diff --git a/src/Faker/Provider/Base.php b/src/Faker/Provider/Base.php
index eec675ae20..d48b57d5d6 100644
--- a/src/Faker/Provider/Base.php
+++ b/src/Faker/Provider/Base.php
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ public static function randomAscii()
      * @param int                $count           Number of elements to take.
      * @param bool               $allowDuplicates Allow elements to be picked several times. Defaults to false
      *
-     * @throws \LengthException When requesting more elements than provided
+     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
+     * @throws \LengthException          When requesting more elements than provided
      *
      * @return array New array with $count elements from $array
      */
@@ -195,6 +196,14 @@ public static function randomElements($array = ['a', 'b', 'c'], $count = 1, $all
             $elements = \iterator_to_array($array, false);
         }
 
+        if (!is_array($elements)) {
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf(
+                'Argument for parameter $array needs to be array or an instance of %s, got %s instead.',
+                \Traversable::class,
+                is_object($array) ? get_class($array) : gettype($array),
+            ));
+        }
+
         $numberOfElements = count($elements);
 
         if (!$allowDuplicates && $numberOfElements < $count) {
@@ -237,6 +246,8 @@ public static function randomElements($array = ['a', 'b', 'c'], $count = 1, $all
      * Returns a random element from a passed array
      *
      * @param array|\Traversable $array
+     *
+     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
      */
     public static function randomElement($array = ['a', 'b', 'c'])
     {
@@ -250,6 +261,14 @@ public static function randomElement($array = ['a', 'b', 'c'])
             return null;
         }
 
+        if (!is_array($elements)) {
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf(
+                'Argument for parameter $array needs to be array or an instance of %s, got %s instead.',
+                \Traversable::class,
+                is_object($array) ? get_class($array) : gettype($array),
+            ));
+        }
+
         $randomElements = static::randomElements($elements, 1);
 
         return $randomElements[0];
diff --git a/test/Faker/Provider/BaseTest.php b/test/Faker/Provider/BaseTest.php
index 54b2dab9a1..f1a1d61808 100644
--- a/test/Faker/Provider/BaseTest.php
+++ b/test/Faker/Provider/BaseTest.php
@@ -548,6 +548,30 @@ public function testRandomElementsThrowsWhenRequestingTooManyKeys(): void
         BaseProvider::randomElements(['foo'], 2);
     }
 
+    public function testRandomElementsRejectsInvalidArgument(): void
+    {
+        $this->expectException(\InvalidArgumentException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage(sprintf(
+            'Argument for parameter $array needs to be array or an instance of %s, got %s instead.',
+            \Traversable::class,
+            \stdClass::class,
+        ));
+
+        BaseProvider::randomElements(new \stdClass());
+    }
+
+    public function testRandomElementRejectsInvalidArgument(): void
+    {
+        $this->expectException(\InvalidArgumentException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage(sprintf(
+            'Argument for parameter $array needs to be array or an instance of %s, got %s instead.',
+            \Traversable::class,
+            'string',
+        ));
+
+        BaseProvider::randomElement('foo');
+    }
+
     public function testRandomElementsWorksWithoutArgument(): void
     {
         self::assertCount(1, BaseProvider::randomElements(), 'Should work without any input');