diff --git a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/ConservativeSparseSparseProduct.h b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/ConservativeSparseSparseProduct.h
index 4b13f08d4..cd996d5ba 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/ConservativeSparseSparseProduct.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/ConservativeSparseSparseProduct.h
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ struct conservative_sparse_sparse_product_selector<Lhs,Rhs,ResultType,ColMajor,C
 
   static void run(const Lhs& lhs, const Rhs& rhs, ResultType& res)
   {
-    typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar,RowMajor> RowMajorMatrix;
-    typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar,ColMajor> ColMajorMatrix;
+    typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar,RowMajor,typename ResultType::Index> RowMajorMatrix;
+    typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar,ColMajor,typename ResultType::Index> ColMajorMatrix;
     ColMajorMatrix resCol(lhs.rows(),rhs.cols());
     internal::conservative_sparse_sparse_product_impl<Lhs,Rhs,ColMajorMatrix>(lhs, rhs, resCol);
     // sort the non zeros:
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ struct conservative_sparse_sparse_product_selector<Lhs,Rhs,ResultType,RowMajor,C
 {
   static void run(const Lhs& lhs, const Rhs& rhs, ResultType& res)
   {
-     typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar,RowMajor> RowMajorMatrix;
+     typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar,RowMajor,typename ResultType::Index> RowMajorMatrix;
      RowMajorMatrix rhsRow = rhs;
      RowMajorMatrix resRow(lhs.rows(), rhs.cols());
      internal::conservative_sparse_sparse_product_impl<RowMajorMatrix,Lhs,RowMajorMatrix>(rhsRow, lhs, resRow);
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ struct conservative_sparse_sparse_product_selector<Lhs,Rhs,ResultType,ColMajor,R
 {
   static void run(const Lhs& lhs, const Rhs& rhs, ResultType& res)
   {
-    typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar,RowMajor> RowMajorMatrix;
+    typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar,RowMajor,typename ResultType::Index> RowMajorMatrix;
     RowMajorMatrix lhsRow = lhs;
     RowMajorMatrix resRow(lhs.rows(), rhs.cols());
     internal::conservative_sparse_sparse_product_impl<Rhs,RowMajorMatrix,RowMajorMatrix>(rhs, lhsRow, resRow);
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ struct conservative_sparse_sparse_product_selector<Lhs,Rhs,ResultType,RowMajor,R
 {
   static void run(const Lhs& lhs, const Rhs& rhs, ResultType& res)
   {
-    typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar,RowMajor> RowMajorMatrix;
+    typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar,RowMajor,typename ResultType::Index> RowMajorMatrix;
     RowMajorMatrix resRow(lhs.rows(), rhs.cols());
     internal::conservative_sparse_sparse_product_impl<Rhs,Lhs,RowMajorMatrix>(rhs, lhs, resRow);
     res = resRow;
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ struct conservative_sparse_sparse_product_selector<Lhs,Rhs,ResultType,ColMajor,C
 
