diff --git a/spacy/errors.py b/spacy/errors.py
index 5957c5ecd..b43b8487f 100644
--- a/spacy/errors.py
+++ b/spacy/errors.py
@@ -545,6 +545,13 @@ class Errors(object):
             "make sure the gold EL data refers to valid results of the "
             "named entity recognizer in the `nlp` pipeline.")
     E189 = ("Each argument to `get_doc` should be of equal length.")
+    E190 = ("Token head out of range in `Doc.from_array()` for token index "
+            "'{index}' with value '{value}' (equivalent to relative head "
+            "index: '{rel_head_index}'). The head indices should be relative "
+            "to the current token index rather than absolute indices in the "
+            "array.")
+    E191 = ("Invalid head: the head token must be from the same doc as the "
+            "token itself.")
 
 
 @add_codes
diff --git a/spacy/tests/doc/test_array.py b/spacy/tests/doc/test_array.py
index aa0d37eca..1c0c79f6e 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/doc/test_array.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/doc/test_array.py
@@ -77,3 +77,30 @@ def test_doc_array_idx(en_vocab):
     assert offsets[0] == 0
     assert offsets[1] == 3
     assert offsets[2] == 11
+
+
+def test_doc_from_array_heads_in_bounds(en_vocab):
+    """Test that Doc.from_array doesn't set heads that are out of bounds."""
+    words = ["This", "is", "a", "sentence", "."]
+    doc = Doc(en_vocab, words=words)
+    for token in doc:
+        token.head = doc[0]
+
+    # correct
+    arr = doc.to_array(["HEAD"])
+    doc_from_array = Doc(en_vocab, words=words)
+    doc_from_array.from_array(["HEAD"], arr)
+
+    # head before start
+    arr = doc.to_array(["HEAD"])
+    arr[0] = -1
+    doc_from_array = Doc(en_vocab, words=words)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        doc_from_array.from_array(["HEAD"], arr)
+
+    # head after end
+    arr = doc.to_array(["HEAD"])
+    arr[0] = 5
+    doc_from_array = Doc(en_vocab, words=words)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        doc_from_array.from_array(["HEAD"], arr)
diff --git a/spacy/tests/doc/test_token_api.py b/spacy/tests/doc/test_token_api.py
index b7522bb98..8c749b26d 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/doc/test_token_api.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/doc/test_token_api.py
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@ def test_doc_token_api_head_setter(en_tokenizer):
     assert doc[4].left_edge.i == 0
     assert doc[2].left_edge.i == 0
 
+    # head token must be from the same document
+    doc2 = get_doc(tokens.vocab, words=[t.text for t in tokens], heads=heads)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        doc[0].head = doc2[0]
+
 
 def test_is_sent_start(en_tokenizer):
     doc = en_tokenizer("This is a sentence. This is another.")
diff --git a/spacy/tokens/doc.pyx b/spacy/tokens/doc.pyx
index 5997be804..0c90929c3 100644
--- a/spacy/tokens/doc.pyx
+++ b/spacy/tokens/doc.pyx
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ cdef class Doc:
 
         if SENT_START in attrs and HEAD in attrs:
             raise ValueError(Errors.E032)
-        cdef int i, col
+        cdef int i, col, abs_head_index
         cdef attr_id_t attr_id
         cdef TokenC* tokens = self.c
         cdef int length = len(array)
@@ -804,6 +804,14 @@ cdef class Doc:
             attr_ids[i] = attr_id
         if len(array.shape) == 1:
             array = array.reshape((array.size, 1))
+        # Check that all heads are within the document bounds
+        if HEAD in attrs:
+            col = attrs.index(HEAD)
+            for i in range(length):
+                # cast index to signed int
+                abs_head_index = numpy.int32(array[i, col]) + i
+                if abs_head_index < 0 or abs_head_index >= length:
+                    raise ValueError(Errors.E190.format(index=i, value=array[i, col], rel_head_index=numpy.int32(array[i, col])))
         # Do TAG first. This lets subsequent loop override stuff like POS, LEMMA
         if TAG in attrs:
             col = attrs.index(TAG)
diff --git a/spacy/tokens/token.pyx b/spacy/tokens/token.pyx
index 8b15a4223..8019e3b4f 100644
--- a/spacy/tokens/token.pyx
+++ b/spacy/tokens/token.pyx
@@ -623,6 +623,9 @@ cdef class Token:
             # This function sets the head of self to new_head and updates the
             # counters for left/right dependents and left/right corner for the
             # new and the old head
+            # Check that token is from the same document
+            if self.doc != new_head.doc:
+                raise ValueError(Errors.E191)
             # Do nothing if old head is new head
             if self.i + self.c.head == new_head.i:
                 return