diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 50903c5..75860dd 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -462,12 +462,18 @@ impl<A: Array> ArrayVec<A> {
     /// assert_eq!(&array[..], &[1, 2, 3]);
     /// ```
     pub fn truncate(&mut self, len: usize) {
-        while self.len() > len { self.pop(); }
+        unsafe {
+            if len < self.len() {
+                let tail: *mut [_] = &mut self[len..];
+                self.set_len(len);
+                ptr::drop_in_place(tail);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /// Remove all elements in the vector.
     pub fn clear(&mut self) {
-        while let Some(_) = self.pop() { }
+        self.truncate(0)
     }
 
     /// Retains only the elements specified by the predicate.
@@ -540,7 +546,7 @@ impl<A: Array> ArrayVec<A> {
         // Memory safety
         //
         // When the Drain is first created, it shortens the length of
-        // the source vector to make sure no uninitalized or moved-from elements
+        // the source vector to make sure no uninitialized or moved-from elements
         // are accessible at all if the Drain's destructor never gets to run.
         //
         // Drain will ptr::read out the values to remove.
diff --git a/tests/tests.rs b/tests/tests.rs
index eaca12c..bb7fe8a 100644
--- a/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tests.rs
@@ -126,6 +126,80 @@ fn test_drop() {
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_drop_panics() {
+    use std::cell::Cell;
+    use std::panic::catch_unwind;
+    use std::panic::AssertUnwindSafe;
+
+    let flag = &Cell::new(0);
+
+    struct Bump<'a>(&'a Cell<i32>);
+
+    // Panic in the first drop
+    impl<'a> Drop for Bump<'a> {
+        fn drop(&mut self) {
+            let n = self.0.get();
+            self.0.set(n + 1);
+            if n == 0 {
+                panic!("Panic in Bump's drop");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    // check if rust is new enough
+    flag.set(0);
+    {
+        let array = vec![Bump(flag), Bump(flag)];
+        let res = catch_unwind(AssertUnwindSafe(|| {
+            drop(array);
+        }));
+        assert!(res.is_err());
+    }
+
+    if flag.get() != 2 {
+        println!("test_drop_panics: skip, this version of Rust doesn't continue in drop_in_place");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    flag.set(0);
+    {
+        let mut array = ArrayVec::<[Bump; 128]>::new();
+        array.push(Bump(flag));
+        array.push(Bump(flag));
+        array.push(Bump(flag));
+
+        let res = catch_unwind(AssertUnwindSafe(|| {
+            drop(array);
+        }));
+        assert!(res.is_err());
+    }
+    // Check that all the elements drop, even if the first drop panics.
+    assert_eq!(flag.get(), 3);
+
+
+    flag.set(0);
+    {
+        let mut array = ArrayVec::<[Bump; 16]>::new();
+        array.push(Bump(flag));
+        array.push(Bump(flag));
+        array.push(Bump(flag));
+        array.push(Bump(flag));
+        array.push(Bump(flag));
+
+        let i = 2;
+        let tail_len = array.len() - i;
+
+        let res = catch_unwind(AssertUnwindSafe(|| {
+            array.truncate(i);
+        }));
+        assert!(res.is_err());
+        // Check that all the tail elements drop, even if the first drop panics.
+        assert_eq!(flag.get(), tail_len as i32);
+    }
+
+
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_extend() {
     let mut range = 0..10;