diff --git a/Lib/httplib.py b/Lib/httplib.py
index 30cabce..a83245b 100644
--- a/Lib/httplib.py
+++ b/Lib/httplib.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 Req-sent-unread-response       _CS_REQ_SENT       <response_class>
 """
 
+from array import array
 import socket
 from sys import py3kwarning
 from urlparse import urlsplit
@@ -747,7 +748,7 @@
             print "send:", repr(str)
         try:
             blocksize=8192
-            if hasattr(str,'read') :
+            if hasattr(str,'read') and not isinstance(str, array):
                 if self.debuglevel > 0: print "sendIng a read()able"
                 data=str.read(blocksize)
                 while data:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_httplib.py b/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
index 77e9887..cd54323 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import array
 import httplib
 import StringIO
 import socket
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@
         self.data = ''
 
     def sendall(self, data):
-        self.data += data
+        self.data += ''.join(data)
 
     def makefile(self, mode, bufsize=None):
         if mode != 'r' and mode != 'rb':
@@ -162,6 +163,20 @@
         conn.request('GET', '/foo', body)
         self.assertTrue(sock.data.startswith(expected))
 
+    def test_send(self):
+        expected = 'this is a test this is only a test'
+        conn = httplib.HTTPConnection('example.com')
+        sock = FakeSocket(None)
+        conn.sock = sock
+        conn.send(expected)
+        self.assertEquals(expected, sock.data)
+        sock.data = ''
+        conn.send(array.array('c', expected))
+        self.assertEquals(expected, sock.data)
+        sock.data = ''
+        conn.send(StringIO.StringIO(expected))
+        self.assertEquals(expected, sock.data)
+
     def test_chunked(self):
         chunked_start = (
             'HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n'