diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 3deef6fb8..d181d7eea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 0.24.x
+    Fixed #1202 - Collection attribute matching doesn't parse arrays
+
     Fixed #1473 - Puppetd stops with error after puppetmasterd 
     is unavailable
 
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/ast/collexpr.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/ast/collexpr.rb
index 3e13d9400..baed325cb 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/ast/collexpr.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/ast/collexpr.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ class CollExpr < AST::Branch
             case @oper
             when "and": code1.call(resource) and code2.call(resource)
             when "or": code1.call(resource) or code2.call(resource)
-            when "==": resource[str1] == str2
+            when "==":
+                if resource[str1].is_a?(Array) && form != :exported
+                    resource[str1].include?(str2)
+                else
+                    resource[str1] == str2
+                end
             when "!=": resource[str1] != str2
             end
         end
diff --git a/spec/unit/parser/ast/collexpr.rb b/spec/unit/parser/ast/collexpr.rb
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e5e6e0d7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/unit/parser/ast/collexpr.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../../spec_helper'
+
+describe Puppet::Parser::AST::CollExpr do
+
+    AST = Puppet::Parser::AST
+
+    before :each do
+        @scope = Puppet::Parser::Scope.new()        
+    end
+    
+    describe "when evaluating with two operands" do
+        before :each do
+            @test1 = mock 'test1'
+            @test1.expects(:safeevaluate).with(@scope).returns("test1")
+            @test2 = mock 'test2'
+            @test2.expects(:safeevaluate).with(@scope).returns("test2")
+        end
+
+        it "should evaluate both" do
+            collexpr = AST::CollExpr.new(:test1 => @test1, :test2 => @test2, :oper=>"==")
+            collexpr.evaluate(@scope)
+        end
+
+        it "should produce a textual representation and code of the expression" do
+            collexpr = AST::CollExpr.new(:test1 => @test1, :test2 => @test2, :oper=>"==")
+            result = collexpr.evaluate(@scope)
+            result[0].should == "param_values.value = 'test2' and param_names.name = 'test1'"
+            result[1].should be_an_instance_of(Proc)
+        end
+
+        it "should propagate expression type and form to child if expression themselves" do
+            [@test1, @test2].each do |t| 
+                t.expects(:is_a?).returns(true)
+                t.expects(:form).returns(false)
+                t.expects(:type).returns(false)
+                t.expects(:type=)
+                t.expects(:form=)
+            end
+        
+            collexpr = AST::CollExpr.new(:test1 => @test1, :test2 => @test2, :oper=>"==", :form => true, :type => true)
+            result = collexpr.evaluate(@scope)
+        end
+
+        describe "and when evaluating the produced code" do
+            before :each do
+                @resource = mock 'resource'
+                @resource.expects(:[]).with("test1").at_least(1).returns("test2")
+            end
+        
+            it "should evaluate like the original expression for ==" do
+                collexpr = AST::CollExpr.new(:test1 => @test1, :test2 => @test2, :oper => "==")
+                collexpr.evaluate(@scope)[1].call(@resource).should === (@resource["test1"] == "test2")
+            end
+
+            it "should evaluate like the original expression for !=" do
+                collexpr = AST::CollExpr.new(:test1 => @test1, :test2 => @test2, :oper => "!=")
+                collexpr.evaluate(@scope)[1].call(@resource).should === (@resource["test1"] != "test2")
+            end
+        end
+
+        it "should warn if this is an exported collection containing parenthesis (unsupported)" do
+            collexpr = AST::CollExpr.new(:test1 => @test1, :test2 => @test2, :oper=>"==", :parens => true, :form => :exported)
+            Puppet.expects(:warning)
+            collexpr.evaluate(@scope)
+        end
+
+        %w{and or}.each do |op|
+            it "should raise an error if this is an exported collection with #{op} operator (unsupported)" do
+                collexpr = AST::CollExpr.new(:test1 => @test1, :test2 => @test2, :oper=> op, :form => :exported)
+                lambda { collexpr.evaluate(@scope) }.should raise_error(Puppet::ParseError)
+            end
+        end
+    end
+    
+    it "should check for array member equality if resource parameter is an array for ==" do
+        array = mock 'array', :safeevaluate => "array"
+        test1 = mock 'test1'
+        test1.expects(:safeevaluate).with(@scope).returns("test1")
+
+        resource = mock 'resource'
+        resource.expects(:[]).with("array").at_least(1).returns(["test1","test2","test3"])
+        collexpr = AST::CollExpr.new(:test1 => array, :test2 => test1, :oper => "==")
+        collexpr.evaluate(@scope)[1].call(resource).should be_true
+    end
+
+    it "should raise an error for invalid operator" do
+        lambda { collexpr = AST::CollExpr.new(:oper=>">") }.should raise_error
+    end
+
+end
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