diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e8cbf95193..b2a1fa13d7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Next Release
 * [#557](https://github.com/intridea/grape/pull/557): Pass `content_types` option to `Grape::Middleware::Error` to fix the content-type header for custom formats. - [@bernd](https://github.com/bernd).
 * [#585](https://github.com/intridea/grape/pull/585): Fix after boot thread-safety issue - [@etehtsea](https://github.com/etehtsea).
 * [#587](https://github.com/intridea/grape/pull/587): Fix oauth2 middleware compatibility with [draft-ietf-oauth-v2-31](http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-v2-31) spec - [@etehtsea](https://github.com/etehtsea).
+* [#610](https://github.com/intridea/grape/pull/610): Fixed group keyword was not working with type parameter - [@klausmeyer](https://github.com/klausmeyer/).
 
 0.6.1 (10/19/2013)
 ==================
diff --git a/lib/grape/validations.rb b/lib/grape/validations.rb
index f843dd11ce..624f286e3c 100644
--- a/lib/grape/validations.rb
+++ b/lib/grape/validations.rb
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ def optional(*attrs, &block)
           push_declared_params(attrs)
       end
 
-      def group(element, &block)
-        requires(element, &block)
+      def group(*attrs, &block)
+        requires(*attrs, &block)
       end
 
       def params(params)
diff --git a/spec/grape/api_spec.rb b/spec/grape/api_spec.rb
index fe67044a1e..dff7c9560d 100644
--- a/spec/grape/api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/grape/api_spec.rb
@@ -1948,6 +1948,13 @@ def self.call(object, env)
         }
     ]
     end
+    it 'allows to set the type attribute on :group element' do
+      subject.params do
+        group :foo, type: Array do
+          optional :bar
+        end
+      end
+    end
     it 'parses parameters when no description is given' do
       subject.params do
         requires :one_param, desc: "one param"