diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/SelfCwiseBinaryOp.h b/Eigen/src/Core/SelfCwiseBinaryOp.h
index 4a85e1140..7ec2a90e9 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/SelfCwiseBinaryOp.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/SelfCwiseBinaryOp.h
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@
   * \sa class SwapWrapper for a similar trick.
   */
 template<typename BinaryOp, typename MatrixType>
-struct ei_traits<SelfCwiseBinaryOp<BinaryOp,MatrixType> > : ei_traits<MatrixType> {};
+struct ei_traits<SelfCwiseBinaryOp<BinaryOp,MatrixType> > : ei_traits<MatrixType>
+{
+  
+};
 
 template<typename BinaryOp, typename MatrixType> class SelfCwiseBinaryOp
   : public ei_dense_xpr_base< SelfCwiseBinaryOp<BinaryOp, MatrixType> >::type
@@ -113,6 +116,29 @@ template<typename BinaryOp, typename MatrixType> class SelfCwiseBinaryOp
         m_functor.packetOp(m_matrix.template packet<StoreMode>(index),_other.template packet<LoadMode>(index)) );
     }
 
+    // reimplement lazyAssign to handle complex *= real
+    // see CwiseBinaryOp ctor for details
+    template<typename RhsDerived>
+    EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE SelfCwiseBinaryOp& lazyAssign(const DenseBase<RhsDerived>& rhs)
+    {
+      EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_SAME_MATRIX_SIZE(MatrixType,RhsDerived)
+
+      EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT((ei_functor_allows_mixing_real_and_complex<BinaryOp>::ret
+                           ? int(ei_is_same_type<typename MatrixType::RealScalar, typename RhsDerived::RealScalar>::ret)
+                           : int(ei_is_same_type<typename MatrixType::Scalar, typename RhsDerived::Scalar>::ret)),
+        YOU_MIXED_DIFFERENT_NUMERIC_TYPES__YOU_NEED_TO_USE_THE_CAST_METHOD_OF_MATRIXBASE_TO_CAST_NUMERIC_TYPES_EXPLICITLY)
+      
+    #ifdef EIGEN_DEBUG_ASSIGN
+      ei_assign_traits<SelfCwiseBinaryOp, RhsDerived>::debug();
+    #endif
+      ei_assert(rows() == rhs.rows() && cols() == rhs.cols());
+      ei_assign_impl<SelfCwiseBinaryOp, RhsDerived>::run(*this,rhs.derived());
+    #ifndef EIGEN_NO_DEBUG
+      checkTransposeAliasing(rhs.derived());
+    #endif
+      return *this;
+    }
+
   protected:
     MatrixType& m_matrix;
     const BinaryOp& m_functor;
diff --git a/test/mixingtypes.cpp b/test/mixingtypes.cpp
index c6cf00d28..0465f3059 100644
--- a/test/mixingtypes.cpp
+++ b/test/mixingtypes.cpp
@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ template<int SizeAtCompileType> void mixingtypes(int size = SizeAtCompileType)
 
   // check outer product
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX((vf * vcf.transpose()).eval(), (vf.template cast<complex<float> >() * vcf.transpose()).eval());
+
+  // coeff wise product
+
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX((vf * vcf.transpose()).eval(), (vf.template cast<complex<float> >() * vcf.transpose()).eval());
+
+  Mat_cd mcd2 = mcd;
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(mcd.array() *= md.array(), mcd2.array() *= md.array().template cast<std::complex<double> >());
 }