diff --git a/docs/CMock_Summary.md b/docs/CMock_Summary.md
index 31836657..5cb201cf 100644
--- a/docs/CMock_Summary.md
+++ b/docs/CMock_Summary.md
@@ -738,6 +738,10 @@ from the defaults. We've tried to specify what the defaults are below.
 
         GoBananas_ExpectWithArray(b, 2, 2);
 
+  `:array_as_byte`:
+  When checking arrays, the element size will always be 1, ie depth is the number
+  of bytes to check.
+
 * `:fail_on_unexpected_calls`:
   By default, CMock will fail a test if a mock is called without `_Expect` and `_Ignore`
   called first. While this forces test writers to be more explicit in their expectations,
diff --git a/lib/cmock_config.rb b/lib/cmock_config.rb
index ccbf4dc5..27cece42 100644
--- a/lib/cmock_config.rb
+++ b/lib/cmock_config.rb
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class CMockConfig
       :orig_header_include_fmt     => '#include "%s"',
       :array_size_type             => [],
       :array_size_name             => 'size|len',
+      :array_as_byte               => false,
       :skeleton                    => false,
       :exclude_setjmp_h            => false,
 
diff --git a/lib/cmock_generator_utils.rb b/lib/cmock_generator_utils.rb
index 83e762fe..6f0ddc85 100644
--- a/lib/cmock_generator_utils.rb
+++ b/lib/cmock_generator_utils.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ def initialize(config, helpers = {})
     @ignore_stateless = @config.plugins.include? :ignore_stateless
     @treat_as = @config.treat_as
     @helpers = helpers
+    @array_as_byte = @config.array_as_byte   
   end
 
   def self.arg_type_with_const(arg)
@@ -230,7 +231,11 @@ def code_verify_an_arg_expectation_with_smart_arrays(function, arg)
         lines << "      { UNITY_TEST_ASSERT_NULL(#{arg_name}, cmock_line, CMockStringExpNULL); }\n"
         lines << (depth_name != 1 ? "    else if (#{depth_name} == 0)\n      { UNITY_TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_PTR(#{pre}#{expected}, #{pre}#{arg_name}, cmock_line, CMockStringMismatch); }\n" : '')
         lines << "    else\n"
-        lines << "      { UNITY_TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_MEMORY_ARRAY((void*)(#{pre}#{expected}), (void*)(#{pre}#{arg_name}), sizeof(#{c_type.sub('*', '')}), #{depth_name}, cmock_line, CMockStringMismatch); }\n"
+        if @array_as_byte 
+          lines << "      { UNITY_TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_MEMORY_ARRAY((void*)(#{pre}#{expected}), (void*)(#{pre}#{arg_name}), 1, #{depth_name}, cmock_line, CMockStringMismatch); }\n"
+        else
+          lines << "      { UNITY_TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_MEMORY_ARRAY((void*)(#{pre}#{expected}), (void*)(#{pre}#{arg_name}), sizeof(#{c_type.sub('*', '')}), #{depth_name}, cmock_line, CMockStringMismatch); }\n"
+        end
       end
     when /_ARRAY/
       if pre == '&'