diff --git a/src/generic.jl b/src/generic.jl
index c8336f87..c0090c10 100644
--- a/src/generic.jl
+++ b/src/generic.jl
@@ -2004,7 +2004,12 @@ function isapprox(x::AbstractArray, y::AbstractArray;
     atol::Real=0,
     rtol::Real=Base.rtoldefault(promote_leaf_eltypes(x),promote_leaf_eltypes(y),atol),
     nans::Bool=false, norm::Function=norm)
-    d = norm(x - y)
+    Base.promote_shape(size(x), size(y)) # ensure compatible size
+    d = if isempty(x) && isempty(y)
+        norm(zero(eltype(x)) - zero(eltype(y)))
+    else
+        norm_x_minus_y(x, y)
+    end
     if isfinite(d)
         return iszero(rtol) ? d <= atol : d <= max(atol, rtol*max(norm(x), norm(y)))
     else
@@ -2014,6 +2019,13 @@ function isapprox(x::AbstractArray, y::AbstractArray;
     end
 end
 
+norm_x_minus_y(x, y) = norm(x - y)
+FastContiguousArrayView{T,N,P<:Array,I<:Tuple{AbstractUnitRange, Vararg{Any}}} = Base.SubArray{T,N,P,I,true}
+const ArrayOrFastContiguousArrayView = Union{Array, FastContiguousArrayView}
+function norm_x_minus_y(x::ArrayOrFastContiguousArrayView, y::ArrayOrFastContiguousArrayView)
+    norm(Iterators.map(splat(-), zip(x,y)))
+end
+
 """
     normalize!(a::AbstractArray, p::Real=2)
 
diff --git a/test/generic.jl b/test/generic.jl
index 4fd48a6f..c6037315 100644
--- a/test/generic.jl
+++ b/test/generic.jl
@@ -938,4 +938,11 @@ end
     @test B == A2
 end
 
+@testset "isapprox for Arrays" begin
+    A = rand(3,3)
+    n = @allocated isapprox(A, A)
+    @test n == 0
+    @test Int[] ≈ Int[]
+end
+
 end # module TestGeneric