diff --git a/vlib/builtin/fixed_array_map_test.v b/vlib/builtin/fixed_array_map_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..116c35ccf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/builtin/fixed_array_map_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+fn test_fixed_array_map() {
+	a := [1, 2, 3]!
+
+	b1 := a.map(it * 2)
+	println(b1)
+	assert b1 == [2, 4, 6]!
+
+	b11 := a.map(|x| x * 2)
+	println(b11)
+	assert b11 == [2, 4, 6]!
+
+	b2 := a.map('${it}')
+	println(b2)
+	assert b2 == ['1', '2', '3']!
+
+	b22 := a.map(|x| '${x}')
+	println(b22)
+	assert b22 == ['1', '2', '3']!
+
+	b3 := a.map(it + 2)
+	println(b3)
+	assert b3 == [3, 4, 5]!
+
+	b33 := a.map(|x| x + 2)
+	println(b33)
+	assert b33 == [3, 4, 5]!
+}
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/fn.v b/vlib/v/checker/fn.v
index c4ab008964..e2291d300d 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/fn.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/fn.v
@@ -3498,6 +3498,51 @@ fn (mut c Checker) fixed_array_builtin_method_call(mut node ast.CallExpr, left_t
 			c.error('`${left_sym.name}` has no method `wait()` (only thread handles and arrays of them have)',
 				node.left.pos())
 		}
+	} else if method_name == 'map' {
+		if node.args.len != 1 {
+			c.error('`.${method_name}` expected 1 argument, but got ${node.args.len}',
+				node.pos)
+			return ast.void_type
+		}
+		if mut node.args[0].expr is ast.LambdaExpr {
+			if node.args[0].expr.params.len != 1 {
+				c.error('lambda expressions used in the builtin array methods require exactly 1 parameter',
+					node.args[0].expr.pos)
+				return ast.void_type
+			}
+			c.lambda_expr_fix_type_of_param(mut node.args[0].expr, mut node.args[0].expr.params[0],
+				elem_typ)
+			le_type := c.expr(mut node.args[0].expr.expr)
+			c.support_lambda_expr_one_param(elem_typ, le_type, mut node.args[0].expr)
+		} else {
+			// position of `it` doesn't matter
+			scope_register_it(mut node.scope, node.pos, elem_typ)
+		}
+
+		c.check_map_and_filter(true, elem_typ, node)
+		arg_type := c.check_expr_option_or_result_call(node.args[0].expr, c.expr(mut node.args[0].expr))
+		arg_sym := c.table.sym(arg_type)
+		ret_type := match arg_sym.info {
+			ast.FnType {
+				if node.args[0].expr is ast.SelectorExpr {
+					arg_type
+				} else {
+					arg_sym.info.func.return_type
+				}
+			}
+			else {
+				arg_type
+			}
+		}
+		node.return_type = c.table.find_or_register_array_fixed(c.unwrap_generic(ret_type),
+			array_info.size, array_info.size_expr, false)
+		if node.return_type.has_flag(.shared_f) {
+			node.return_type = node.return_type.clear_flag(.shared_f).deref()
+		}
+		ret_sym := c.table.sym(ret_type)
+		if ret_sym.kind == .multi_return {
+			c.error('returning multiple values is not supported in .map() calls', node.pos)
+		}
 	}
 	return node.return_type
 }
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/array.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/array.v
index 1fc2f26256..24ca3e3165 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/array.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/array.v
@@ -463,15 +463,26 @@ fn (mut g Gen) gen_array_map(node ast.CallExpr) {
 		g.past_tmp_var_done(past)
 	}
 
-	ret_typ := g.styp(node.return_type)
+	ret_styp := g.styp(node.return_type)
 	ret_sym := g.table.final_sym(node.return_type)
+	left_is_array := g.table.final_sym(node.left_type).kind == .array
 	inp_sym := g.table.final_sym(node.receiver_type)
-	ret_info := ret_sym.info as ast.Array
-	mut ret_elem_type := g.styp(ret_info.elem_type)
-	inp_info := inp_sym.info as ast.Array
-	inp_elem_type := g.styp(inp_info.elem_type)
-	if inp_sym.kind != .array {
-		verror('map() requires an array')
+
+	ret_elem_type := if left_is_array {
+		(ret_sym.info as ast.Array).elem_type
+	} else {
+		(ret_sym.info as ast.ArrayFixed).elem_type
+	}
+	mut ret_elem_styp := g.styp(ret_elem_type)
+
+	inp_elem_type := if left_is_array {
+		(inp_sym.info as ast.Array).elem_type
+	} else {
+		(inp_sym.info as ast.ArrayFixed).elem_type
+	}
+	inp_elem_styp := g.styp(inp_elem_type)
+	if inp_sym.kind !in [.array, .array_fixed] {
+		verror('map() requires an array or a fixed array')
 	}
 
