4 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/nodejs/unit-http/http_server.js b/src/nodejs/unit-http/http_server.js
index 89964ec3..11651ed7 100644
--- a/src/nodejs/unit-http/http_server.js
+++ b/src/nodejs/unit-http/http_server.js
@@ -243,8 +243,11 @@ ServerResponse.prototype._writeBody = function(chunk, encoding, callback) {
     }
 
     if (chunk) {
-        if (typeof chunk !== 'string' && !(chunk instanceof Buffer)) {
-            throw new TypeError('First argument must be a string or Buffer');
+        if (typeof chunk !== 'string' && !(chunk instanceof Buffer ||
+                chunk instanceof Uint8Array)) {
+            throw new TypeError(
+                'First argument must be a string, Buffer, ' +
+                'or Uint8Array');
         }
 
         if (typeof chunk === 'string') {
diff --git a/test/node/write_array/app.js b/test/node/write_array/app.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7abb3fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/node/write_array/app.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+require('http').createServer(function (req, res) {
+    res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Length': 5, 'Content-Type': 'text/plain'})
+        .end(new Uint8Array(Buffer.from('array', 'utf8')));
+}).listen(7080);
diff --git a/test/node/write_buffer/app.js b/test/node/write_buffer/app.js
index 506e8613..72e9c600 100644
--- a/test/node/write_buffer/app.js
+++ b/test/node/write_buffer/app.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 require('http').createServer(function (req, res) {
     res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'})
-       .end(new Buffer([0x62, 0x75, 0x66, 0x66, 0x65, 0x72]));
+       .end(Buffer.from('buffer', 'utf8'));
 }).listen(7080);
diff --git a/test/test_node_application.py b/test/test_node_application.py
index e4226535..ab8aa8f8 100644
--- a/test/test_node_application.py
+++ b/test/test_node_application.py
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ def test_node_application_write_buffer():
 
     assert client.get()['body'] == 'buffer', 'write buffer'
 
+def test_node_application_write_array():
+    client.load('write_array')
+
+    assert client.get()['body'] == 'array', 'write array'
 
 def test_node_application_write_callback(temp_dir):
     client.load('write_callback')