diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/GlobalFunctions.h b/Eigen/src/Core/GlobalFunctions.h
index 8d54f92df..0a539ed8e 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/GlobalFunctions.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/GlobalFunctions.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ namespace Eigen
   EIGEN_ARRAY_DECLARE_GLOBAL_UNARY(log10,scalar_log10_op,base 10 logarithm,\sa Eigen::log DOXCOMMA ArrayBase::log)
   EIGEN_ARRAY_DECLARE_GLOBAL_UNARY(abs,scalar_abs_op,absolute value,\sa ArrayBase::abs DOXCOMMA MatrixBase::cwiseAbs)
   EIGEN_ARRAY_DECLARE_GLOBAL_UNARY(abs2,scalar_abs2_op,squared absolute value,\sa ArrayBase::abs2 DOXCOMMA MatrixBase::cwiseAbs2)
-  EIGEN_ARRAY_DECLARE_GLOBAL_UNARY(arg,scalar_arg_op,complex argument,\sa ArrayBase::arg)
+  EIGEN_ARRAY_DECLARE_GLOBAL_UNARY(arg,scalar_arg_op,complex argument,\sa ArrayBase::arg DOXCOMMA MatrixBase::cwiseArg)
   EIGEN_ARRAY_DECLARE_GLOBAL_UNARY(sqrt,scalar_sqrt_op,square root,\sa ArrayBase::sqrt DOXCOMMA MatrixBase::cwiseSqrt)
   EIGEN_ARRAY_DECLARE_GLOBAL_UNARY(rsqrt,scalar_rsqrt_op,reciprocal square root,\sa ArrayBase::rsqrt)
   EIGEN_ARRAY_DECLARE_GLOBAL_UNARY(square,scalar_square_op,square (power 2),\sa Eigen::abs2 DOXCOMMA Eigen::pow DOXCOMMA ArrayBase::square)
diff --git a/Eigen/src/plugins/MatrixCwiseUnaryOps.h b/Eigen/src/plugins/MatrixCwiseUnaryOps.h
index b1be3d566..0514d8f78 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/plugins/MatrixCwiseUnaryOps.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/plugins/MatrixCwiseUnaryOps.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 typedef CwiseUnaryOp<internal::scalar_abs_op<Scalar>, const Derived> CwiseAbsReturnType;
 typedef CwiseUnaryOp<internal::scalar_abs2_op<Scalar>, const Derived> CwiseAbs2ReturnType;
+typedef CwiseUnaryOp<internal::scalar_arg_op<Scalar>, const Derived> CwiseArgReturnType;
 typedef CwiseUnaryOp<internal::scalar_sqrt_op<Scalar>, const Derived> CwiseSqrtReturnType;
 typedef CwiseUnaryOp<internal::scalar_sign_op<Scalar>, const Derived> CwiseSignReturnType;
 typedef CwiseUnaryOp<internal::scalar_inverse_op<Scalar>, const Derived> CwiseInverseReturnType;
@@ -82,4 +83,13 @@ EIGEN_DEVICE_FUNC
 inline const CwiseInverseReturnType
 cwiseInverse() const { return CwiseInverseReturnType(derived()); }
 
+/// \returns an expression of the coefficient-wise phase angle of \c *this
+///
+/// Example: \include MatrixBase_cwiseArg.cpp
+/// Output: \verbinclude MatrixBase_cwiseArg.out
+///
+EIGEN_DOC_UNARY_ADDONS(cwiseArg,arg)
 
+EIGEN_DEVICE_FUNC
+inline const CwiseArgReturnType
+cwiseArg() const { return CwiseArgReturnType(derived()); }
diff --git a/doc/CoeffwiseMathFunctionsTable.dox b/doc/CoeffwiseMathFunctionsTable.dox
index d6ad06f3a..3f5c56446 100644
--- a/doc/CoeffwiseMathFunctionsTable.dox
+++ b/doc/CoeffwiseMathFunctionsTable.dox
@@ -73,6 +73,20 @@ This also means that, unless specified, if the function \c std::foo is available
   </td>
   <td>All engines (fc,fd)</td>
 </tr>
+<tr>
+  <td class="code">
+  \anchor cwisetable_arg
+  a.\link ArrayBase::arg arg\endlink(); \n
+  \link Eigen::arg arg\endlink(a); \n
+  m.\link MatrixBase::cwiseArg cwiseArg\endlink();
+  </td>
+  <td>phase angle of complex number</td>
+  <td class="code">
+  using <a href="http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/numeric/complex/arg">std::arg</a>; \n
+  arg(a[i]);
+  </td>
+  <td>All engines (fc,fd)</td>
+</tr>
 <tr>
 <th colspan="4">Exponential functions</th>
 </tr>
diff --git a/doc/snippets/MatrixBase_cwiseArg.cpp b/doc/snippets/MatrixBase_cwiseArg.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0857cf97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/snippets/MatrixBase_cwiseArg.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+MatrixXcf v = MatrixXcf::Random(2, 3);
+cout << v << endl << endl;
+cout << v.cwiseArg() << endl;
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