 	mut expr := node.args[0].expr
@@ -481,16 +492,18 @@ fn (mut g Gen) gen_array_map(node ast.CallExpr) {
 		if expr.typ != ast.void_type {
 			var_sym := g.table.sym(expr.typ)
 			if var_sym.info is ast.FnType {
-				ret_elem_type = 'voidptr'
+				ret_elem_styp = 'voidptr'
 				closure_var_decl = g.fn_var_signature(var_sym.info.func.return_type, var_sym.info.func.params.map(it.typ),
 					tmp_map_expr_result_name)
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	noscan := g.check_noscan(ret_info.elem_type)
-	has_infix_left_var_name := g.write_prepared_tmp_value(past.tmp_var, node, ret_typ,
+	noscan := g.check_noscan(ret_elem_type)
+	has_infix_left_var_name := g.write_prepared_tmp_value(past.tmp_var, node, ret_styp,
 		'{0}')
-	g.writeln('${past.tmp_var} = __new_array${noscan}(0, ${past.tmp_var}_len, sizeof(${ret_elem_type}));\n')
+	if left_is_array {
+		g.writeln('${past.tmp_var} = __new_array${noscan}(0, ${past.tmp_var}_len, sizeof(${ret_elem_styp}));\n')
+	}
 
 	mut closure_var := ''
 	if mut expr is ast.AnonFn {
@@ -504,13 +517,12 @@ fn (mut g Gen) gen_array_map(node ast.CallExpr) {
 	g.writeln('for (int ${i} = 0; ${i} < ${past.tmp_var}_len; ++${i}) {')
 	g.indent++
 	var_name := g.get_array_expr_param_name(mut expr)
-	g.write_prepared_var(var_name, inp_info.elem_type, inp_elem_type, past.tmp_var, i,
-		true)
+	g.write_prepared_var(var_name, inp_elem_type, inp_elem_styp, past.tmp_var, i, left_is_array)
 	g.set_current_pos_as_last_stmt_pos()
 	mut is_embed_map_filter := false
 	match mut expr {
 		ast.AnonFn {
-			g.write('${ret_elem_type} ${tmp_map_expr_result_name} = ')
+			g.write('${ret_elem_styp} ${tmp_map_expr_result_name} = ')
 			if expr.inherited_vars.len > 0 {
 				g.write_closure_fn(mut expr, var_name, closure_var)
 			} else {
@@ -519,7 +531,7 @@ fn (mut g Gen) gen_array_map(node ast.CallExpr) {
 			}
 		}
 		ast.Ident {
-			g.write('${ret_elem_type} ${tmp_map_expr_result_name} = ')
+			g.write('${ret_elem_styp} ${tmp_map_expr_result_name} = ')
 			if expr.kind == .function {
 				if expr.obj is ast.Var && expr.obj.is_inherited {
 					g.write(closure_ctx + '->')
@@ -545,7 +557,7 @@ fn (mut g Gen) gen_array_map(node ast.CallExpr) {
 				is_embed_map_filter = true
 				g.set_current_pos_as_last_stmt_pos()
 			}
-			g.write('${ret_elem_type} ${tmp_map_expr_result_name} = ')
+			g.write('${ret_elem_styp} ${tmp_map_expr_result_name} = ')
 			g.expr(expr)
 		}
 		ast.CastExpr {
@@ -557,23 +569,27 @@ fn (mut g Gen) gen_array_map(node ast.CallExpr) {
 					expr.expr_type = g.table.value_type(ctyp)
 				}
 			}
-			g.write('${ret_elem_type} ${tmp_map_expr_result_name} = ')
+			g.write('${ret_elem_styp} ${tmp_map_expr_result_name} = ')
 			g.expr(expr)
 		}
 		ast.LambdaExpr {
-			g.write('${ret_elem_type} ${tmp_map_expr_result_name} = ')
+			g.write('${ret_elem_styp} ${tmp_map_expr_result_name} = ')
 			g.expr(expr.expr)
 		}
 		else {
 			if closure_var_decl != '' {
 				g.write('${closure_var_decl} = ')
 			} else {
-				g.write('${ret_elem_type} ${tmp_map_expr_result_name} = ')
+				g.write('${ret_elem_styp} ${tmp_map_expr_result_name} = ')
 			}
 			g.expr(expr)
 		}
 	}
-	g.writeln2(';', 'array_push${noscan}((array*)&${past.tmp_var}, &${tmp_map_expr_result_name});')
+	if left_is_array {
+		g.writeln2(';', 'array_push${noscan}((array*)&${past.tmp_var}, &${tmp_map_expr_result_name});')
+	} else {
+		g.writeln2(';', '${past.tmp_var}[${i}] = ${tmp_map_expr_result_name};')
+	}
 	g.indent--
 	g.writeln('}')
 	if !is_embed_map_filter {
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/fn.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/fn.v
index 040c8e46ac..b4fe3902c9 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/fn.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/fn.v
@@ -1201,6 +1201,9 @@ fn (mut g Gen) gen_fixed_array_method_call(node ast.CallExpr, left_type ast.Type
 		'all' {
 			g.gen_array_all(node)
 		}
+		'map' {
+			g.gen_array_map(node)
+		}
 		else {
 			return false
 		}