diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDF.cc b/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
index a549eed..5a03fac 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <qpdf/QPDF_Null.hh>
 #include <qpdf/QPDF_Dictionary.hh>
 #include <qpdf/QPDF_Stream.hh>
+#include <qpdf/QPDF_Array.hh>
 
 std::string QPDF::qpdf_version = "8.4.2";
 
@@ -1349,13 +1350,10 @@ QPDF::fixDanglingReferences(bool force)
         }
         else if (obj.isArray())
         {
-            std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle> elements = obj.getArrayAsVector();
-            for (std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle>::iterator iter =
-                     elements.begin();
-                 iter != elements.end(); ++iter)
-            {
-                to_check.push_back(*iter);
-            }
+            QPDF_Array* arr =
+                dynamic_cast<QPDF_Array*>(
+                    QPDFObjectHandle::ObjAccessor::getObject(obj).getPointer());
+            arr->addExplicitElementsToList(to_check);
         }
         for (std::list<QPDFObjectHandle>::iterator iter = to_check.begin();
              iter != to_check.end(); ++iter)
diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc b/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc
index 31cd2db..99a75dc 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc
@@ -142,3 +142,14 @@ QPDF_Array::getElementsForShallowCopy() const
 {
     return this->elements;
 }
+
+void
+QPDF_Array::addExplicitElementsToList(std::list<QPDFObjectHandle>& l) const
+{
+    for (std::map<size_t, QPDFObjectHandle>::const_iterator iter =
+             this->elements.begin();
+         iter != this->elements.end(); ++iter)
+    {
+        l.push_back((*iter).second);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libqpdf/SparseOHArray.cc b/libqpdf/SparseOHArray.cc
index 2c525ca..76c7c22 100644
--- a/libqpdf/SparseOHArray.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/SparseOHArray.cc
@@ -141,3 +141,15 @@ SparseOHArray::insert(size_t idx, QPDFObjectHandle oh)
         ++this->n_elements;
     }
 }
+
+SparseOHArray::const_iterator
+SparseOHArray::begin() const
+{
+    return this->elements.begin();
+}
+
+SparseOHArray::const_iterator
+SparseOHArray::end() const
+{
+    return this->elements.end();
+}
diff --git a/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_Array.hh b/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_Array.hh
index eb0b594..7ea111a 100644
--- a/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_Array.hh
+++ b/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_Array.hh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <qpdf/QPDFObject.hh>
 
 #include <vector>
+#include <list>
 #include <qpdf/SparseOHArray.hh>
 
 class QPDF_Array: public QPDFObject
@@ -28,7 +29,11 @@ class QPDF_Array: public QPDFObject
     void appendItem(QPDFObjectHandle const& item);
     void eraseItem(int at);
 
+    // Helper methods for QPDF and QPDFObjectHandle -- these are
+    // public methods since the whole class is not part of the public
+    // API. Otherwise, these would be wrapped in accessor classes.
     SparseOHArray const& getElementsForShallowCopy() const;
+    void addExplicitElementsToList(std::list<QPDFObjectHandle>&) const;
 
   protected:
     virtual void releaseResolved();
diff --git a/libqpdf/qpdf/SparseOHArray.hh b/libqpdf/qpdf/SparseOHArray.hh
index 2e3f334..6cd30ec 100644
--- a/libqpdf/qpdf/SparseOHArray.hh
+++ b/libqpdf/qpdf/SparseOHArray.hh
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ class SparseOHArray
     QPDF_DLL
     void insert(size_t idx, QPDFObjectHandle oh);
 
+    typedef std::map<size_t, QPDFObjectHandle>::const_iterator const_iterator;
+    QPDF_DLL
+    const_iterator begin() const;
+    QPDF_DLL
+    const_iterator end() const;
+
   private:
     std::map<size_t, QPDFObjectHandle> elements;
     size_t n_elements;