diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/util/Macros.h b/Eigen/src/Core/util/Macros.h
index aa054a0b7..7d77739fc 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/util/Macros.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/util/Macros.h
@@ -396,6 +396,20 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
+// Does the compiler support type_traits?
+// - full support of type traits was added only to GCC 5.1.0.
+// - 20150626 corresponds to the last release of 4.x libstdc++
+#ifndef EIGEN_HAS_TYPE_TRAITS
+#if EIGEN_MAX_CPP_VER>=11 && (EIGEN_HAS_CXX11 || EIGEN_COMP_MSVC >= 1700) \
+  && ((!EIGEN_COMP_GNUC_STRICT) || EIGEN_GNUC_AT_LEAST(5, 1)) \
+  && ((!defined(__GLIBCXX__))   || __GLIBCXX__ > 20150626)
+#define EIGEN_HAS_TYPE_TRAITS 1
+#define EIGEN_INCLUDE_TYPE_TRAITS
+#else
+#define EIGEN_HAS_TYPE_TRAITS 0
+#endif
+#endif
+
 // Does the compiler support variadic templates?
 #ifndef EIGEN_HAS_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES
 #if EIGEN_MAX_CPP_VER>=11 && (__cplusplus > 199711L || EIGEN_COMP_MSVC >= 1900) \
diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/util/XprHelper.h b/Eigen/src/Core/util/XprHelper.h
index ba5bd186d..35e476860 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/util/XprHelper.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/util/XprHelper.h
@@ -34,6 +34,20 @@ inline IndexDest convert_index(const IndexSrc& idx) {
   return IndexDest(idx);
 }
 
+// true if T can be considered as an integral index (i.e., and integral type or enum)
+template<typename T> struct is_valid_index_type
+{
+  enum { value =
+#if EIGEN_HAS_TYPE_TRAITS
+    internal::is_integral<T>::value || std::is_enum<T>::value
+#elif EIGEN_COMP_MSVC
+    internal::is_integral<T>::value || __is_enum(T)
+#else
+    // without C++11, we use is_convertible to Index instead of is_integral in order to treat enums as Index.
+    internal::is_convertible<T,Index>::value
+#endif
+  };
+};
 
 // promote_scalar_arg is an helper used in operation between an expression and a scalar, like:
 //    expression * scalar