-.diff

diff --git a/playground/samples/arrays.js b/playground/samples/arrays.js
index 12e2c9f..db2cff0 100644
--- a/playground/samples/arrays.js
+++ b/playground/samples/arrays.js
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ module.exports = {
     }
   },
   uiSchema: {
+    multipleChoicesList: {
+      "ui:widget": "checkboxes"
+    },
     fixedItemsList: {
       items: [
         {"ui:widget": "textarea"},
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index e9a085c..854da13 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import TextareaWidget from "./components/widgets/TextareaWidget";
 import HiddenWidget from "./components/widgets/HiddenWidget";
 import ColorWidget from "./components/widgets/ColorWidget";
 import FileWidget from "./components/widgets/FileWidget";
+import CheckboxesWidget from "./components/widgets/CheckboxesWidget";
 
 
 
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ const altWidgetMap = {
     radio: RadioWidget,
     select: SelectWidget,
     hidden: HiddenWidget,
+    checkboxes: CheckboxesWidget,
   },
   string: {
     password: PasswordWidget,
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ const altWidgetMap = {
     "alt-datetime": AltDateTimeWidget,
     color: ColorWidget,
     file: FileWidget,
+    checkboxes: CheckboxesWidget,
   },
   number: {
     updown: UpDownWidget,
diff --git a/test/ArrayField_test.js b/test/ArrayField_test.js
index 8178801..4590b61 100644
--- a/test/ArrayField_test.js
+++ b/test/ArrayField_test.js
@@ -192,6 +192,17 @@ describe("ArrayField", () => {
       value: ["foo", "fuzz"]
     };
 
+    it.only("should be possible to specify a custom widget", () => {
+      const uiSchema = {
+        "items": {"ui:widget": "checkboxes"}
+      };
+      const {node} = createFormComponent({schema, uiSchema});
+      d(node);
+
+      expect(node.querySelectorAll("select"))
+        .to.have.length.of(1);
+    });
+
     it("should render a select widget", () => {
       const {node} = createFormComponent({schema});