diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index c5879d1..c1c4f2a 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Bug: Fixed the issue that query cache returns the same data for the same SQL but different query methods (qiangxue)
 - Enh #364: Improve Inflector::slug with `intl` transliteration. Improved transliteration char map. (tonydspaniard)
 - Enh #797: Added support for validating multiple columns by `UniqueValidator` and `ExistValidator` (qiangxue)
+- Enh #802: Added support for retrieving sub-array element or child object property through `ArrayHelper::getValue()` (qiangxue, cebe)
 - Enh #1293: Replaced Console::showProgress() with a better approach. See Console::startProgress() for details (cebe)
 - Enh #1406: DB Schema support for Oracle Database (p0larbeer, qiangxue)
 - Enh #1437: Added ListView::viewParams (qiangxue)
diff --git a/framework/yii/helpers/BaseArrayHelper.php b/framework/yii/helpers/BaseArrayHelper.php
index ad8cb21..d3ae705 100644
--- a/framework/yii/helpers/BaseArrayHelper.php
+++ b/framework/yii/helpers/BaseArrayHelper.php
@@ -123,7 +123,14 @@ class BaseArrayHelper
 
 	/**
 	 * Retrieves the value of an array element or object property with the given key or property name.
-	 * If the key does not exist in the array, the default value will be returned instead.
+	 * If the key does not exist in the array or object, the default value will be returned instead.
+	 *
+	 * The key may be specified in a dot format to retrieve the value of a sub-array or the property
+	 * of an embedded object. In particular, if the key is `x.y.z`, then the returned value would
+	 * be `$array['x']['y']['z']` or `$array->x->y->z` (if `$array` is an object). If `$array['x']`
+	 * or `$array->x` is neither an array nor an object, the default value will be returned.
+	 * Note that if the array already has an element `x.y.z`, then its value will be returned
+	 * instead of going through the sub-arrays.
 	 *
 	 * Below are some usage examples,
 	 *
@@ -136,6 +143,8 @@ class BaseArrayHelper
 	 * $fullName = \yii\helpers\ArrayHelper::getValue($user, function($user, $defaultValue) {
 	 *     return $user->firstName . ' ' . $user->lastName;
 	 * });
+	 * // using dot format to retrieve the property of embedded object
+	 * $street = \yii\helpers\ArrayHelper::getValue($users, 'address.street');
 	 * ~~~
 	 *
 	 * @param array|object $array array or object to extract value from
@@ -144,15 +153,29 @@ class BaseArrayHelper
 	 * `function($array, $defaultValue)`.
 	 * @param mixed $default the default value to be returned if the specified key does not exist
 	 * @return mixed the value of the element if found, default value otherwise
+	 * @throws InvalidParamException if $array is neither an array nor an object.
 	 */
 	public static function getValue($array, $key, $default = null)
 	{
 		if ($key instanceof \Closure) {
 			return $key($array, $default);
+		}
+
+		if (is_array($array) && array_key_exists($key, $array)) {
+			return $array[$key];
+		}
+
+		if (($pos = strrpos($key, '.')) !== false) {
+			$array = static::getValue($array, substr($key, 0, $pos), $default);
+			$key = substr($key, $pos + 1);
+		}
+
+		if (is_object($array)) {
+			return $array->$key;
 		} elseif (is_array($array)) {
-			return isset($array[$key]) || array_key_exists($key, $array) ? $array[$key] : $default;
+			return array_key_exists($key, $array) ? $array[$key] : $default;
 		} else {
-			return $array->$key;
+			return $default;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/framework/helpers/ArrayHelperTest.php b/tests/unit/framework/helpers/ArrayHelperTest.php
index f7410d5..d55b4b0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/framework/helpers/ArrayHelperTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/framework/helpers/ArrayHelperTest.php
@@ -320,4 +320,62 @@ class ArrayHelperTest extends TestCase
 		$this->assertTrue(ArrayHelper::keyExists('B', $array, false));
 		$this->assertFalse(ArrayHelper::keyExists('c', $array, false));
 	}
+
+	public function valueProvider()
+	{
+		return [
+			['name', 'test'],
+			['noname', null],
+			['noname', 'test', 'test'],
+			['post.id', 5],
+			['post.id', 5, 'test'],
+			['nopost.id', null],
+			['nopost.id', 'test', 'test'],
+			['post.author.name', 'cebe'],
+			['post.author.noname', null],
+			['post.author.noname', 'test', 'test'],
+			['post.author.profile.title', '1337'],
+			['admin.firstname', 'Qiang'],
+			['admin.firstname', 'Qiang', 'test'],
+			['admin.lastname', 'Xue'],
+			[
+				function ($array, $defaultValue) {
+					return $array['date'] . $defaultValue;
+				},
+				'31-12-2113test',
+				'test'
+			],
+		];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @dataProvider valueProvider
+	 *
+	 * @param $key
+	 * @param $expected
+	 * @param null $default
+	 */
+	public function testGetValue($key, $expected, $default = null)
+	{
+		$array = [
+			'name' => 'test',
+			'date' => '31-12-2113',
+			'post' => [
+				'id' => 5,
+				'author' => [
+					'name' => 'cebe',
+					'profile' => [
+						'title' => '1337',
+					],
+				],
+			],
+			'admin.firstname' => 'Qiang',
+			'admin.lastname' => 'Xue',
+			'admin' => [
+				'lastname' => 'cebe',
+			],
+		];
+
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, ArrayHelper::getValue($array, $key, $default));
+	}
 }