diff --git a/build/lisp.tcl b/build/lisp.tcl
index aafbf9be..8cc6807f 100644
--- a/build/lisp.tcl
+++ b/build/lisp.tcl
@@ -583,6 +583,13 @@ respond "_" "share;eigen fasl_share;eigen trlisp\r"
 respond "_" "\032"
 type ":kill\r"
 
+### build share;array fasl for macsyma
+
+respond "*" ":maxtul;mcl\r"
+respond "_" "share;_maxsrc;array\r"
+respond "_" "\032"
+type ":kill\r"
+
 ### more lisplib stuff
 respond "*" "complr\013"
 respond "_" "liblsp;_libdoc;%print\r"
diff --git a/src/maxsrc/array.5 b/src/maxsrc/array.5
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..687c51c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/maxsrc/array.5
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; -*- Mode: Lisp; Package: Macsyma -*- ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;;;  (c) Copyright 1981, 1983 Massachusetts Institute of Technology      ;;;
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+
+(macsyma-module array)
+
+;;; Macsyma User array utilities originally due to CFFK.
+
+(defmfun $listarray (ary)
+       (Cons '(mlist)
+	     (cond ((mget ary 'hashar)
+		    (mapcar #'(lambda (subs) ($arrayapply ary subs))
+			    (cdddr (meval (list '($arrayinfo) ary)))))
+		   ((mget ary 'array) (listarray (mget ary 'array)))
+		   (t 
+		    (merror "Argument to LISTARRAY must be an array:~%~M" ary)))))
+
+(defmfun $fillarray (ary1 ary2)
+       (let ((ary
+	      (or
+	       (mget ary1 'array)
+	       (merror "First argument to FILLARRAY must be a declared array:~%~M" ary1))))
+	    (fillarray
+	     ary
+	     (cond (($listp ary2) (cdr ary2))
+		   ((mget ary2 'array))
+		   (t
+		    (merror
+		     "Second argument to FILLARRAY must be an array or list:~%~M" ary2))))
+	    ary1))
+
+(defmspec $rearray (l) (setq l (cdr l))
+       (cond ((> (length l) 6)
+	      (merror "Too many arguments to REARRAY:~%~M" l))
+	     ((< (length l) 2)
+	      (merror "Too few arguments to REARRAY:~%~M" l)))
+       (let ((name (car l))
+	     (ary (cond ((mget (car l) 'array))
+			(t 
+			 (merror "First argument to REARRAY must be a declared array:~%~M"
+				 (car l))))))
+	    (setq l (cdr l)
+		  l (mapcar #'(lambda (x)
+				      (setq x (meval x))
+				      (cond ((not (eq (typep x) 'fixnum))
+					     (merror
+					      "Non-integer dimension to REARRAY:~%~M"
+					      x)))
+				      (1+ x))
+			    l))
+	    (let ((new-array 
+		   (apply '*rearray (cons ary 
+					  (cons (car (arraydims ary)) l)))))
+	      #+Franz(mputprop name new-array 'array)
+	      )
+	    name))
+