Index: lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/data-formatter/array_typedef/Makefile
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/data-formatter/array_typedef/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+CXX_SOURCES := main.cpp
+
+include Makefile.rules
Index: lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/data-formatter/array_typedef/TestArrayTypedef.py
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/data-formatter/array_typedef/TestArrayTypedef.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+"""
+Test lldb data formatter subsystem.
+"""
+
+
+import lldb
+from lldbsuite.test.lldbtest import *
+import lldbsuite.test.lldbutil as lldbutil
+
+
+class ArrayTypedefTestCase(TestBase):
+
+    mydir = TestBase.compute_mydir(__file__)
+
+    def test_array_typedef(self):
+        self.build()
+        lldbutil.run_to_source_breakpoint(self, "// break here",
+            lldb.SBFileSpec("main.cpp", False))
+        self.expect("expr str", substrs=['"abcd"'])
Index: lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/data-formatter/array_typedef/main.cpp
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/functionalities/data-formatter/array_typedef/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+//===-- main.cpp ------------------------------------------------*- C++ -*-===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+typedef char MCHAR;
+
+int main() {
+  MCHAR str[5] = "abcd";
+  return 0;  // break here
+}
+
Index: lldb/source/API/SBType.cpp
===================================================================
--- lldb/source/API/SBType.cpp
+++ lldb/source/API/SBType.cpp
@@ -212,8 +212,10 @@
 
   if (!IsValid())
     return LLDB_RECORD_RESULT(SBType());
-  return LLDB_RECORD_RESULT(SBType(TypeImplSP(
-      new TypeImpl(m_opaque_sp->GetCompilerType(true).GetArrayElementType()))));
+  CompilerType canonical_type =
+      m_opaque_sp->GetCompilerType(true).GetCanonicalType();
+  return LLDB_RECORD_RESULT(
+      SBType(TypeImplSP(new TypeImpl(canonical_type.GetArrayElementType()))));
 }
 
 SBType SBType::GetArrayType(uint64_t size) {
Index: lldb/source/DataFormatters/FormatManager.cpp
===================================================================
--- lldb/source/DataFormatters/FormatManager.cpp
+++ lldb/source/DataFormatters/FormatManager.cpp
@@ -238,6 +238,20 @@
     }
   }
 
+  uint64_t array_size;
+  if (compiler_type.IsArrayType(nullptr, &array_size, nullptr)) {
+    CompilerType element_type = compiler_type.GetArrayElementType();
+    if (element_type.IsTypedefType()) {
+      CompilerType deffed_array_type =
+          element_type.GetTypedefedType().GetArrayType(array_size);
+      GetPossibleMatches(
+          valobj, deffed_array_type,
+          reason | lldb_private::eFormatterChoiceCriterionNavigatedTypedefs,
+          use_dynamic, entries, did_strip_ptr, did_strip_ref,
+          true); // this is not exactly the usual meaning of stripping typedefs
+    }
+  }
+
   for (lldb::LanguageType language_type :
        GetCandidateLanguages(valobj.GetObjectRuntimeLanguage())) {
     if (Language *language = Language::FindPlugin(language_type)) {
Index: lldb/source/Symbol/ClangASTContext.cpp
===================================================================
--- lldb/source/Symbol/ClangASTContext.cpp
+++ lldb/source/Symbol/ClangASTContext.cpp
@@ -3935,7 +3935,7 @@
 ClangASTContext::GetArrayElementType(lldb::opaque_compiler_type_t type,
                                      uint64_t *stride) {
   if (type) {
-    clang::QualType qual_type(GetCanonicalQualType(type));
+    clang::QualType qual_type(GetQualType(type));
 
     const clang::Type *array_eletype =
         qual_type.getTypePtr()->getArrayElementTypeNoTypeQual();
@@ -3943,8 +3943,7 @@
     if (!array_eletype)
       return CompilerType();
 
-    CompilerType element_type =
-        GetType(array_eletype->getCanonicalTypeUnqualified());
+    CompilerType element_type = GetType(clang::QualType(array_eletype, 0));
 
     // TODO: the real stride will be >= this value.. find the real one!
     if (stride)