diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AvailableSettings.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AvailableSettings.java
index 06f46baff1..d515f2c7d4 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AvailableSettings.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AvailableSettings.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.hibernate.query.sqm.mutation.internal.temptable.PersistentTableStrate
 import org.hibernate.resource.jdbc.spi.PhysicalConnectionHandlingMode;
 import org.hibernate.resource.jdbc.spi.StatementInspector;
 import org.hibernate.sql.ast.spi.ParameterMarkerStrategy;
+import org.hibernate.type.WrapperArrayHandling;
 
 import jakarta.persistence.criteria.CriteriaDelete;
 import jakarta.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery;
@@ -2768,6 +2769,19 @@ public interface AvailableSettings {
 	@Incubating
 	String XML_FORMAT_MAPPER = "hibernate.type.xml_format_mapper";
 
+	/**
+	 * Configurable control over how to handle {@code Byte[]} and {@code Character[]} types
+	 * encountered in the application domain model.  Allowable semantics are defined by
+	 * {@link WrapperArrayHandling}.  Accepted values include:<ol>
+	 *     <li>{@link WrapperArrayHandling} instance</li>
+	 *     <li>case-insensitive name of a {@link WrapperArrayHandling} instance (e.g. {@code allow})</li>
+	 * </ol>
+	 *
+	 * @since 6.2
+	 */
+	@Incubating
+	String WRAPPER_ARRAY_HANDLING = "hibernate.type.wrapper_array_handling";
+
 	/**
 	 * Specifies the default strategy for storage of the timezone information for the zoned
 	 * datetime types {@link java.time.OffsetDateTime} and {@link java.time.ZonedDateTime}.
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/WrapperArrayHandling.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/WrapperArrayHandling.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53fa4c6e72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/WrapperArrayHandling.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.type;
+
+import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.ByteArrayJavaType;
+import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.CharacterArrayJavaType;
+
+/**
+ * Possible options for how to handle {@code Byte[]} and {@code Character[]} basic mappings
+ * encountered in the application domain model.
+ *
+ * @author Steve Ebersole
+ *
+ * @since 6.2
+ */
+public enum WrapperArrayHandling {
+	/**
+	 * Throw an informative and actionable error if the types are used explicitly in the domain model
+	 *
+	 * @implNote The default behavior
+	 */
+	DISALLOW,
+
+	/**
+	 * Allows the use of the wrapper arrays.  Stores the arrays using {@linkplain SqlTypes#ARRAY ARRAY}
+	 * or {@linkplain SqlTypes#SQLXML SQLXML} SQL types to maintain proper null element semantics.
+	 */
+	ALLOW,
+
+	/**
+	 * Allows the use of the wrapper arrays.  Stores the arrays using {@linkplain SqlTypes#VARBINARY VARBINARY}
+	 * and {@linkplain SqlTypes#VARCHAR VARCHAR}, disallowing null elements.
+	 *
+	 * @see ByteArrayJavaType
+	 * @see CharacterArrayJavaType
+	 *
+	 * @implNote The pre-6.2 behavior
+	 * @apiNote Hibernate recommends users who want the legacy semantic change the domain model to use
+	 * {@code byte[]} and {@code char[]} rather than using this setting.
+	 */
+	LEGACY
+}