diff --git a/pyopencl/array.py b/pyopencl/array.py
index c05ab2f0039c6868284fa73520fa4fec7da4982d..402426a8241029f824df7d3aea50ebdee58da080 100644
--- a/pyopencl/array.py
+++ b/pyopencl/array.py
@@ -823,6 +823,9 @@ class Array:
         if result.queue is not queue:
             result = result.with_queue(queue)
 
+        if not self.flags.forc:
+            raise RuntimeError("cannot copy non-contiguous array")
+
         if self.nbytes:
             event1 = cl.enqueue_copy(queue or self.queue,
                     result.base_data, self.base_data,
diff --git a/test/test_array.py b/test/test_array.py
index 3bfd0d04bb463174e40fefa59304ca1b1e9b4f8f..289052eef2320e647d569bee4556822734b31c7a 100644
--- a/test/test_array.py
+++ b/test/test_array.py
@@ -1560,7 +1560,7 @@ def test_assign_different_strides(ctx_factory):
         b[:] = a
 
 
-def test_branch_operations_on_pure_scalars(ctx_factory):
+def test_branch_operations_on_pure_scalars():
     x = np.random.rand()
     y = np.random.rand()
     cond = np.random.choice([False, True])
@@ -1573,6 +1573,16 @@ def test_branch_operations_on_pure_scalars(ctx_factory):
                                cl_array.if_positive(cond, x, y))
 
 
+def test_slice_copy(ctx_factory):
+    cl_ctx = ctx_factory()
+    queue = cl.CommandQueue(cl_ctx)
+
+    x = cl.array.to_device(queue, np.random.rand(96, 27))
+    y = x[::8, ::3]
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+        y.copy()
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     if len(sys.argv) > 1:
         exec(sys.argv[1])