diff --git a/src/PooledArrays.jl b/src/PooledArrays.jl
index 1058f13..2d08f52 100644
--- a/src/PooledArrays.jl
+++ b/src/PooledArrays.jl
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ end
     PooledArray{T}(d, signed=signed, compress=compress)
 
 # Construct an empty PooledVector of a specific type
-@inline PooledArray(t::Type) = PooledArray(Array(t,0))
-@inline PooledArray(t::Type, r::Type) = PooledArray(Array(t,0), r)
+@inline PooledArray(t::Type) = PooledArray(Array{t}(undef,0))
+@inline PooledArray(t::Type, r::Type) = PooledArray(Array{t}(undef,0), r)
 
 ##############################################################################
 ##
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index f205d73..7ceadd4 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ end
 @testset "PooledArrays" begin
     @test eltype(PooledArray(Int[])) === Int
 
+    @test PooledArray(Int) == Int[]
+    @test PooledArray(Int) isa PooledVector{Int, UInt32}
+    @test PooledArray(Int, UInt64) == Int[]
+    @test PooledArray(Int, UInt64) isa PooledVector{Int, UInt64}
+
     a = rand(10)
     b = rand(10,10)
     c = rand(1:10, 1000)