diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/pom.xml
index 1c0c3eb159..0248f0cb04 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/pom.xml
@@ -13,11 +13,22 @@
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
+            <version>${postgresql.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
             <version>${hibernate.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.vladmihalcea</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hibernate-types-52</artifactId>
+            <version>${hibernate-types.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
             <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
@@ -64,7 +75,9 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
+        <postgresql.version>42.2.20</postgresql.version>
         <hibernate.version>5.4.12.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <hibernate-types.version>2.10.4</hibernate-types.version>
         <assertj-core.version>3.8.0</assertj-core.version>
         <hibernate-validator.version>6.0.16.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <org.glassfish.javax.el.version>3.0.1-b11</org.glassfish.javax.el.version>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/arraymapping/CustomIntegerArrayType.java b/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/arraymapping/CustomIntegerArrayType.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..233bb95dc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/arraymapping/CustomIntegerArrayType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package com.baeldung.hibernate.arraymapping;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.sql.Array;
+import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.Types;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
+import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SharedSessionContractImplementor;
+import org.hibernate.usertype.UserType;
+
+public class CustomIntegerArrayType implements UserType {
+
+    @Override
+    public int[] sqlTypes() {
+        return new int[]{Types.ARRAY};
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Class returnedClass() {
+        return Integer[].class;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object x, Object y) throws HibernateException {
+        if (x instanceof Integer[] && y instanceof Integer[]) {
+            return Arrays.deepEquals((Integer[])x, (Integer[])y);
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode(Object x) throws HibernateException {
+        return Arrays.hashCode((Integer[])x);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object nullSafeGet(ResultSet rs, String[] names, SharedSessionContractImplementor session, Object owner)
+      throws HibernateException, SQLException {
+        Array array = rs.getArray(names[0]);
+        return array != null ? array.getArray() : null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void nullSafeSet(PreparedStatement st, Object value, int index, SharedSessionContractImplementor session)
+      throws HibernateException, SQLException {
+        if (value != null && st != null) {
+            Array array = session.connection().createArrayOf("int", (Integer[])value);
+            st.setArray(index, array);
+        } else {
+            st.setNull(index, sqlTypes()[0]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object deepCopy(Object value) throws HibernateException {
+        Integer[] a = (Integer[])value;
+        return Arrays.copyOf(a, a.length);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isMutable() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Serializable disassemble(Object value) throws HibernateException {
+        return (Serializable) value;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object assemble(Serializable cached, Object owner) throws HibernateException {
+        return cached;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object replace(Object original, Object target, Object owner) throws HibernateException {
+        return original;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/arraymapping/CustomStringArrayType.java b/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/arraymapping/CustomStringArrayType.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7bd284def7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/arraymapping/CustomStringArrayType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package com.baeldung.hibernate.arraymapping;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.sql.Array;
+import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.Types;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
+import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SharedSessionContractImplementor;
+import org.hibernate.usertype.UserType;
+
+public class CustomStringArrayType implements UserType {
+
+    @Override
+    public int[] sqlTypes() {
+        return new int[]{Types.ARRAY};
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Class returnedClass() {
+        return String[].class;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object x, Object y) throws HibernateException {
+        if (x instanceof String[] && y instanceof String[]) {
+            return Arrays.deepEquals((String[])x, (String[])y);
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode(Object x) throws HibernateException {
+        return Arrays.hashCode((String[])x);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object nullSafeGet(ResultSet rs, String[] names, SharedSessionContractImplementor session, Object owner)
