diff --git a/src/PyCall.jl b/src/PyCall.jl
index 48c28697..0ca5a849 100644
--- a/src/PyCall.jl
+++ b/src/PyCall.jl
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ import Base: size, ndims, similar, copy, getindex, setindex!, stride,
        filter!, hash, splice!, pop!, ==, isequal, push!,
        append!, insert!, prepend!, unsafe_convert,
        pushfirst!, popfirst!, firstindex, lastindex,
-       getproperty, setproperty!, propertynames
+       getproperty, setproperty!, propertynames,
+       ReinterpretArray, ReshapedArray
 
 if isdefined(Base, :hasproperty) # Julia 1.2
     import Base: hasproperty
diff --git a/src/gc.jl b/src/gc.jl
index e000cc37..2057ddf4 100644
--- a/src/gc.jl
+++ b/src/gc.jl
@@ -29,7 +29,13 @@ const weakref_callback_meth = Ref{PyMethodDef}()
 function pyembed(po::PyObject, jo::Any)
     # If there's a need to support immutable embedding,
     # the API needs to be changed to return the pointer.
-    isimmutable(jo) && throw(ArgumentError("pyembed: immutable argument not allowed"))
+    if isimmutable(jo)
+        if applicable(parent, jo)
+            return pyembed(po, parent(jo) )
+        else
+            throw(ArgumentError("pyembed: immutable argument not allowed"))
+        end
+    end
     if ispynull(weakref_callback_obj)
         cf = @cfunction(weakref_callback, PyPtr, (PyPtr,PyPtr))
         weakref_callback_meth[] = PyMethodDef("weakref_callback", cf, METH_O)
@@ -43,3 +49,10 @@ function pyembed(po::PyObject, jo::Any)
     pycall_gc[wo] = jo
     return po
 end
+
+# Embed the mutable type underlying the immutable view of the array
+# See Base.unsafe_convert(::Type{Ptr{T}}, jo::ArrayType) for specific array types
+pyembed(po::PyObject, jo::SubArray         ) = pyembed(po, jo.parent)
+pyembed(po::PyObject, jo::ReshapedArray    ) = pyembed(po, jo.parent)
+pyembed(po::PyObject, jo::ReinterpretArray ) = pyembed(po, jo.parent)
+pyembed(po::PyObject, jo::PermutedDimsArray) = pyembed(po, jo.parent)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/numpy.jl b/src/numpy.jl
index f3d523aa..47dbe6d9 100644
--- a/src/numpy.jl
+++ b/src/numpy.jl
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ const NPY_ARRAY_WRITEABLE = Int32(0x0400)
 # dimensions. For example, although NumPy works with both row-major and
 # column-major data, some Python libraries like OpenCV seem to require
 # row-major data (the default in NumPy). In such cases, use PyReverseDims(array)
-function NpyArray(a::StridedArray{T}, revdims::Bool) where T<:PYARR_TYPES
+function NpyArray(a::AbstractArray{T}, revdims::Bool) where T<:PYARR_TYPES
     @npyinitialize
     size_a = revdims ? reverse(size(a)) : size(a)
     strides_a = revdims ? reverse(strides(a)) : strides(a)
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ function NpyArray(a::StridedArray{T}, revdims::Bool) where T<:PYARR_TYPES
     return PyObject(p, a)
 end
 
-function PyObject(a::StridedArray{T}) where T<:PYARR_TYPES
+function PyObject(a::AbstractArray{T}) where T<:PYARR_TYPES
     try
         return NpyArray(a, false)
     catch
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ function PyObject(a::StridedArray{T}) where T<:PYARR_TYPES
     end
 end
 
-function PyReverseDims(a::StridedArray{T,N}) where {T<:PYARR_TYPES,N}
+function PyReverseDims(a::AbstractArray{T,N}) where {T<:PYARR_TYPES,N}
     try
         return NpyArray(a, true)
     catch
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index dff36dbc..82a6700f 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ const PyInt = pyversion < v"3" ? Int : Clonglong
     @test roundtripeq(Int32)
     @test roundtripeq(Dict(1 => "hello", 2 => "goodbye")) && roundtripeq(Dict())
     @test roundtripeq(UInt8[1,3,4,5])
+    @test roundtripeq(1:5)
+    @test roundtripeq(5:2:10)
     @test roundtrip(3 => 4) == (3,4)
     @test roundtrip(Pair{Int,Int}, 3 => 4) == Pair(3,4)
     @test eltype(roundtrip([Ref(1), Ref(2)])) == typeof(Ref(1))
@@ -107,6 +109,42 @@ const PyInt = pyversion < v"3" ? Int : Clonglong
                 @test GC.@preserve(o, pyincref.(PyArray(o))) == a
             end
         end
+        let A = Float64[1 2; 3 4]
+            # Normal array
+            B = copy(A)
+            C = PyArray( PyObject(B) )
+            @test C == B
+            B[1] = 3
+            @test C == B && C[1] == B[1]
+
+            # SubArray
+            B = view(A, 1:2, 2:2)
+            C = PyArray( PyObject(B) )
+            @test C == B
+            A[3] = 5
+            @test C == B && C[1] == A[3]
+
+            # ReshapedArray
+            B = Base.ReshapedArray( A, (1,4), () )
+            C = PyArray( PyObject(B) )
+            @test C == B
+            A[2] = 6
+            @test C == B && C[2] == A[2]
+
+            # PermutedDimsArray
+            B = PermutedDimsArray(A, (2,1) )
+            C = PyArray( PyObject(B) )
+            @test C == B
+            A[1] == 7
+            @test C == B && C[1] == A[1]
+
+            # ReinterpretArray
+            B = reinterpret(UInt64, A)
+            C = PyArray( PyObject(B) )
+            @test C == B
+            A[1] = 12
+            @test C == B && C[1] == reinterpret(UInt64, A[1])
+        end
     end
     @test PyVector(PyObject([1,3.2,"hello",true])) == [1,3.2,"hello",true]
     @test PyDict(PyObject(Dict(1 => "hello", 2 => "goodbye"))) == Dict(1 => "hello", 2 => "goodbye")