa.Column(sa.Integer, primary_key=True)
+            favorite_colors = sa.Column(ARRAY(sa.String), nullable=False)
+            __table_args__ = (
+                sa.CheckConstraint(
+                    sa.func.array_length(favorite_colors, 1) <= 5
+                )
+            )
+
+
+        user = User(name='John Doe', favorite_colors=['red', 'blue'])
+        session.add(user)
+        session.commit()
+
+
+        assert_max_length(user, 'favorite_colors', 5)
+
 
     :param obj: SQLAlchemy declarative model object
     :param column: Name of the column
     :param max_length: Maximum length of given column
     """
-    _expect_successful_update(obj, column, u'a' * max_length, DataError)
-    _expect_failing_update(obj, column, u'a' * (max_length + 1), DataError)
+    type_ = sa.inspect(obj.__class__).columns[column].type
+    _expect_successful_update(
+        obj,
+        column,
+        _repeated_value(type_) * max_length,
+        _expected_exception(type_)
+    )
+    _expect_failing_update(
+        obj,
+        column,
+        _repeated_value(type_) * (max_length + 1),
+        _expected_exception(type_)
+    )
 
 
 def assert_min_value(obj, column, min_value):
diff --git a/tests/test_asserts.py b/tests/test_asserts.py
index 3384341..ea6d587 100644
--- a/tests/test_asserts.py
+++ b/tests/test_asserts.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import sqlalchemy as sa
 import pytest
+from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import ARRAY
 from sqlalchemy_utils import (
     assert_min_value,
     assert_max_length,
@@ -34,21 +35,50 @@ class AssertionTestCase(TestCase):
             name = sa.Column(sa.String(20))
             age = sa.Column(sa.Integer, nullable=False)
             email = sa.Column(sa.String(200), nullable=False, unique=True)
+            fav_numbers = sa.Column(ARRAY(sa.Integer))
 
             __table_args__ = (
                 sa.CheckConstraint(sa.and_(age >= 0, age <= 150)),
+                sa.CheckConstraint(
+                    sa.and_(
+                        sa.func.array_length(fav_numbers, 1) <= 8
+                    )
+                )
             )
 
         self.User = User
 
     def setup_method(self, method):
         TestCase.setup_method(self, method)
-        user = self.User(name='Someone', email='someone@example.com', age=15)
+        user = self.User(
+            name='Someone',
+            email='someone@example.com',
+            age=15,
+            fav_numbers=[1, 2, 3]
+        )
         self.session.add(user)
         self.session.commit()
         self.user = user
 
 
+class TestAssertMaxLengthWithArray(AssertionTestCase):
+    def test_with_max_length(self):
+        assert_max_length(self.user, 'fav_numbers', 8)
+        assert_max_length(self.user, 'fav_numbers', 8)
+
+    def test_smaller_than_max_length(self):
+        with raises(AssertionError):
+            assert_max_length(self.user, 'fav_numbers', 7)
+        with raises(AssertionError):
+            assert_max_length(self.user, 'fav_numbers', 7)
+
+    def test_bigger_than_max_length(self):
+        with raises(AssertionError):
+            assert_max_length(self.user, 'fav_numbers', 9)
+        with raises(AssertionError):
+            assert_max_length(self.user, 'fav_numbers', 9)
+
+
 class TestAssertNonNullable(AssertionTestCase):
     def test_non_nullable_column(self):
         # Test everything twice so that session gets rolled back properly