diff --git a/lib/fluent/config/types.rb b/lib/fluent/config/types.rb
index f0b61fa056..2fe5cd4c8e 100644
--- a/lib/fluent/config/types.rb
+++ b/lib/fluent/config/types.rb
@@ -229,6 +229,14 @@ def self.array_value(val, opts = {}, name = nil)
 
       param = if val.is_a?(String)
                 val.start_with?('[') ? JSON.parse(val, Fluent::DEFAULT_JSON_PARSE_OPTIONS) : val.strip.split(/\s*,\s*/)
+              elsif val.is_a?(Array)
+                val
+              elsif val.is_a?(Numeric) || val == true || val == false
+                # Wrap only the bare scalars that Psych/YAML actually produces
+                # here (nil is handled by the early return above). Any other
+                # type (Hash, Symbol, Time, arbitrary objects) falls through and
+                # still raises "array required" below.
+                [val]
               else
                 val
               end
diff --git a/test/config/test_types.rb b/test/config/test_types.rb
index 3a6eb8f4ce..8e7691c44d 100644
--- a/test/config/test_types.rb
+++ b/test/config/test_types.rb
@@ -375,11 +375,27 @@ class TestConfigTypes < ::Test::Unit::TestCase
          "space in a value w/o qupte" => [["a a","b","c"], 'a a,b,c', {}],
          "integers" => [[1,2,1], '[1,2,1]', {}],
          "value_type: :integer w/ quote" => [[1,2,1], '["1","2","1"]', {value_type: :integer}],
-         "value_type: :integer w/o quote" => [[1,2,1], '1,2,1', {value_type: :integer}])
+         "value_type: :integer w/o quote" => [[1,2,1], '1,2,1', {value_type: :integer}],
+         "bare integer (YAML scalar)" => [[503], 503, {}],
+         "bare integer w/ value_type" => [[503], 503, {value_type: :integer}],
+         "bare float (YAML scalar)" => [[1.5], 1.5, {}],
+         "bare true (YAML scalar)" => [[true], true, {}],
+         "bare false (YAML scalar)" => [[false], false, {}],
+         "already an array is untouched" => [[503], [503], {}])
     test 'array' do |(expected, val, opts)|
       assert_equal(expected, Config::ARRAY_TYPE.call(val, opts))
     end
 
+    data("hash" => [{"key" => "value"}, {}],
+         "hash w/ value_type" => [{"key" => "1"}, {value_type: :integer}],
+         "symbol" => [:foo, {}],
+         "time" => [Time.at(0), {}])
+    test 'array w/ unexpected type still raises' do |(val, opts)|
+      assert_raise(Fluent::ConfigError.new("array required but got #{val.inspect}")) do
+        Config::ARRAY_TYPE.call(val, opts)
+      end
+    end
+
     data('["1","2"]' => [["1","2"], '["1","2"]'],
          '["3"]' => [["3"], '["3"]'])
     test 'array w/ default values' do |(expected, val)|
diff --git a/test/config/test_yaml_parser.rb b/test/config/test_yaml_parser.rb
index 143d5aa5ff..c563c78ac3 100644
--- a/test/config/test_yaml_parser.rb
+++ b/test/config/test_yaml_parser.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'helper'
 require 'fluent/config/yaml_parser'
+require 'fluent/configurable'
 require 'socket'
 require 'json'
 require 'date'
@@ -558,4 +559,38 @@ def test_yaml_values
     assert_equal(:bar, config.elements[0]['symbol2'])
     assert_equal(/^$/, config.elements[0]['regexp'])
   end
+
+  class ArrayParamOutput
+    include Fluent::Configurable
+
+    config_param :retryable_response_codes, :array, value_type: :integer, default: nil
+  end
+
+  sub_test_case 'array parameter' do
+    def test_array_param_accepts_bare_scalar
+      write_config "#{TMP_DIR}/test_array_param_accepts_bare_scalar.yaml", <<~EOS
+        config:
+          - match:
+              $tag: "**"
+              $type: http
+              retryable_response_codes: 503
+      EOS
+      config = Fluent::Config::YamlParser.parse("#{TMP_DIR}/test_array_param_accepts_bare_scalar.yaml")
+      target = ArrayParamOutput.new.configure(config.elements[0])
+      assert_equal([503], target.retryable_response_codes)
+    end
+
+    def test_array_param_accepts_sequence
+      write_config "#{TMP_DIR}/test_array_param_accepts_sequence.yaml", <<~EOS
+        config:
+          - match:
+              $tag: "**"
+              $type: http
+              retryable_response_codes: [502, 503]
+      EOS
+      config = Fluent::Config::YamlParser.parse("#{TMP_DIR}/test_array_param_accepts_sequence.yaml")
+      target = ArrayParamOutput.new.configure(config.elements[0])
+      assert_equal([502, 503], target.retryable_response_codes)
+    end
+  end
 end