diff --git a/Tests/test_image_array.py b/Tests/test_image_array.py
index cf85ee4fa1c..342bd8654e1 100644
--- a/Tests/test_image_array.py
+++ b/Tests/test_image_array.py
@@ -91,6 +91,16 @@ def test(mode: str) -> tuple[str, tuple[int, int], bool]:
         Image.fromarray(wrapped)
 
 
+def test_fromarray_strides_without_tobytes() -> None:
+    class Wrapper:
+        def __init__(self, arr_params: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+            self.__array_interface__ = arr_params
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        wrapped = Wrapper({"shape": (1, 1), "strides": (1, 1)})
+        Image.fromarray(wrapped, "L")
+
+
 def test_fromarray_palette() -> None:
     # Arrange
     i = im.convert("L")
diff --git a/docs/reference/Image.rst b/docs/reference/Image.rst
index 4281b182ce7..0d9b4d93d77 100644
--- a/docs/reference/Image.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/Image.rst
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ Constructing images
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 .. autofunction:: new
+.. autoclass:: SupportsArrayInterface
+    :show-inheritance:
 .. autofunction:: fromarray
 .. autofunction:: frombytes
 .. autofunction:: frombuffer
diff --git a/src/PIL/Image.py b/src/PIL/Image.py
index 245fadd6b3f..7e68ee3cb40 100644
--- a/src/PIL/Image.py
+++ b/src/PIL/Image.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 from collections.abc import Callable, MutableMapping
 from enum import IntEnum
 from types import ModuleType
-from typing import IO, TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+from typing import IO, TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Protocol
 
 # VERSION was removed in Pillow 6.0.0.
 # PILLOW_VERSION was removed in Pillow 9.0.0.
@@ -3013,7 +3013,7 @@ def frombytes(mode, size, data, decoder_name="raw", *args) -> Image:
     return im
 
 
-def frombuffer(mode, size, data, decoder_name="raw", *args):
+def frombuffer(mode, size, data, decoder_name="raw", *args) -> Image:
     """
     Creates an image memory referencing pixel data in a byte buffer.
 
@@ -3069,10 +3069,15 @@ def frombuffer(mode, size, data, decoder_name="raw", *args):
     return frombytes(mode, size, data, decoder_name, args)
 
 
-def fromarray(
-    obj,  # type: numpy.typing.ArrayLike
-    mode: str | None = None,
-) -> Image:
+class SupportsArrayInterface(Protocol):
+    """
+    An object that has an ``__array_interface__`` dictionary.
+    """
+
+    __array_interface__: dict[str, Any]
+
+
+def fromarray(obj: SupportsArrayInterface, mode: str | None = None) -> Image:
     """
     Creates an image memory from an object exporting the array interface
     (using the buffer protocol)::
@@ -3151,8 +3156,11 @@ def fromarray(
     if strides is not None:
         if hasattr(obj, "tobytes"):
             obj = obj.tobytes()
-        else:
+        elif hasattr(obj, "tostring"):
             obj = obj.tostring()
+        else:
+            msg = "'strides' requires either tobytes() or tostring()"
+            raise ValueError(msg)
 
     return frombuffer(mode, size, obj, "raw", rawmode, 0, 1)