diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/NestByValue.h b/Eigen/src/Core/NestByValue.h
index 5f1dc8477..311cb5a3d 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/NestByValue.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/NestByValue.h
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ template<typename ExpressionType> class NestByValue
   public:
 
     typedef typename internal::dense_xpr_base<NestByValue>::type Base;
+    static constexpr bool HasDirectAccess = internal::has_direct_access<ExpressionType>::ret;
+    
     EIGEN_DENSE_PUBLIC_INTERFACE(NestByValue)
 
     EIGEN_DEVICE_FUNC explicit inline NestByValue(const ExpressionType& matrix) : m_expression(matrix) {}
@@ -54,6 +56,18 @@ template<typename ExpressionType> class NestByValue
 
     EIGEN_DEVICE_FUNC const ExpressionType& nestedExpression() const { return m_expression; }
 
+    EIGEN_DEVICE_FUNC typename std::enable_if<HasDirectAccess, const Scalar*>::type data() const {
+      return m_expression.data();
+    }
+    
+    EIGEN_DEVICE_FUNC typename std::enable_if<HasDirectAccess, Index>::type innerStride() const {
+      return m_expression.innerStride();
+    }
+    
+    EIGEN_DEVICE_FUNC typename std::enable_if<HasDirectAccess, Index>::type outerStride() const {
+      return m_expression.outerStride();
+    }
+
   protected:
     const ExpressionType m_expression;
 };
diff --git a/test/nestbyvalue.cpp b/test/nestbyvalue.cpp
index 3a86bea50..c25f0bf0b 100644
--- a/test/nestbyvalue.cpp
+++ b/test/nestbyvalue.cpp
@@ -33,5 +33,7 @@ EIGEN_DECLARE_TEST(nestbyvalue)
     MatrixXd b = x;
     VERIFY_IS_EQUAL(nb_temporaries,6+1);
     VERIFY_IS_APPROX(b, a.rowwise().reverse().eval() + (a+a).eval());
+    // Block expressions work with dense NestByValue.
+    VERIFY_IS_APPROX(b, a.nestByValue().rowwise().reverse().eval() + (a.nestByValue()+a.nestByValue()).eval());
   }
 }