diff --git a/crates/bashkit/src/interpreter/mod.rs b/crates/bashkit/src/interpreter/mod.rs
index b81e408b..c69770af 100644
--- a/crates/bashkit/src/interpreter/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bashkit/src/interpreter/mod.rs
@@ -3265,7 +3265,21 @@ impl Interpreter {
                                         | WordPart::ArrayAccess { .. }
                                 )
                             });
-                        if is_unquoted_expansion {
+                        // "${arr[@]}" or "$@" in array context should splat
+                        // individual elements, not join into a single string.
+                        let is_quoted_splat = word.quoted
+                            && word.parts.len() == 1
+                            && matches!(
+                                &word.parts[0],
+                                WordPart::ArrayAccess { index, .. } if index == "@"
+                            );
+                        let is_quoted_positional_splat = word.quoted
+                            && word.parts.len() == 1
+                            && matches!(
+                                &word.parts[0],
+                                WordPart::Variable(name) if name == "@"
+                            );
+                        if is_unquoted_expansion || is_quoted_splat || is_quoted_positional_splat {
                             let fields = self.expand_word_to_fields(word).await?;
                             all_fields.extend(fields);
                         } else {
diff --git a/crates/bashkit/tests/spec_cases/bash/array-splat.test.sh b/crates/bashkit/tests/spec_cases/bash/array-splat.test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..146d9da2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/bashkit/tests/spec_cases/bash/array-splat.test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+### array_concat_at_expansion
+# "${arr[@]}" in array literal should splat individual elements
+a=(x y z)
+b=(1 2)
+c=("${a[@]}" "${b[@]}")
+echo "${#c[@]}"
+echo "${c[2]}"
+### expect
+5
+z
+### end
+
+### array_splat_single_source
+# Single "${arr[@]}" in array context
+orig=(a b c d)
+copy=("${orig[@]}")
+echo "${#copy[@]}"
+echo "${copy[3]}"
+### expect
+4
+d
+### end