diff --git a/src/projection.jl b/src/projection.jl
index 17880116f..01ee9d93b 100644
--- a/src/projection.jl
+++ b/src/projection.jl
@@ -435,6 +435,10 @@ end
 ProjectTo(x::Diagonal) = ProjectTo{Diagonal}(; diag=ProjectTo(x.diag))
 (project::ProjectTo{Diagonal})(dx::AbstractMatrix) = Diagonal(project.diag(diag(dx)))
 (project::ProjectTo{Diagonal})(dx::Diagonal) = Diagonal(project.diag(dx.diag))
+function (project::ProjectTo{Diagonal})(dx::AbstractArray)
+    ind = diagind(size(dx,1), size(dx,2), 0)
+    return Diagonal(project.diag(dx[ind]))
+end
 function (project::ProjectTo{Diagonal})(dx::Tangent{<:Diagonal}) # structural => natural
     return dx.diag isa ArrayOrZero ? Diagonal(project.diag(dx.diag)) : dx
 end
diff --git a/test/projection.jl b/test/projection.jl
index 55e9e4064..88be8f8d0 100644
--- a/test/projection.jl
+++ b/test/projection.jl
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ struct NoSuperType end
     @testset "LinearAlgebra: sparse structured matrices" begin
         pdiag = ProjectTo(Diagonal(1:3))
         @test pdiag(reshape(1:9, 3, 3)) == Diagonal([1, 5, 9])
+        @test pdiag(reshape(1:9, 3, 3, 1)) == Diagonal([1, 5, 9])
         @test pdiag(pdiag(reshape(1:9, 3, 3))) == pdiag(reshape(1:9, 3, 3))
         @test pdiag(rand(ComplexF32, 3, 3)) isa Diagonal{Float64}
         @test pdiag(Diagonal(1.0:3.0)) === Diagonal(1.0:3.0)