diff --git a/test/basicstuff.cpp b/test/basicstuff.cpp
index 175f54009..767098341 100644
--- a/test/basicstuff.cpp
+++ b/test/basicstuff.cpp
@@ -195,6 +195,20 @@ void casting()
 }
 #endif
 
+template <typename Scalar>
+void fixedSizeMatrixConstruction()
+{
+  const Scalar raw[3] = {1,2,3};
+  Matrix<Scalar,3,1> m(raw);
+  Array<Scalar,3,1> a(raw);
+  VERIFY(m(0) == 1);
+  VERIFY(m(1) == 2);
+  VERIFY(m(2) == 3);
+  VERIFY(a(0) == 1);
+  VERIFY(a(1) == 2);
+  VERIFY(a(2) == 3);  
+}
+
 void test_basicstuff()
 {
   for(int i = 0; i < g_repeat; i++) {
@@ -210,5 +224,9 @@ void test_basicstuff()
     CALL_SUBTEST_5( basicStuffComplex(MatrixXcd(internal::random<int>(1,100), internal::random<int>(1,100))) );
   }
 
+  CALL_SUBTEST_1(fixedSizeMatrixConstruction<unsigned char>());
+  CALL_SUBTEST_1(fixedSizeMatrixConstruction<double>());
+  CALL_SUBTEST_1(fixedSizeMatrixConstruction<double>());
+
   CALL_SUBTEST_2(casting());
 }