diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 10bd6539eb..69cdfeec19 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ _Note: Gaps between patch versions are faulty/broken releases._
 
 See [CHANGELOG - 6to5](CHANGELOG-6to5.md) for the pre-4.0.0 version changelog.
 
+## 5.2.2
+
+ * **Internal**
+  * Allow `util.arrayify` to take arbitrary types and coerce it into an array.
+
 ## 5.2.1
 
  * **Bug Fix**
diff --git a/src/babel/util.js b/src/babel/util.js
index 3f6e12e756..8304d6e17c 100644
--- a/src/babel/util.js
+++ b/src/babel/util.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export function arrayify(val: any, mapFn?: Function): Array {
     return val;
   }
 
-  throw new TypeError("illegal type for arrayify");
+  return [val];
 }
 
 export function booleanify(val: any): boolean {
diff --git a/test/core/util.js b/test/core/util.js
index 13df528b74..d299ef04e6 100644
--- a/test/core/util.js
+++ b/test/core/util.js
@@ -72,10 +72,7 @@ suite("util", function () {
     assert.deepEqual(util.arrayify("foo"), ["foo"]);
     assert.deepEqual(util.arrayify("foo,bar"), ["foo", "bar"]);
     assert.deepEqual(util.arrayify(["foo", "bar"]), ["foo", "bar"]);
-
-    assert.throws(function () {
-      util.arrayify({});
-    }, /illegal type for arrayify/);
+    assert.deepEqual(util.arrayify({ foo: "bar" }), [{ foo: "bar" }]);
   });
 
   test("regexify", function () {