diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/util/Meta.h b/Eigen/src/Core/util/Meta.h
index 7ecd59add..bd3a0aa5d 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/util/Meta.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/util/Meta.h
@@ -328,6 +328,30 @@ struct result_of<Func(ArgType0,ArgType1)> {
     enum {FunctorType = sizeof(testFunctor(static_cast<Func*>(0)))};
     typedef typename binary_result_of_select<Func, ArgType0, ArgType1, FunctorType>::type type;
 };
+
+template<typename Func, typename ArgType0, typename ArgType1, typename ArgType2, int SizeOf=sizeof(has_none)>
+struct ternary_result_of_select {typedef typename internal::remove_all<ArgType0>::type type;};
+
+template<typename Func, typename ArgType0, typename ArgType1, typename ArgType2>
+struct ternary_result_of_select<Func, ArgType0, ArgType1, ArgType2, sizeof(has_std_result_type)>
+{typedef typename Func::result_type type;};
+
+template<typename Func, typename ArgType0, typename ArgType1, typename ArgType2>
+struct ternary_result_of_select<Func, ArgType0, ArgType1, ArgType2, sizeof(has_tr1_result)>
+{typedef typename Func::template result<Func(ArgType0,ArgType1,ArgType2)>::type type;};
+
+template<typename Func, typename ArgType0, typename ArgType1, typename ArgType2>
+struct result_of<Func(ArgType0,ArgType1,ArgType2)> {
+    template<typename T>
+    static has_std_result_type    testFunctor(T const *, typename T::result_type const * = 0);
+    template<typename T>
+    static has_tr1_result         testFunctor(T const *, typename T::template result<T(ArgType0,ArgType1,ArgType2)>::type const * = 0);
+    static has_none               testFunctor(...);
+
+    // note that the following indirection is needed for gcc-3.3
+    enum {FunctorType = sizeof(testFunctor(static_cast<Func*>(0)))};
+    typedef typename ternary_result_of_select<Func, ArgType0, ArgType1, ArgType2, FunctorType>::type type;
+};
 #endif
 
 /** \internal In short, it computes int(sqrt(\a Y)) with \a Y an integer.