diff --git a/absl/hash/internal/hash.h b/absl/hash/internal/hash.h
index 300c63af009..e97cb315b5d 100644
--- a/absl/hash/internal/hash.h
+++ b/absl/hash/internal/hash.h
@@ -409,9 +409,23 @@ AbslHashValue(H hash_state, LongDouble value) {
   return H::combine(std::move(hash_state), category);
 }
 
+// Without this overload, an array decays to a pointer and we hash that, which
+// is not likely to be what the caller intended.
+template <typename H, typename T, size_t N>
+H AbslHashValue(H hash_state, T (&)[N]) {
+  static_assert(
+      sizeof(T) == -1,
+      "Hashing C arrays is not allowed. For string literals, wrap the literal "
+      "in absl::string_view(). To hash the array contents, use "
+      "absl::MakeSpan() or make the array an std::array. To hash the array "
+      "address, use &array[0].");
+  return hash_state;
+}
+
 // AbslHashValue() for hashing pointers
 template <typename H, typename T>
-H AbslHashValue(H hash_state, T* ptr) {
+std::enable_if_t<std::is_pointer<T>::value, H> AbslHashValue(H hash_state,
+                                                             T ptr) {
   auto v = reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(ptr);
   // Due to alignment, pointers tend to have low bits as zero, and the next few
   // bits follow a pattern since they are also multiples of some base value.