diff --git a/pgtype/array_codec.go b/pgtype/array_codec.go
index 56393eb0..d7ccf0aa 100644
--- a/pgtype/array_codec.go
+++ b/pgtype/array_codec.go
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ func (c *ArrayCodec) decodeText(m *Map, arrayOID uint32, src []byte, array Array
 	for i, s := range uta.Elements {
 		elem := array.ScanIndex(i)
 		var elemSrc []byte
-		if s != "NULL" {
+		if s != "NULL" || uta.Quoted[i] {
 			elemSrc = []byte(s)
 		}
 
diff --git a/pgtype/array_codec_test.go b/pgtype/array_codec_test.go
index f90995b3..797a5768 100644
--- a/pgtype/array_codec_test.go
+++ b/pgtype/array_codec_test.go
@@ -318,3 +318,27 @@ func TestArrayCodecEncodeMultipleDimensionsRagged(t *testing.T) {
 		defer rows.Close()
 	})
 }
+
+// https://github.com/jackc/pgx/issues/1494
+func TestArrayCodecDecodeTextArrayWithTextOfNULL(t *testing.T) {
+	defaultConnTestRunner.RunTest(context.Background(), t, func(ctx context.Context, t testing.TB, conn *pgx.Conn) {
+		{
+			var actual []string
+			err := conn.QueryRow(ctx, `select '{"foo", "NULL", " NULL "}'::text[]`).Scan(&actual)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Equal(t, []string{"foo", "NULL", " NULL "}, actual)
+		}
+
+		{
+			var actual []pgtype.Text
+			err := conn.QueryRow(ctx, `select '{"foo", "NULL", NULL, " NULL "}'::text[]`).Scan(&actual)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Equal(t, []pgtype.Text{
+				{String: "foo", Valid: true},
+				{String: "NULL", Valid: true},
+				{},
+				{String: " NULL ", Valid: true},
+			}, actual)
+		}
+	})
+}