   static void run(const Lhs& lhs, const Rhs& rhs, ResultType& res)
   {
-    typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar,ColMajor> ColMajorMatrix;
+    typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar,ColMajor,typename ResultType::Index> ColMajorMatrix;
     ColMajorMatrix resCol(lhs.rows(), rhs.cols());
     internal::conservative_sparse_sparse_product_impl<Lhs,Rhs,ColMajorMatrix>(lhs, rhs, resCol);
     res = resCol;
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ struct conservative_sparse_sparse_product_selector<Lhs,Rhs,ResultType,RowMajor,C
 {
   static void run(const Lhs& lhs, const Rhs& rhs, ResultType& res)
   {
-    typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar,ColMajor> ColMajorMatrix;
+    typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar,ColMajor,typename ResultType::Index> ColMajorMatrix;
     ColMajorMatrix lhsCol = lhs;
     ColMajorMatrix resCol(lhs.rows(), rhs.cols());
     internal::conservative_sparse_sparse_product_impl<ColMajorMatrix,Rhs,ColMajorMatrix>(lhsCol, rhs, resCol);
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ struct conservative_sparse_sparse_product_selector<Lhs,Rhs,ResultType,ColMajor,R
 {
   static void run(const Lhs& lhs, const Rhs& rhs, ResultType& res)
   {
-    typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar,ColMajor> ColMajorMatrix;
+    typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar,ColMajor,typename ResultType::Index> ColMajorMatrix;
     ColMajorMatrix rhsCol = rhs;
     ColMajorMatrix resCol(lhs.rows(), rhs.cols());
     internal::conservative_sparse_sparse_product_impl<Lhs,ColMajorMatrix,ColMajorMatrix>(lhs, rhsCol, resCol);
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ struct conservative_sparse_sparse_product_selector<Lhs,Rhs,ResultType,RowMajor,R
 {
   static void run(const Lhs& lhs, const Rhs& rhs, ResultType& res)
   {
-    typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar,RowMajor> RowMajorMatrix;
-    typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar,ColMajor> ColMajorMatrix;
+    typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar,RowMajor,typename ResultType::Index> RowMajorMatrix;
+    typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar,ColMajor,typename ResultType::Index> ColMajorMatrix;
     RowMajorMatrix resRow(lhs.rows(),rhs.cols());
     internal::conservative_sparse_sparse_product_impl<Rhs,Lhs,RowMajorMatrix>(rhs, lhs, resRow);
     // sort the non zeros:
diff --git a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseMatrixBase.h b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseMatrixBase.h
index 706f699b8..bbcf7fb1c 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseMatrixBase.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseMatrixBase.h
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ template<typename Derived> class SparseMatrixBase : public EigenBase<Derived>
         }
         else
         {
-          SparseMatrix<Scalar, RowMajorBit> trans = m;
-          s << static_cast<const SparseMatrixBase<SparseMatrix<Scalar, RowMajorBit> >&>(trans);
+          SparseMatrix<Scalar, RowMajorBit, Index> trans = m;
+          s << static_cast<const SparseMatrixBase<SparseMatrix<Scalar, RowMajorBit, Index> >&>(trans);
         }
       }
       return s;
diff --git a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseProduct.h b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseProduct.h
index 70b6480ef..cf7663070 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseProduct.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseProduct.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ template<typename Lhs, typename Rhs>
 struct SparseSparseProductReturnType
 {
   typedef typename internal::traits<Lhs>::Scalar Scalar;
+  typedef typename internal::traits<Lhs>::Index Index;
   enum {
     LhsRowMajor = internal::traits<Lhs>::Flags & RowMajorBit,
     RhsRowMajor = internal::traits<Rhs>::Flags & RowMajorBit,
@@ -24,11 +25,11 @@ struct SparseSparseProductReturnType
   };
 
   typedef typename internal::conditional<TransposeLhs,
-    SparseMatrix<Scalar,0>,
+    SparseMatrix<Scalar,0,Index>,
     typename internal::nested<Lhs,Rhs::RowsAtCompileTime>::type>::type LhsNested;
 
   typedef typename internal::conditional<TransposeRhs,
-    SparseMatrix<Scalar,0>,
+    SparseMatrix<Scalar,0,Index>,
     typename internal::nested<Rhs,Lhs::RowsAtCompileTime>::type>::type RhsNested;
 
   typedef SparseSparseProduct<LhsNested, RhsNested> Type;
diff --git a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseSparseProductWithPruning.h b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseSparseProductWithPruning.h
index 70857c7b6..1dccdfe1b 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseSparseProductWithPruning.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseSparseProductWithPruning.h
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ struct sparse_sparse_product_with_pruning_selector<Lhs,Rhs,ResultType,ColMajor,C
   static void run(const Lhs& lhs, const Rhs& rhs, ResultType& res, const RealScalar& tolerance)
   {
     // we need a col-major matrix to hold the result
-    typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar> SparseTemporaryType;
+    typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar,ColMajor,typename ResultType::Index> SparseTemporaryType;
     SparseTemporaryType _res(res.rows(), res.cols());
     internal::sparse_sparse_product_with_pruning_impl<Lhs,Rhs,SparseTemporaryType>(lhs, rhs, _res, tolerance);
     res = _res;
@@ -126,10 +126,11 @@ struct sparse_sparse_product_with_pruning_selector<Lhs,Rhs,ResultType,RowMajor,R
   typedef typename ResultType::RealScalar RealScalar;
   static void run(const Lhs& lhs, const Rhs& rhs, ResultType& res, const RealScalar& tolerance)
   {
-    typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar,ColMajor> ColMajorMatrix;
-    ColMajorMatrix colLhs(lhs);
-    ColMajorMatrix colRhs(rhs);
-    internal::sparse_sparse_product_with_pruning_impl<ColMajorMatrix,ColMajorMatrix,ResultType>(colLhs, colRhs, res, tolerance);
+    typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar,ColMajor,typename Lhs::Index> ColMajorMatrixLhs;
+    typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar,ColMajor,typename Lhs::Index> ColMajorMatrixRhs;
+    ColMajorMatrixLhs colLhs(lhs);
+    ColMajorMatrixRhs colRhs(rhs);
+    internal::sparse_sparse_product_with_pruning_impl<ColMajorMatrixLhs,ColMajorMatrixRhs,ResultType>(colLhs, colRhs, res, tolerance);
 
     // let's transpose the product to get a column x column product
 //     typedef SparseMatrix<typename ResultType::Scalar> SparseTemporaryType;