diff --git a/Data/Array/Base.hs b/Data/Array/Base.hs
--- a/Data/Array/Base.hs
+++ b/Data/Array/Base.hs
@@ -43,12 +43,16 @@
 import GHC.Base         ( IO(..), divInt# )
 import GHC.Exts
 import GHC.Ptr          ( nullPtr, nullFunPtr )
+import GHC.Show         ( appPrec )
 import GHC.Stable       ( StablePtr(..) )
+import GHC.Read         ( expectP, parens, Read(..) )
 import GHC.Int          ( Int8(..),  Int16(..),  Int32(..),  Int64(..) )
 import GHC.Word         ( Word8(..), Word16(..), Word32(..), Word64(..) )
 import GHC.IO           ( stToIO )
 import GHC.IOArray      ( IOArray(..),
                           newIOArray, unsafeReadIOArray, unsafeWriteIOArray )
+import Text.Read.Lex    ( Lexeme(Ident) )
+import Text.ParserCombinators.ReadPrec ( prec, ReadPrec, step )
 
 #include "MachDeps.h"
 
@@ -479,7 +483,7 @@
 {-# RULES "cmpUArray/Int" cmpUArray = cmpIntUArray #-}
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- Showing IArrays
+-- Showing and Reading IArrays
 
 {-# SPECIALISE
     showsIArray :: (IArray UArray e, Ix i, Show i, Show e) =>
@@ -488,12 +492,24 @@
 
 showsIArray :: (IArray a e, Ix i, Show i, Show e) => Int -> a i e -> ShowS
 showsIArray p a =
-    showParen (p > 9) $
+    showParen (p > appPrec) $
     showString "array " .
     shows (bounds a) .
     showChar ' ' .
     shows (assocs a)
 
+{-# SPECIALISE
+    readIArray :: (IArray UArray e, Ix i, Read i, Read e) =>
+                   ReadPrec (UArray i e)
+  #-}
+
+readIArray :: (IArray a e, Ix i, Read i, Read e) => ReadPrec (a i e)
+readIArray = parens $ prec appPrec $
+               do expectP (Ident "array")
+                  theBounds <- step readPrec
+                  vals   <- step readPrec
+                  return (array theBounds vals)
+
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Flat unboxed arrays: instances
 
@@ -784,6 +800,9 @@
 
 instance (Ix ix, Show ix, Show e, IArray UArray e) => Show (UArray ix e) where
     showsPrec = showsIArray
+
+instance (Ix ix, Read ix, Read e, IArray UArray e) => Read (UArray ix e) where
+    readPrec = readIArray
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Mutable arrays
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -81,3 +81,4 @@
   be a definition of the Haskell 98 Foreign Function Interface.
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
--- a/Setup.hs
+++ b/Setup.hs
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 
 main :: IO ()
 main = defaultMain
+
diff --git a/array.cabal b/array.cabal
--- a/array.cabal
+++ b/array.cabal
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
+cabal-version: >= 1.10
 name:          array
-version:       0.5.3.0
+version:       0.5.4.0
+
 -- NOTE: Don't forget to update ./changelog.md
 license:       BSD3
 license-file:  LICENSE
 maintainer:    libraries@haskell.org
-bug-reports:   http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/newticket?component=libraries%20%28other%29&keywords=array
+bug-reports:   https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/packages/array/issues
 synopsis:      Mutable and immutable arrays
 category:      Data Structures
 build-type:    Simple
-cabal-version: >=1.10
-tested-with:   GHC==8.4.2, GHC==8.2.1, GHC==8.0.2
 description:
     In addition to providing the "Data.Array" module
     <http://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/haskell2010/haskellch14.html as specified in the Haskell 2010 Language Report>,
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 source-repository head
   type:     git
-  location: http://git.haskell.org/packages/array.git
+  location: http://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/packages/array.git
 
 library
   default-language: Haskell2010
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
       Trustworthy,
       UnboxedTuples,
       UnliftedFFITypes
-  build-depends: base >= 4.9 && < 4.13
+  build-depends: base >= 4.9 && < 4.14
   ghc-options: -Wall
   exposed-modules:
       Data.Array
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog for [`array` package](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/array)
 
+## 0.5.4.0  *July 2019*
+
+* Add a `Read` instance for `UArray`
+
 ## 0.5.3.0  *Oct 2018*
 
   * Bundled with GHC 8.6.2