diff --git a/gen/llvmhelpers.cpp b/gen/llvmhelpers.cpp
index 90376ee9..dc03e700 100644
--- a/gen/llvmhelpers.cpp
+++ b/gen/llvmhelpers.cpp
@@ -450,12 +450,20 @@ void DtoAssign(Loc& loc, DValue* lhs, DValue* rhs)
         }
     }
     else if (t->ty == Tsarray) {
+        // T[n] = T[n]
         if (DtoType(lhs->getType()) == DtoType(rhs->getType())) {
             DtoStaticArrayCopy(lhs->getLVal(), rhs->getRVal());
         }
-        else {
+        // T[n] = T
+        else if (t->next->toBasetype()->equals(t2)) {
             DtoArrayInit(loc, lhs, rhs);
         }
+        // T[n] = T[] - generally only generated by frontend in rare cases
+        else if (t2->ty == Tarray && t->next->toBasetype()->equals(t2->next->toBasetype())) {
+            DtoMemCpy(lhs->getLVal(), DtoArrayPtr(rhs), DtoArrayLen(rhs));
+        } else {
+            assert(0 && "Unimplemented static array assign!");
+        }
     }
     else if (t->ty == Tdelegate) {
         if (rhs->isNull())