diff --git a/test_umsgpack.py b/test_umsgpack.py
index 86d4362..31c01e1 100644
--- a/test_umsgpack.py
+++ b/test_umsgpack.py
@@ -319,6 +319,12 @@
     ["float precision double", 2.5, b"\xcb\x40\x04\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"],
 ]
 
+tuple_test_vectors = [
+    ["nested array", [0x01, [b"\x80", [[u"a", u"b", u"c"], True]]],
+        b"\x92\x01\x92\xc4\x01\x80\x92\x93\xa1a\xa1b\xa1c\xc3",
+        (0x01, (b"\x80", ((u"a", u"b", u"c"), True)))],
+]
+
 naive_timestamp_test_vectors = [
     ["32-bit timestamp (naive)", datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1, 10, 5, 2, 0, umsgpack._utc_tzinfo),
         b"\xd6\xff\x38\x6d\xd1\x4e",
@@ -518,6 +524,19 @@ def test_unpack_ordered_dict(self):
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(unpacked, OrderedDict))
         self.assertEqual(unpacked, obj)
 
+    def test_unpack_tuple(self):
+        # Use tuple test vector
+        (_, obj, data, obj_tuple) = tuple_test_vectors[0]
+
+        # Unpack with default options (list)
+        self.assertEqual(umsgpack.unpackb(data), obj)
+
+        # Unpack with use_tuple=False (list)
+        self.assertEqual(umsgpack.unpackb(data, use_tuple=False), obj)
+
+        # Unpack with use_tuple=True (tuple)
+        self.assertEqual(umsgpack.unpackb(data, use_tuple=True), obj_tuple)
+
     def test_ext_exceptions(self):
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             _ = umsgpack.Ext(5.0, b"")
diff --git a/umsgpack.py b/umsgpack.py
index be21e7c..ec11cc6 100644
--- a/umsgpack.py
+++ b/umsgpack.py
@@ -812,6 +812,9 @@ def _unpack_array(code, fp, options):
     else:
         raise Exception("logic error, not array: 0x%02x" % ord(code))
 
+    if options.get('use_tuple'):
+        return tuple((_unpack(fp, options) for i in xrange(length)))
+
     return [_unpack(fp, options) for i in xrange(length)]
 
 
@@ -878,6 +881,8 @@ def _unpack2(fp, **options):
                              Ext into an object
         use_ordered_dict (bool): unpack maps into OrderedDict, instead of
                                  unordered dict (default False)
+        use_tuple (bool): unpacks arrays into tuples, instead of lists (default
+                          False)
         allow_invalid_utf8 (bool): unpack invalid strings into instances of
                                    InvalidString, for access to the bytes
                                    (default False)
@@ -922,6 +927,8 @@ def _unpack3(fp, **options):
                              Ext into an object
         use_ordered_dict (bool): unpack maps into OrderedDict, instead of
                                  unordered dict (default False)
+        use_tuple (bool): unpacks arrays into tuples, instead of lists (default
+                          False)
         allow_invalid_utf8 (bool): unpack invalid strings into instances of
                                    InvalidString, for access to the bytes
                                    (default False)
@@ -967,6 +974,8 @@ def _unpackb2(s, **options):
                              Ext into an object
         use_ordered_dict (bool): unpack maps into OrderedDict, instead of
                                  unordered dict (default False)
+        use_tuple (bool): unpacks arrays into tuples, instead of lists (default
+                          False)
         allow_invalid_utf8 (bool): unpack invalid strings into instances of
                                    InvalidString, for access to the bytes
                                    (default False)
@@ -1015,6 +1024,8 @@ def _unpackb3(s, **options):
                              Ext into an object
         use_ordered_dict (bool): unpack maps into OrderedDict, instead of
                                  unordered dict (default False)
+        use_tuple (bool): unpacks arrays into tuples, instead of lists (default
+                          False)
         allow_invalid_utf8 (bool): unpack invalid strings into instances of
                                    InvalidString, for access to the bytes
                                    (default False)