diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index a66ca4cf..5f5edc0a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ v2.0.0 (TBA)
 -Fixed (issue #439) - Correctly handles apk's that have have the general access bit enabled for encryption.
 -Fixed (issue #339) - Re-enables debug mode ( -d flag) to fix smali debugging. (Thanks Ryszard)
 -Fixed (issue #177) - Adapted output of smali to make breakpoint setting easier in different IDEs. (Thanks Ryszard)
+-Fixed (issue #391) - Fixes characters (& and <) from being double escaped in <item>'s of arrays.xml
 
 v1.5.3 (TBA)
 -Updated to smali/baksmali to v1.4.2
diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/value/ResArrayValue.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/value/ResArrayValue.java
index a35791be..3cf6f7c9 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/value/ResArrayValue.java
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/value/ResArrayValue.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class ResArrayValue extends ResBagValue implements
 		serializer.attribute(null, "name", res.getResSpec().getName());
 		for (int i = 0; i < mItems.length; i++) {
 			serializer.startTag(null, "item");
-			serializer.text(mItems[i].encodeAsResXmlItemValue());
+			serializer.text(mItems[i].encodeAsResXmlNonEscapedItemValue());
 			serializer.endTag(null, "item");
 		}
 		serializer.endTag(null, type);
diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/value/ResScalarValue.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/value/ResScalarValue.java
index c540eee8..905e4875 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/value/ResScalarValue.java
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/value/ResScalarValue.java
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ public abstract class ResScalarValue extends ResValue implements
 		return encodeAsResXmlValueExt().replace("@android:", "@*android:");
 	}
 
+    public String encodeAsResXmlNonEscapedItemValue() throws AndrolibException {
+        return encodeAsResXmlValue().replace("@android:", "@*android:").replace("&amp;", "&").replace("&lt;","<");
+    }
+
 	public String encodeAsResXmlValueExt() throws AndrolibException {
 		String rawValue = mRawValue;
 		if (rawValue != null) {
diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/resources/brut/apktool/testapp/res/values-mcc001/arrays.xml b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/resources/brut/apktool/testapp/res/values-mcc001/arrays.xml
index 8cc3d152..6d9c6c84 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/resources/brut/apktool/testapp/res/values-mcc001/arrays.xml
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/resources/brut/apktool/testapp/res/values-mcc001/arrays.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
         <item>TEST2</item>
         <item>TEST3</item>
         <item>%2$s foo %1$d</item>
+        <item>http://google.com&amp;boo=1&amp;foo=2</item>
+        <item>&lt;b>Bolded Text&lt;/b></item>
     </string-array>
     <integer-array name="test_array2">
         <item>-1</item>