diff --git a/Eigen/src/plugins/ArrayCwiseBinaryOps.h b/Eigen/src/plugins/ArrayCwiseBinaryOps.h
index 5b979ebf8..1e751ad62 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/plugins/ArrayCwiseBinaryOps.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/plugins/ArrayCwiseBinaryOps.h
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ EIGEN_MAKE_CWISE_BINARY_OP(min,internal::scalar_min_op)
   *
   * \sa max()
   */
-EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE const CwiseBinaryOp<internal::scalar_min_op<Scalar>, const Derived, const ConstantReturnType>
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE const CwiseBinaryOp<internal::scalar_min_op<Scalar>, const Derived,
+                                        const CwiseNullaryOp<internal::scalar_constant_op<Scalar>, PlainObject> >
 (min)(const Scalar &other) const
 {
   return (min)(Derived::PlainObject::Constant(rows(), cols(), other));
@@ -52,7 +53,8 @@ EIGEN_MAKE_CWISE_BINARY_OP(max,internal::scalar_max_op)
   *
   * \sa min()
   */
-EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE const CwiseBinaryOp<internal::scalar_max_op<Scalar>, const Derived, const ConstantReturnType>
+EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE const CwiseBinaryOp<internal::scalar_max_op<Scalar>, const Derived,
+                                        const CwiseNullaryOp<internal::scalar_constant_op<Scalar>, PlainObject> >
 (max)(const Scalar &other) const
 {
   return (max)(Derived::PlainObject::Constant(rows(), cols(), other));
diff --git a/Eigen/src/plugins/ArrayCwiseUnaryOps.h b/Eigen/src/plugins/ArrayCwiseUnaryOps.h
index 0dffaf413..a59636790 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/plugins/ArrayCwiseUnaryOps.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/plugins/ArrayCwiseUnaryOps.h
@@ -200,3 +200,4 @@ EIGEN_MAKE_SCALAR_CWISE_UNARY_OP(operator<=,  std::less_equal)
 EIGEN_MAKE_SCALAR_CWISE_UNARY_OP(operator>,   std::greater)
 EIGEN_MAKE_SCALAR_CWISE_UNARY_OP(operator>=,  std::greater_equal)
 
+
diff --git a/test/array_for_matrix.cpp b/test/array_for_matrix.cpp
index a9cd54294..5a599c321 100644
--- a/test/array_for_matrix.cpp
+++ b/test/array_for_matrix.cpp
@@ -168,6 +168,12 @@ template<typename MatrixType> void cwise_min_max(const MatrixType& m)
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(MatrixType::Constant(rows,cols, maxM1), m1.cwiseMax( maxM1));
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m1, m1.cwiseMax( minM1));
 
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(MatrixType::Constant(rows,cols, minM1).array(), (m1.array().min)( minM1));
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m1.array(), (m1.array().min)( maxM1));
+
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(MatrixType::Constant(rows,cols, maxM1).array(), (m1.array().max)( maxM1));
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m1.array(), (m1.array().max)( minM1));
+
 }
 
 template<typename MatrixTraits> void resize(const MatrixTraits& t)