diff --git a/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/uverse_test.go b/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/uverse_test.go
index e84f2ee66bf..1ee27822bfa 100644
--- a/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/uverse_test.go
+++ b/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/uverse_test.go
@@ -209,3 +209,67 @@ func main() {
 		assertOutput(t, tc.code, tc.expected)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGetCapacityPointerSlice(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		code     string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "cap of pointer to array",
+			code: `
+package test
+
+func main() {
+	exp := [...]string{"HELLO"}
+	x := cap(&exp)
+	println(x)
+}`,
+			expected: "1\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "cap of array",
+			code: `
+package test
+
+func main() {
+	exp := [...]int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
+	println(cap(exp))
+}`,
+			expected: "5\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "cap of slice",
+			code: `
+package test
+
+func main() {
+	slice := make([]int, 3, 5)
+	println(cap(slice))
+}`,
+			expected: "5\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "cap of nil slice",
+			code: `
+package test
+
+func main() {
+	var slice []int
+	println(cap(slice))
+}`,
+			expected: "0\n",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			m := NewMachine("test", nil)
+			n := MustParseFile("main.go", tc.code)
+			m.RunFiles(n)
+			m.RunMain()
+			assertOutput(t, tc.code, tc.expected)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/values.go b/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/values.go
index 0e2a378b855..b96f69a9652 100644
--- a/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/values.go
+++ b/gnovm/pkg/gnolang/values.go
@@ -2183,6 +2183,11 @@ func (tv *TypedValue) GetCapacity() int {
 		return cv.GetCapacity()
 	case *NativeValue:
 		return cv.Value.Cap()
+	case PointerValue:
+		if av, ok := cv.TV.V.(*ArrayValue); ok {
+			return av.GetCapacity()
+		}
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("unexpected pointer value for cap(): %s", tv.T.String()))
 	default:
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("unexpected type for cap(): %s",
 			tv.T.String()))
diff --git a/gnovm/tests/files/cap1.gno b/gnovm/tests/files/cap1.gno
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a834c17b474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnovm/tests/files/cap1.gno
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package main
+
+func main() {
+	exp := [...]int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
+	println(cap(exp))
+}
+
+// Output:
+// 5