diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/GeneralProduct.h b/Eigen/src/Core/GeneralProduct.h
index 2a59d9464..9e805a80f 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/GeneralProduct.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/GeneralProduct.h
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ EIGEN_DONT_INLINE void outer_product_selector_run(const ProductType& prod, Dest&
   // FIXME not very good if rhs is real and lhs complex while alpha is real too
   const Index cols = dest.cols();
   for (Index j=0; j<cols; ++j)
-    func(dest.col(j), prod.rhs().coeff(j) * prod.lhs());
+    func(dest.col(j), prod.rhs().coeff(0,j) * prod.lhs());
 }
 
 // Row major
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ EIGEN_DONT_INLINE void outer_product_selector_run(const ProductType& prod, Dest&
   // FIXME not very good if lhs is real and rhs complex while alpha is real too
   const Index rows = dest.rows();
   for (Index i=0; i<rows; ++i)
-    func(dest.row(i), prod.lhs().coeff(i) * prod.rhs());
+    func(dest.row(i), prod.lhs().coeff(i,0) * prod.rhs());
 }
 
 template<typename Lhs, typename Rhs>
diff --git a/test/product.h b/test/product.h
index 856b234ac..0b3abe402 100644
--- a/test/product.h
+++ b/test/product.h
@@ -139,4 +139,12 @@ template<typename MatrixType> void product(const MatrixType& m)
   // inner product
   Scalar x = square2.row(c) * square2.col(c2);
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(x, square2.row(c).transpose().cwiseProduct(square2.col(c2)).sum());
+  
+  // outer product
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m1.col(c) * m1.row(r), m1.block(0,c,rows,1) * m1.block(r,0,1,cols));
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m1.row(r).transpose() * m1.col(c).transpose(), m1.block(r,0,1,cols).transpose() * m1.block(0,c,rows,1).transpose());
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m1.block(0,c,rows,1) * m1.row(r), m1.block(0,c,rows,1) * m1.block(r,0,1,cols));
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m1.col(c) * m1.block(r,0,1,cols), m1.block(0,c,rows,1) * m1.block(r,0,1,cols));
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m1.leftCols(1) * m1.row(r), m1.block(0,0,rows,1) * m1.block(r,0,1,cols));
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m1.col(c) * m1.topRows(1), m1.block(0,c,rows,1) * m1.block(0,0,1,cols));  
 }