diff --git a/include/boost/type_traits/is_reference.hpp b/include/boost/type_traits/is_reference.hpp
index 243ac9e..49430c2 100644
--- a/include/boost/type_traits/is_reference.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/type_traits/is_reference.hpp
@@ -44,10 +44,17 @@ BOOST_TT_AUX_BOOL_TRAIT_PARTIAL_SPEC1_1(typename T,is_reference,T& const volatil
 #endif
 
 #if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ < 3)
-// these allow us to work around illegally cv-qualified reference types.
+// these allow us to work around illegally cv-qualified reference
+// types.
 BOOST_TT_AUX_BOOL_TRAIT_PARTIAL_SPEC1_1(typename T,is_reference,T const ,::boost::is_reference<T>::value)
 BOOST_TT_AUX_BOOL_TRAIT_PARTIAL_SPEC1_1(typename T,is_reference,T volatile ,::boost::is_reference<T>::value)
 BOOST_TT_AUX_BOOL_TRAIT_PARTIAL_SPEC1_1(typename T,is_reference,T const volatile ,::boost::is_reference<T>::value)
+// However, the above specializations confuse gcc 2.96 unless we also
+// supply these specializations for array types
+BOOST_TT_AUX_BOOL_TRAIT_PARTIAL_SPEC1_2(typename T,unsigned long N,is_reference,T[N],false)
+BOOST_TT_AUX_BOOL_TRAIT_PARTIAL_SPEC1_2(typename T,unsigned long N,is_reference,const T[N],false)
+BOOST_TT_AUX_BOOL_TRAIT_PARTIAL_SPEC1_2(typename T,unsigned long N,is_reference,volatile T[N],false)
+BOOST_TT_AUX_BOOL_TRAIT_PARTIAL_SPEC1_2(typename T,unsigned long N,is_reference,const volatile T[N],false)
 #endif
 
 #else