diff --git a/src/utilities/__tests__/findBreakingChanges-test.js b/src/utilities/__tests__/findBreakingChanges-test.js
index 32d969a193..d6f2b1133e 100644
--- a/src/utilities/__tests__/findBreakingChanges-test.js
+++ b/src/utilities/__tests__/findBreakingChanges-test.js
@@ -1039,6 +1039,62 @@ describe('findDangerousChanges', () => {
         },
       ]);
     });
+    it("should return empty result if an argument's defaultValue is an Array and it's not changed", () => {
+      const oldSchema = buildSchema(`
+        input Input1 {
+          inner_array: [String]
+          inner_input: Input2
+          inner_input_array: [Input2]
+        }
+
+        input Input2 {
+          string_field: String
+          int_field: Int
+        }
+
+        type Type1 {
+          empty_array_default(arr: [String!] = []): String
+          value_array_default(arr: [[String]] = [["a", "b"], ["c", "d"]]): String
+          input_default(input: Input1 = {
+            inner_array: ["a", "b"]
+            inner_input: {string_field: "abc", int_field: 32}
+            inner_input_array: [{int_field: 10}]
+          }): String
+        }
+
+        type Query {
+          t: Type1
+        }
+      `);
+
+      const newSchema = buildSchema(`
+        input Input1 {
+          inner_array: [String]
+          inner_input: Input2
+          inner_input_array: [Input2]
+        }
+
+        input Input2 {
+          string_field: String
+          int_field: Int
+        }
+
+        type Type1 {
+          empty_array_default(arr: [String!] = []): String
+          value_array_default(arr: [[String]] = [["a", "b"], ["c", "d"]]): String
+          input_default(input: Input1 = {
+            inner_array: ["a", "b"]
+            inner_input: {string_field: "abc", int_field: 32}
+            inner_input_array: [{int_field: 10}]
+          }): String
+        }
+
+        type Query {
+          t: Type1
+        }
+      `);
+      expect(findArgChanges(oldSchema, newSchema).dangerousChanges).to.eql([]);
+    });
   });
 
   it('should detect if a value was added to an enum type', () => {
diff --git a/src/utilities/findBreakingChanges.js b/src/utilities/findBreakingChanges.js
index 9f7962138f..6adcb0ffe8 100644
--- a/src/utilities/findBreakingChanges.js
+++ b/src/utilities/findBreakingChanges.js
@@ -232,8 +232,10 @@ export function findArgChanges(
                 `${oldArgDef.type.toString()} to ${newArgDef.type.toString()}`,
             });
           } else if (
-            oldArgDef.defaultValue !== undefined &&
-            oldArgDef.defaultValue !== newArgDef.defaultValue
+            !isChangeSafeForDefaultValue(
+              oldArgDef.defaultValue,
+              newArgDef.defaultValue,
+            )
           ) {
             dangerousChanges.push({
               type: DangerousChangeType.ARG_DEFAULT_VALUE_CHANGE,
@@ -496,6 +498,41 @@ function isChangeSafeForInputObjectFieldOrFieldArg(
   return false;
 }
 
+function isChangeSafeForDefaultValue(
+  oldDefaultValue: ?mixed,
+  newDefaultValue: ?mixed,
+): boolean {
+  if (oldDefaultValue === undefined) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  if (oldDefaultValue === newDefaultValue) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  if (
+    oldDefaultValue != null &&
+    newDefaultValue != null &&
+    typeof oldDefaultValue === 'object' &&
+    typeof newDefaultValue === 'object'
+  ) {
+    if (Array.isArray(oldDefaultValue) !== Array.isArray(newDefaultValue)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    for (const key in oldDefaultValue) {
+      if (
+        !isChangeSafeForDefaultValue(oldDefaultValue[key], newDefaultValue[key])
+      ) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * Given two schemas, returns an Array containing descriptions of any breaking
  * changes in the newSchema related to removing types from a union type.