diff --git a/ext/ffi/ffi.c b/ext/ffi/ffi.c
index e3da06698f659..8f4a25b0d6227 100644
--- a/ext/ffi/ffi.c
+++ b/ext/ffi/ffi.c
@@ -3904,9 +3904,14 @@ ZEND_METHOD(FFI, cast) /* {{{ */
 		/* automatically dereference void* pointers ??? */
 		cdata->ptr = *(void**)ptr;
 	} else if (old_type->kind == ZEND_FFI_TYPE_ARRAY
-	 && type->kind == ZEND_FFI_TYPE_POINTER) {
-		cdata->ptr = &cdata->ptr_holder;
-		cdata->ptr_holder = old_cdata->ptr;
+	 && type->kind == ZEND_FFI_TYPE_POINTER
+	 && zend_ffi_is_compatible_type(ZEND_FFI_TYPE(old_type->array.type), ZEND_FFI_TYPE(type->pointer.type))) {		cdata->ptr = &cdata->ptr_holder;
+ 		cdata->ptr = &cdata->ptr_holder;
+ 		cdata->ptr_holder = old_cdata->ptr;
+	} else if (old_type->kind == ZEND_FFI_TYPE_POINTER
+	 && type->kind == ZEND_FFI_TYPE_ARRAY
+	 && zend_ffi_is_compatible_type(ZEND_FFI_TYPE(old_type->pointer.type), ZEND_FFI_TYPE(type->array.type))) {
+		cdata->ptr = old_cdata->ptr_holder;
 	} else if (type->size > old_type->size) {
 		zend_object_release(&cdata->std);
 		zend_throw_error(zend_ffi_exception_ce, "attempt to cast to larger type");
diff --git a/ext/ffi/tests/gh7867.phpt b/ext/ffi/tests/gh7867.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7728d15b1c616
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/ffi/tests/gh7867.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-7867 (FFI::cast() from pointer to array is broken)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+if (!extension_loaded("ffi")) die("skip ffi extension not available");
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$value = FFI::new('char[26]');
+FFI::memcpy($value, implode('', range('a', 'z')), 26);
+
+$slice = FFI::new('char[4]');
+
+echo 'cast from start' . PHP_EOL;
+FFI::memcpy($slice, $value, 4);
+var_dump($value + 0, $slice, FFI::cast('char[4]', $value));
+echo PHP_EOL;
+
+echo 'cast with offset' . PHP_EOL;
+FFI::memcpy($slice, $value + 4, 4);
+var_dump($value + 4, $slice, FFI::cast('char[4]', $value + 4));
+echo PHP_EOL;
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+cast from start
+object(FFI\CData:char*)#%d (1) {
+  [0]=>
+  string(1) "a"
+}
+object(FFI\CData:char[4])#%d (4) {
+  [0]=>
+  string(1) "a"
+  [1]=>
+  string(1) "b"
+  [2]=>
+  string(1) "c"
+  [3]=>
+  string(1) "d"
+}
+object(FFI\CData:char[4])#%d (4) {
+  [0]=>
+  string(1) "a"
+  [1]=>
+  string(1) "b"
+  [2]=>
+  string(1) "c"
+  [3]=>
+  string(1) "d"
+}
+
+cast with offset
+object(FFI\CData:char*)#%d (1) {
+  [0]=>
+  string(1) "e"
+}
+object(FFI\CData:char[4])#%d (4) {
+  [0]=>
+  string(1) "e"
+  [1]=>
+  string(1) "f"
+  [2]=>
+  string(1) "g"
+  [3]=>
+  string(1) "h"
+}
+object(FFI\CData:char[4])#%d (4) {
+  [0]=>
+  string(1) "e"
+  [1]=>
+  string(1) "f"
+  [2]=>
+  string(1) "g"
+  [3]=>
+  string(1) "h"
+}