diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/cgen.v b/vlib/v/gen/cgen.v
index c743153178..e7e46f9f0c 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/cgen.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/cgen.v
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import v.depgraph
 
 // NB: keywords after 'new' are reserved in C++
 const (
-	c_reserved = ['delete', 'exit', 'link', 'unix', 'error', 'calloc', 'malloc', 'free', 'panic',
+	c_reserved = ['array', 'delete', 'exit', 'link', 'unix', 'error', 'calloc', 'malloc', 'free', 'panic',
 		'auto', 'char', 'default', 'do', 'double', 'extern', 'float', 'inline', 'int', 'long', 'register',
 		'restrict', 'short', 'signed', 'sizeof', 'static', 'switch', 'typedef', 'union', 'unsigned', 'void',
 		'volatile', 'while', 'new', 'namespace', 'class', 'typename', 'export']