diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 374442297..78171f45f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 -   [BUG] Force `math.softmax` returning `Series`. PR #1139 @Zeroto521
 -   [INF] Set independent environment for building documentation. PR #1141 @Zeroto521
 -   [DOC] Add local documentation preview via github action artifact. PR #1149 @Zeroto521
+-   [ENH] Enabel `encode_categorical` handle 2 (or more ) dimensions array. PR #1153 @Zeroto521
 
 ## [v0.23.1] - 2022-05-03
 
diff --git a/janitor/functions/encode_categorical.py b/janitor/functions/encode_categorical.py
index 0800ab365..8ef898d37 100644
--- a/janitor/functions/encode_categorical.py
+++ b/janitor/functions/encode_categorical.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import Hashable, Iterable, Union
 
-import pandas_flavor as pf
+import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
+import pandas_flavor as pf
 from pandas.api.types import is_list_like
 
 from janitor.utils import check, check_column, deprecated_alias
@@ -191,10 +192,9 @@ def _as_categorical_checks(df: pd.DataFrame, **kwargs) -> dict:
             raise TypeError(f"{value} should be list-like or a string.")
         if is_list_like(value):
             if not hasattr(value, "shape"):
-                value = pd.Index([*value])
+                value = np.asarray(value)
 
-            arr_ndim = value.ndim
-            if (arr_ndim != 1) or isinstance(value, pd.MultiIndex):
+            if (value.ndim != 1) or isinstance(value, pd.MultiIndex):
                 raise ValueError(
                     f"{value} is not a 1-D array. "
                     "Kindly provide a 1-D array-like object."