+      throws HibernateException, SQLException {
+        Array array = rs.getArray(names[0]);
+        return array != null ? array.getArray() : null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void nullSafeSet(PreparedStatement st, Object value, int index, SharedSessionContractImplementor session)
+      throws HibernateException, SQLException {
+        if (value != null && st != null) {
+            Array array = session.connection().createArrayOf("text", (String[])value);
+            st.setArray(index, array);
+        } else {
+            st.setNull(index, sqlTypes()[0]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object deepCopy(Object value) throws HibernateException {
+        String[] a = (String[])value;
+        return Arrays.copyOf(a, a.length);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isMutable() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Serializable disassemble(Object value) throws HibernateException {
+        return (Serializable) value;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object assemble(Serializable cached, Object owner) throws HibernateException {
+        return cached;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object replace(Object original, Object target, Object owner) throws HibernateException {
+        return original;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/arraymapping/HibernateSessionUtil.java b/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/arraymapping/HibernateSessionUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc3ec93a9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/arraymapping/HibernateSessionUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package com.baeldung.hibernate.arraymapping;
+
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
+import org.hibernate.boot.Metadata;
+import org.hibernate.boot.MetadataSources;
+import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistryBuilder;
+import org.hibernate.service.ServiceRegistry;
+
+import com.baeldung.hibernate.arraymapping.User;
+
+public class HibernateSessionUtil {
+
+    private static SessionFactory sessionFactory;
+    private static String PROPERTY_FILE_NAME;
+
+    public static SessionFactory getSessionFactory() throws IOException {
+        return getSessionFactory(null);
+    }
+
+    public static SessionFactory getSessionFactory(String propertyFileName) throws IOException {
+        PROPERTY_FILE_NAME = propertyFileName;
+        if (sessionFactory == null) {
+            ServiceRegistry serviceRegistry = configureServiceRegistry();
+            sessionFactory = makeSessionFactory(serviceRegistry);
+        }
+        return sessionFactory;
+    }
+
+    private static SessionFactory makeSessionFactory(ServiceRegistry serviceRegistry) {
+        MetadataSources metadataSources = new MetadataSources(serviceRegistry);
+        metadataSources.addAnnotatedClass(User.class);
+
+        Metadata metadata = metadataSources.buildMetadata();
+        return metadata.getSessionFactoryBuilder()
+            .build();
+
+    }
+
+    private static ServiceRegistry configureServiceRegistry() throws IOException {
+        Properties properties = getProperties();
+        return new StandardServiceRegistryBuilder().applySettings(properties)
+            .build();
+    }
+
+    private static Properties getProperties() throws IOException {
+        Properties properties = new Properties();
+        URL propertiesURL = Thread.currentThread()
+            .getContextClassLoader()
+            .getResource(StringUtils.defaultString(PROPERTY_FILE_NAME, "hibernate_postgres.properties"));
+        try (FileInputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(propertiesURL.getFile())) {
+            properties.load(inputStream);
+        }
+        return properties;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/arraymapping/User.java b/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/arraymapping/User.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..018bedc349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/arraymapping/User.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package com.baeldung.hibernate.arraymapping;
+
+import javax.persistence.Column;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+
+import org.hibernate.annotations.Type;
+
+import com.vladmihalcea.hibernate.type.array.StringArrayType;
+
+import org.hibernate.annotations.*;
+
+@TypeDefs({
+    @TypeDef(
+        name = "string-array",
+        typeClass = StringArrayType.class
+        )
+})
+@Entity
+public class User {
+
+    @Id
+    private Long id;
+
+    private String name;
+
+    @Column(columnDefinition = "text[]")
+    @Type(type = "com.baeldung.hibernate.arraymapping.CustomStringArrayType")
+    private String[] roles;
+
+    @Column(columnDefinition = "int[]")
+    @Type(type = "com.baeldung.hibernate.arraymapping.CustomIntegerArrayType")
+    private Integer[] locations;
+
+    @Type(type = "string-array")
+    @Column(
+        name = "phone_numbers",
+        columnDefinition = "text[]"
+        )
+    private String[] phoneNumbers;
+
+    public Long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(Long id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String[] getRoles() {
+        return roles;
+    }
+
+    public void setRoles(String[] roles) {
+        this.roles = roles;
+    }
+
+    public Integer[] getLocations() {
