diff --git a/base/deprecated.jl b/base/deprecated.jl
index 598e1acc16132..35da70e7a5a41 100644
--- a/base/deprecated.jl
+++ b/base/deprecated.jl
@@ -1146,6 +1146,10 @@ for (dep, f, op) in [(:sumabs!, :sum!, :abs),
     end
 end
 
+# #19719
+@deprecate getindex(t::Tuple, r::AbstractArray)       getindex(t, vec(r))
+@deprecate getindex(t::Tuple, b::AbstractArray{Bool}) getindex(t, vec(b))
+
 @deprecate airy(z::Number) airyai(z)
 @deprecate airyx(z::Number) airyaix(z)
 @deprecate airyprime(z::Number) airyaiprime(z)
diff --git a/base/tuple.jl b/base/tuple.jl
index 04e6e1f6eb131..52507335f3da8 100644
--- a/base/tuple.jl
+++ b/base/tuple.jl
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ endof(t::Tuple) = length(t)
 size(t::Tuple, d) = d==1 ? length(t) : throw(ArgumentError("invalid tuple dimension $d"))
 getindex(t::Tuple, i::Int) = getfield(t, i)
 getindex(t::Tuple, i::Real) = getfield(t, convert(Int, i))
-getindex(t::Tuple, r::AbstractArray) = tuple([t[ri] for ri in r]...)
-getindex(t::Tuple, b::AbstractArray{Bool}) = getindex(t,find(b))
+getindex{T}(t::Tuple, r::AbstractArray{T,1}) = tuple([t[ri] for ri in r]...)
+getindex(t::Tuple, b::AbstractArray{Bool,1}) = length(b) == length(t) ? getindex(t,find(b)) : throw(BoundsError(t, b))
 
 ## iterating ##
 
diff --git a/test/tuple.jl b/test/tuple.jl
index bbf2c78bed94e..bd8963c361cb1 100644
--- a/test/tuple.jl
+++ b/test/tuple.jl
@@ -170,3 +170,11 @@ for n = 0:20
         @test t[i] == i
     end
 end
+
+# issue #19719
+@test_throws BoundsError (1,2,3)[falses(4)]
+@test_throws BoundsError (1,2,3)[[false,false,true,true]]
+@test_throws BoundsError (1,2,3)[trues(2)]
+@test_throws BoundsError (1,2,3)[falses(2)]
+@test_throws BoundsError ()[[false]]
+@test_throws BoundsError ()[[true]]