diff --git a/@commitlint/parse/src/index.js b/@commitlint/parse/src/index.js
index dfb96f1dcb..ee4f7742ce 100644
--- a/@commitlint/parse/src/index.js
+++ b/@commitlint/parse/src/index.js
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 import {sync} from 'conventional-commits-parser';
 import defaultChangelogOpts from 'conventional-changelog-angular';
-import {merge} from 'lodash';
+import {isArray, mergeWith} from 'lodash';
 
 export default parse;
 
 async function parse(message, parser = sync, parserOpts = undefined) {
 	const defaultOpts = (await defaultChangelogOpts).parserOpts;
-	const parsed = parser(message, merge({}, defaultOpts, parserOpts));
+	const parsed = parser(
+		message,
+		mergeWith({}, defaultOpts, parserOpts, (objValue, srcValue) => {
+			if (isArray(objValue)) return srcValue;
+		})
+	);
 	parsed.raw = message;
 	return parsed;
 }
diff --git a/@commitlint/parse/src/index.test.js b/@commitlint/parse/src/index.test.js
index 1da6464b7f..f44a1182bb 100644
--- a/@commitlint/parse/src/index.test.js
+++ b/@commitlint/parse/src/index.test.js
@@ -98,6 +98,28 @@ test('uses custom opts parser', async t => {
 	t.deepEqual(actual, expected);
 });
 
+test('does not merge array properties with custom opts', async t => {
+	const message = 'type: subject';
+	const actual = await parse(message, undefined, {
+		headerPattern: /^(.*):\s(.*)$/,
+		headerCorrespondence: ['type', 'subject']
+	});
+	const expected = {
+		body: null,
+		footer: null,
+		header: 'type: subject',
+		mentions: [],
+		merge: null,
+		notes: [],
+		raw: 'type: subject',
+		references: [],
+		revert: null,
+		subject: 'subject',
+		type: 'type'
+	};
+	t.deepEqual(actual, expected);
+});
+
 test('supports scopes with /', async t => {
 	const message = 'type(some/scope): subject';
 	const actual = await parse(message);