diff --git a/docs/releasenotes.html b/docs/releasenotes.html
index 5559936f2..e126d022f 100644
--- a/docs/releasenotes.html
+++ b/docs/releasenotes.html
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@
         <li class="body">Added check for trailing comma in array
         initialization. (module ArrayTrailingComma, request
         696301)</li>
+
+        <li class="body">MagicNumberCheck now checks array initializers. (request
+        745949)</li>
+
       </ul>
 
       <p class="body">
@@ -75,6 +79,9 @@
         <li class="body">Typo in HideUtilityClassConstructor description (bug
         743973)</li>
 
+        <li class="body">False MagicNumberCheck errors for interfaces (bug
+        745941)</li>
+
       </ul>
 
 
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/MagicNumberCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/MagicNumberCheck.java
index daa6f2672..3ac6b6fbb 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/MagicNumberCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/MagicNumberCheck.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks;
 
 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Check;
 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.DetailAST;
+import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.ScopeUtils;
 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
@@ -141,6 +142,9 @@ public class MagicNumberCheck extends Check
      */
     private boolean isConstantDefinition(DetailAST aAST)
     {
+        if (ScopeUtils.inInterfaceBlock(aAST)) {
+            return true;
+        }
         DetailAST parent = aAST.getParent();
 
         //expression?
@@ -148,8 +152,13 @@ public class MagicNumberCheck extends Check
             return false;
         }
 
-        //assignment?
+        //array init?
         parent = parent.getParent();
+        if ((parent != null) && (parent.getType() == TokenTypes.ARRAY_INIT)) {
+            parent = parent.getParent();
+        }
+
+        //assignment?
         if ((parent == null) || (parent.getType() != TokenTypes.ASSIGN)) {
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputMagicNumber.java b/src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputMagicNumber.java
index 0ce64834f..3e20b6896 100644
--- a/src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputMagicNumber.java
+++ b/src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputMagicNumber.java
@@ -72,3 +72,16 @@ public class InputMagicNumber {
         long longHexVar17 = 0X11l;       
     }
 }
+
+interface Blah
+{
+  int LOW = 5;
+  int HIGH = 78;
+}
+
+class ArrayMagicTest
+{
+    private static final int[] NONMAGIC = {3};
+    private int[] magic = {3};
+}
+
diff --git a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/MagicNumberCheckTest.java b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/MagicNumberCheckTest.java
index 01f952c57..8c3f39ab7 100644
--- a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/MagicNumberCheckTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/MagicNumberCheckTest.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public class MagicNumberCheckTest
             "69:24: '0X011' is a magic number.",
             "71:29: '0x10L' is a magic number.",
             "72:29: '0X11l' is a magic number.",
+            "85:28: '3' is a magic number.",
         };
         verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputMagicNumber.java"), expected);
     }
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ public class MagicNumberCheckTest
             "70:28: '0x0L' is a magic number.",
             "71:29: '0x10L' is a magic number.",
             "72:29: '0X11l' is a magic number.",
+            "85:28: '3' is a magic number.",
         };
         verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputMagicNumber.java"), expected);
     }
@@ -139,6 +141,7 @@ public class MagicNumberCheckTest
             "69:24: '0X011' is a magic number.",
             "71:29: '0x10L' is a magic number.",
             "72:29: '0X11l' is a magic number.",
+            "85:28: '3' is a magic number.",
         };
         verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputMagicNumber.java"), expected);
     }