+        return locations;
+    }
+
+    public void setLocations(Integer[] locations) {
+        this.locations = locations;
+    }
+
+    public String[] getPhoneNumbers() {
+        return phoneNumbers;
+    }
+
+    public void setPhoneNumbers(String[] phoneNumbers) {
+        this.phoneNumbers = phoneNumbers;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/arraymapping/ArrayMappingIntegrationTest.java b/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/arraymapping/ArrayMappingIntegrationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba0ccc2aa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/arraymapping/ArrayMappingIntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+package com.baeldung.hibernate.arraymapping;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.Transaction;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+
+public class ArrayMappingIntegrationTest {
+
+    private Session session;
+    private Transaction transaction;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    public void setup() throws IOException {
+        try {
+            session = HibernateSessionUtil.getSessionFactory().openSession();
+            transaction = session.beginTransaction();
+
+            bootstrapData();
+
+        } catch (HibernateException | IOException e) {
+            System.out.println("Can't connect to a PostgreSQL DB");
+        }
+    }
+
+    @AfterEach
+    public void cleanup() {
+        if (null != session) { 
+            transaction.rollback();
+            session.close();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenArrayMapping_whenQueried_thenReturnArraysFromDB() throws HibernateException, IOException {
+        if (null != session) {
+            User user = session.find(User.class, 1L);
+
+            assertEquals("john", user.getName());
+            assertEquals("superuser", user.getRoles()[0]);
+            assertEquals("admin", user.getRoles()[1]);
+            assertEquals(100, user.getLocations()[0]);
+            assertEquals(389, user.getLocations()[1]);
+            assertEquals("7000000000", user.getPhoneNumbers()[0]);
+            assertEquals("8000000000", user.getPhoneNumbers()[1]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenArrayMapping_whenArraysAreInserted_thenPersistInDB() throws HibernateException, IOException {
+        if (null != session) {
+            transaction = session.beginTransaction();
+
+            User user = new User();
+            user.setId(2L);
+            user.setName("smith");
+
+            String[] roles = {"admin", "employee"};
+            user.setRoles(roles);
+
+            Integer[] locations = {190, 578};
+            user.setLocations(locations);
+
+            session.persist(user);
+            session.flush();
+            session.clear();
+
+            transaction.commit();
+
+            User userDBObj = session.find(User.class, 2L);
+
+            assertEquals("smith", userDBObj.getName());
+            assertEquals("admin", userDBObj.getRoles()[0]);
+            assertEquals(578, userDBObj.getLocations()[1]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenArrayMapping_whenArrayIsUpdated_thenPersistInDB() throws HibernateException, IOException {
+        if (null != session) {
+            transaction = session.beginTransaction();
+
+            User user = session.find(User.class, 1L);
+
+            String[] updatedRoles = {"superuser", "superadmin"};
+            String[] updatedPhoneNumbers = {"9000000000"};
+
+            user.setRoles(updatedRoles);
+            user.setPhoneNumbers(updatedPhoneNumbers);
+
+            session.persist(user);
+            session.flush();
+            session.clear();
+
+            User userDBObj = session.find(User.class, 1L);
+
+            assertEquals("john", userDBObj.getName());
+            assertEquals("superadmin", userDBObj.getRoles()[1]);
+            assertEquals("9000000000", userDBObj.getPhoneNumbers()[0]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void bootstrapData() {
+        session.createQuery("delete from User").executeUpdate();
+
+        User user = new User();
+        user.setId(1L);
+        user.setName("john");
+
+        String[] roles = {"superuser", "admin"};
+        user.setRoles(roles);
+
+        Integer[] locations = {100, 389};
+        user.setLocations(locations);
+
+        String[] phoneNumbers = {"7000000000", "8000000000"};
+        user.setPhoneNumbers(phoneNumbers);
+
+        session.persist(user);
+        session.flush();
+        session.clear();
+
+        transaction.commit();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/src/test/resources/hibernate_postgres.properties b/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/src/test/resources/hibernate_postgres.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72e3dcd781
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/src/test/resources/hibernate_postgres.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+hibernate.connection.driver_class=org.postgresql.Driver
+hibernate.connection.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/postgres
+hibernate.connection.username=web
+hibernate.connection.autocommit=true
+jdbc.password=
+
+hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
+hibernate.show_sql=true
+hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto=none
+
+hibernate.c3p0.min_size=5
+hibernate.c3p0.max_size=20
+hibernate.c3p0.acquire_increment=5
+hibernate.c3p0.timeout=1800