diff --git a/base/array.jl b/base/array.jl
index 7644748427d6db..fc75d6d17ca7b2 100644
--- a/base/array.jl
+++ b/base/array.jl
@@ -220,6 +220,19 @@ linspace(start::Real, stop::Real) = linspace(start, stop, 100)
 logspace(start::Real, stop::Real, n::Integer) = 10.^linspace(start, stop, n)
 logspace(start::Real, stop::Real) = logspace(start, stop, 50)
 
+
+arrayslice(A, i::Int, n::Int) = arrayslice(A, i, (n,))
+arrayslice(A, dims::Tuple, n::Tuple) = arrayslice(A, sub2ind(size(A),dims...), n)
+arrayslice(A, dims::Tuple, n::Int) = arrayslice(A, dims, (n,))
+function arrayslice{T, N}(A::Array{T}, i::Int, n::NTuple{N,Int})
+    len = prod(n)
+    @assert 0 < i <= length(A)
+    @assert 0 <= len
+    @assert i-1+len <= length(A)
+    ccall(:jl_slice_owned_array, Array{T,N}, (Any, Any, Any, Uint),
+          Array{T,N}, A, n, uint(i-1))
+end
+
 ## Conversions ##
 
 convert{T,n}(::Type{Array{T}}, x::Array{T,n}) = x
diff --git a/base/exports.jl b/base/exports.jl
index 176c0626844b00..53291a840cfce7 100644
--- a/base/exports.jl
+++ b/base/exports.jl
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ export
     zeta,
 
 # arrays
+    arrayslice,
     bitbroadcast,
     broadcast!,
     broadcast!_function,
diff --git a/doc/helpdb.jl b/doc/helpdb.jl
index 61bbb25100b681..cf734a0621f8bf 100644
--- a/doc/helpdb.jl
+++ b/doc/helpdb.jl
@@ -5964,6 +5964,15 @@ popdisplay(d::Display)
 
 "),
 
+("Base","arrayslice","arrayslice(A, pos, dims)
+
+   Create an array of size \"dims\" with the data shared with the 
+   given array. The returned array uses the contiguous memory of 
+   \"A\" starting at \"pos\" to \"prod(dims)\". The \"pos\" and 
+   \"dims\" arguments may be tuple or integer arguments.
+
+"),
+
 ("Base","broadcast","broadcast(f, As...)
 
    Broadcasts the arrays \"As\" to a common size by expanding
diff --git a/doc/stdlib/base.rst b/doc/stdlib/base.rst
index 3b6405d7c91d2e..0f1fcf29c48c05 100644
--- a/doc/stdlib/base.rst
+++ b/doc/stdlib/base.rst
@@ -4104,6 +4104,11 @@ Constructors
 
    Construct a vector of ``n`` logarithmically-spaced numbers from ``10^start`` to ``10^stop``.
 
+.. function:: arrayslice(A, pos, dims)
+
+   Create an array of size ``dims`` with the data shared with the given array. The returned array uses the contiguous memory of ``A`` starting at ``pos`` to ``prod(dims)``. The ``pos`` and ``dims`` arguments may be tuple or integer arguments.
+
+
 Mathematical operators and functions
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/src/array.c b/src/array.c
index ad661ab80dc15a..81f5f120b91f70 100644
--- a/src/array.c
+++ b/src/array.c
@@ -293,6 +293,64 @@ jl_array_t *jl_ptr_to_array(jl_value_t *atype, void *data, jl_tuple_t *dims,
     return a;
 }
 
+jl_array_t *jl_slice_owned_array(jl_value_t *atype, jl_array_t *data, jl_tuple_t *dims, size_t offset)
+{
+    size_t i;
+    jl_array_t *a;
+    size_t ndims = jl_tuple_len(dims);
+
+    int ndimwords = jl_array_ndimwords(ndims);
+    a = (jl_array_t*)allocobj((sizeof(jl_array_t) + sizeof(void*) + ndimwords*sizeof(size_t) + 15)&-16);
+    a->type = atype;
+    a->ndims = ndims;
+    a->offset = 0;
+    a->data = NULL;
+    a->isaligned = data->isaligned;
+    jl_value_t *el_type = jl_tparam0(atype);
+    if (store_unboxed(el_type)) {
+        a->elsize = jl_datatype_size(el_type);
+        a->ptrarray = 0;
+    }
+    else {
+        a->elsize = sizeof(void*);
+        a->ptrarray = 1;
+    }
+    JL_GC_PUSH1(&a);
+
+    jl_array_data_owner(a) = (jl_value_t*)data;
+    a->how = 3;
+    a->data = (data->data) + offset*(a->elsize);
+    a->isshared = 1;
+    data->isshared = 1;
+
+    if (ndims == 1) {
+        size_t l = jl_unbox_long(jl_tupleref(dims,0));
+#ifdef STORE_ARRAY_LEN
+        a->length = l;
+#endif
+        a->nrows = l;
+        a->maxsize = l;
+    }
+    else {
+        size_t *adims = &a->nrows;
+        size_t l=1;
+        wideint_t prod;
+        for(i=0; i < ndims; i++) {
+            adims[i] = jl_unbox_long(jl_tupleref(dims, i));
+            prod = (wideint_t)l * (wideint_t)adims[i];
+            if (prod > (wideint_t) MAXINTVAL)
+                jl_error("invalid Array dimensions");
+            l = prod;
+        }
+#ifdef STORE_ARRAY_LEN
+        a->length = l;
+#endif
+    }
+    JL_GC_POP();
+
+    return a;
+}
+
 jl_array_t *jl_new_array(jl_value_t *atype, jl_tuple_t *dims)
 {
     size_t ndims = jl_tuple_len(dims);
diff --git a/src/julia.h b/src/julia.h
index e6734b21f2f892..0b5a5c0818c8f0 100644
--- a/src/julia.h
+++ b/src/julia.h
@@ -735,6 +735,8 @@ DLLEXPORT jl_array_t *jl_ptr_to_array_1d(jl_value_t *atype, void *data,
                                          size_t nel, int own_buffer);
 DLLEXPORT jl_array_t *jl_ptr_to_array(jl_value_t *atype, void *data,
                                       jl_tuple_t *dims, int own_buffer);
+DLLEXPORT jl_array_t *jl_slice_owned_array(jl_value_t *atype, jl_array_t *data, 
+                                           jl_tuple_t *dims, size_t offset);
 int jl_array_store_unboxed(jl_value_t *el_type);
 
 DLLEXPORT jl_array_t *jl_alloc_array_1d(jl_value_t *atype, size_t nr);
diff --git a/test/arrayops.jl b/test/arrayops.jl
index bce81a01b13712..1db13e90da3d70 100644
--- a/test/arrayops.jl
+++ b/test/arrayops.jl
@@ -695,6 +695,23 @@ begin
     @test size(n1) == (6,1,4) && size(n2) == (6,3,1)  && size(n3) == (2,6,1)
 end
 
+# arrayslice
+x = rand(3,5)
+y = arrayslice(x,7,(3,3))
+y[:] *= 5
+x[7:end] = y[:]*2
+@test reshape(x[7:end],(3,3)) == y
+y = arrayslice(x,1,4)
+@test Array{eltype(x),1} == typeof(y)
+@test length(y) == 4
+y = arrayslice(x,1,0)
+@test y == eltype(y)[]
+y = arrayslice(x,(1,3),2)
+@test y[1] == x[1,3]
+y = arrayslice(x,(3,1),(1,2))
+@test y[:] == x[3:4]
+y = arrayslice(x,1,(5,3))
+@test reshape(x,(5,3)) == y
 
 # single multidimensional index
 let