diff --git a/squirrel-foundation/src/main/java/org/squirrelframework/foundation/util/TypeReference.java b/squirrel-foundation/src/main/java/org/squirrelframework/foundation/util/TypeReference.java
index 6b4073b8..4cc3033f 100644
--- a/squirrel-foundation/src/main/java/org/squirrelframework/foundation/util/TypeReference.java
+++ b/squirrel-foundation/src/main/java/org/squirrelframework/foundation/util/TypeReference.java
@@ -69,9 +69,14 @@ static Class<?> getRawType(Type type) {
     }
 
     static Class<?> getArrayClass(Class<?> componentType) {
-        // TODO(user): This is not the most efficient way to handle generic
-        // arrays, but is there another way to extract the array class in a
-        // non-hacky way (i.e. using String value class names- "[L...")?
-        return Array.newInstance(componentType, 0).getClass();
+        try {
+            return Class.forName("[L" + componentType.getName() + ";");
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            try {
+                return Array.newInstance(componentType, 0).getClass();
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Error getting array type. ", e);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/squirrel-foundation/src/test/java/org/squirrelframework/foundation/util/TypeReferenceTest.java b/squirrel-foundation/src/test/java/org/squirrelframework/foundation/util/TypeReferenceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..019de74f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/squirrel-foundation/src/test/java/org/squirrelframework/foundation/util/TypeReferenceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package org.squirrelframework.foundation.util;
+
+import com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class TypeReferenceTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testArrayTypeDiscovery() {
+        TypeReference<List<String>> typeReference = new TypeReference<List<String>>() {};
+
+        assertEquals(typeReference.getType(), new TypeToken<List<String>>() {}.getType());
+    }
+}