diff --git a/lib/logstash/util/accessors.rb b/lib/logstash/util/accessors.rb
index 1488bd87ad8..b98615d6dab 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/util/accessors.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/util/accessors.rb
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def lookup(accessor)
 
     def store_path(accessor)
       key, path = PathCache.get(accessor)
-      target = path.inject(@store) {|r, k| r[k] ||= {}}
+      target = path.inject(@store) {|r, k| r[r.is_a?(Array) ? k.to_i : k] ||= {}}
       [target, key]
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/util/accessors_spec.rb b/spec/util/accessors_spec.rb
index 13c57dac8d0..e86e25aed37 100644
--- a/spec/util/accessors_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/util/accessors_spec.rb
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@
       insist { accessors.get("[hello][world][0]") } == data["hello"]["world"][0]
       insist { accessors.get("[hello][world][1]") } == data["hello"]["world"][1]
     end
+
+    it "should retrieve array item containing hash" do
+      data = { "hello" => { "world" => [ { "a" => 123 }, { "b" => 345 } ], "bar" => "baz" } }
+      accessors = LogStash::Util::Accessors.new(data)
+      insist { accessors.get("[hello][world][0][a]") } == data["hello"]["world"][0]["a"]
+      insist { accessors.get("[hello][world][1][b]") } == data["hello"]["world"][1]["b"]
+    end
   end
 
   context "using invalid encoding" do