diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/PlainObjectBase.h b/Eigen/src/Core/PlainObjectBase.h
index e4e3e8903..b968b325e 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/PlainObjectBase.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/PlainObjectBase.h
@@ -681,6 +681,7 @@ class PlainObjectBase : public internal::dense_xpr_base<Derived>::type
                           FLOATING_POINT_ARGUMENT_PASSED__INTEGER_WAS_EXPECTED)
       resize(nbRows,nbCols);
     }
+    
     template<typename T0, typename T1>
     EIGEN_DEVICE_FUNC 
     EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void _init2(const Scalar& val0, const Scalar& val1, typename internal::enable_if<Base::SizeAtCompileTime==2,T0>::type* = 0)
@@ -689,6 +690,15 @@ class PlainObjectBase : public internal::dense_xpr_base<Derived>::type
       m_storage.data()[0] = val0;
       m_storage.data()[1] = val1;
     }
+    
+    template<typename T0, typename T1>
+    EIGEN_DEVICE_FUNC 
+    EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void _init2(const Index& val0, const Index& val1, typename internal::enable_if<(!internal::is_same<Index,Scalar>::value) && Base::SizeAtCompileTime==2,T1>::type* = 0)
+    {
+      EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_SPECIFIC_SIZE(PlainObjectBase, 2)
+      m_storage.data()[0] = Scalar(val0);
+      m_storage.data()[1] = Scalar(val1);
+    }
 
     template<typename T>
     EIGEN_DEVICE_FUNC
diff --git a/test/basicstuff.cpp b/test/basicstuff.cpp
index 56370d591..70cefe19f 100644
--- a/test/basicstuff.cpp
+++ b/test/basicstuff.cpp
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ void fixedSizeMatrixConstruction()
   Scalar raw[4];
   for(int k=0; k<4; ++k)
     raw[k] = internal::random<Scalar>();
+  
   {
     Matrix<Scalar,4,1> m(raw);
     Array<Scalar,4,1> a(raw);
@@ -200,18 +201,34 @@ void fixedSizeMatrixConstruction()
     VERIFY((a==Array<Scalar,3,1>(raw[0],raw[1],raw[2])).all());
   }
   {
-    Matrix<Scalar,2,1> m(raw);
-    Array<Scalar,2,1> a(raw);
+    Matrix<Scalar,2,1> m(raw), m2( (DenseIndex(raw[0])), (DenseIndex(raw[1])) );
+    Array<Scalar,2,1> a(raw),  a2( (DenseIndex(raw[0])), (DenseIndex(raw[1])) );
     for(int k=0; k<2; ++k) VERIFY(m(k) == raw[k]);
     for(int k=0; k<2; ++k) VERIFY(a(k) == raw[k]);
     VERIFY_IS_EQUAL(m,(Matrix<Scalar,2,1>(raw[0],raw[1])));
     VERIFY((a==Array<Scalar,2,1>(raw[0],raw[1])).all());
+    for(int k=0; k<2; ++k) VERIFY(m2(k) == DenseIndex(raw[k]));
+    for(int k=0; k<2; ++k) VERIFY(a2(k) == DenseIndex(raw[k]));
   }
   {
-    Matrix<Scalar,1,1> m(raw);
-    Array<Scalar,1,1> a(raw);
+    Matrix<Scalar,1,2> m(raw), m2( (DenseIndex(raw[0])), (DenseIndex(raw[1])) );
+    Array<Scalar,1,2> a(raw),  a2( (DenseIndex(raw[0])), (DenseIndex(raw[1])) );
+    for(int k=0; k<2; ++k) VERIFY(m(k) == raw[k]);
+    for(int k=0; k<2; ++k) VERIFY(a(k) == raw[k]);
+    VERIFY_IS_EQUAL(m,(Matrix<Scalar,1,2>(raw[0],raw[1])));
+    VERIFY((a==Array<Scalar,1,2>(raw[0],raw[1])).all());
+    for(int k=0; k<2; ++k) VERIFY(m2(k) == DenseIndex(raw[k]));
+    for(int k=0; k<2; ++k) VERIFY(a2(k) == DenseIndex(raw[k]));
+  }
+  {
+    Matrix<Scalar,1,1> m(raw), m1(raw[0]), m2( (DenseIndex(raw[0])) );
+    Array<Scalar,1,1> a(raw), a1(raw[0]), a2( (DenseIndex(raw[0])) );
     VERIFY(m(0) == raw[0]);
     VERIFY(a(0) == raw[0]);
+    VERIFY(m1(0) == raw[0]);
+    VERIFY(a1(0) == raw[0]);
+    VERIFY(m2(0) == DenseIndex(raw[0]));
+    VERIFY(a2(0) == DenseIndex(raw[0]));
     VERIFY_IS_EQUAL(m,(Matrix<Scalar,1,1>(raw[0])));
     VERIFY((a==Array<Scalar,1,1>(raw[0])).all());
   }
@@ -233,9 +250,10 @@ void test_basicstuff()
   }
 
   CALL_SUBTEST_1(fixedSizeMatrixConstruction<unsigned char>());
-  CALL_SUBTEST_1(fixedSizeMatrixConstruction<double>());
+  CALL_SUBTEST_1(fixedSizeMatrixConstruction<float>());
   CALL_SUBTEST_1(fixedSizeMatrixConstruction<double>());
   CALL_SUBTEST_1(fixedSizeMatrixConstruction<int>());
+  CALL_SUBTEST_1(fixedSizeMatrixConstruction<long int>());
   CALL_SUBTEST_1(fixedSizeMatrixConstruction<std::ptrdiff_t>());
 
   CALL_SUBTEST_2(casting());