diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/ruby/array_member_runme.rb b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/ruby/array_member_runme.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df01789a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/ruby/array_member_runme.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+require 'array_member'
+
+include Array_member
+
+f = Foo.new
+f.data = Array_member.global_data
+
+0.upto(7) { |i|
+  unless get_value(f.data, i) == get_value(Array_member.global_data, i)
+    raise RuntimeError, "Bad array assignment"
+  end
+}
+
+0.upto(7) { |i|
+  set_value(f.data, i, -i)
+}
+
+Array_member.global_data = f.data
+
+0.upto(7) { |i|
+  unless get_value(f.data, i) == get_value(Array_member.global_data, i)
+    raise RuntimeError, "Bad array assignment"
+  end
+}
+
diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/ruby/arrays_global_runme.rb b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/ruby/arrays_global_runme.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ad6deaae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/ruby/arrays_global_runme.rb
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+require 'arrays_global'
+
+Arrays_global.array_i = Arrays_global.array_const_i
+