diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/cgen.v b/vlib/v/gen/cgen.v
index 331154f3b0..2ebcfa1de0 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/cgen.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/cgen.v
@@ -2766,6 +2766,9 @@ fn (mut g Gen) index_expr(node ast.IndexExpr) {
 				g.expr(node.left)
 			} else if sym.kind == .array {
 				g.write('array_slice(')
+				if node.left_type.is_ptr() {
+					g.write('*')
+				}
 				g.expr(node.left)
 			} else if sym.kind == .array_fixed {
 				// Convert a fixed array to V array when doing `fixed_arr[start..end]`
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/array_mut_slicing_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/array_mut_slicing_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6019dcdd16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/array_mut_slicing_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+fn array_mut_slice(mut a []int) {
+	assert a[1..3].map(it) == [3, 5]
+}
+
+fn test_array_mut_slice() {
+	mut a := [1, 3, 5, 7, 9]
+	array_mut_slice(mut a)
+}