diff --git a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseSelfAdjointView.h b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseSelfAdjointView.h
index a48520c0c..d31d9babf 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseSelfAdjointView.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/SparseCore/SparseSelfAdjointView.h
@@ -250,11 +250,11 @@ template<int Mode, typename SparseLhsType, typename DenseRhsType, typename Dense
 inline void sparse_selfadjoint_time_dense_product(const SparseLhsType& lhs, const DenseRhsType& rhs, DenseResType& res, const AlphaType& alpha)
 {
   EIGEN_ONLY_USED_FOR_DEBUG(alpha);
-  // TODO use alpha
-  eigen_assert(alpha==AlphaType(1) && "alpha != 1 is not implemented yet, sorry");
   
-  typedef evaluator<SparseLhsType> LhsEval;
-  typedef typename evaluator<SparseLhsType>::InnerIterator LhsIterator;
+  typedef typename internal::nested_eval<SparseLhsType,DenseRhsType::MaxColsAtCompileTime>::type SparseLhsTypeNested;
+  typedef typename internal::remove_all<SparseLhsTypeNested>::type SparseLhsTypeNestedCleaned;
+  typedef evaluator<SparseLhsTypeNestedCleaned> LhsEval;
+  typedef typename LhsEval::InnerIterator LhsIterator;
   typedef typename SparseLhsType::Scalar LhsScalar;
   
   enum {
@@ -266,39 +266,53 @@ inline void sparse_selfadjoint_time_dense_product(const SparseLhsType& lhs, cons
     ProcessSecondHalf = !ProcessFirstHalf
   };
   
-  LhsEval lhsEval(lhs);
-  
-  for (Index j=0; j<lhs.outerSize(); ++j)
+  SparseLhsTypeNested lhs_nested(lhs);
+  LhsEval lhsEval(lhs_nested);
+
+  // work on one column at once
+  for (Index k=0; k<rhs.cols(); ++k)
   {
-    LhsIterator i(lhsEval,j);
-    if (ProcessSecondHalf)
+    for (Index j=0; j<lhs.outerSize(); ++j)
     {
-      while (i && i.index()<j) ++i;
-      if(i && i.index()==j)
+      LhsIterator i(lhsEval,j);
+      // handle diagonal coeff
+      if (ProcessSecondHalf)
       {
-        res.row(j) += i.value() * rhs.row(j);
-        ++i;
+        while (i && i.index()<j) ++i;
+        if(i && i.index()==j)
+        {
+          res(j,k) += alpha * i.value() * rhs(j,k);
+          ++i;
+        }
       }
+
+      // premultiplied rhs for scatters
+      typename ScalarBinaryOpTraits<AlphaType, typename DenseRhsType::Scalar>::ReturnType rhs_j(alpha*rhs(j,k));
+      // accumulator for partial scalar product
+      typename DenseResType::Scalar res_j(0);
+      for(; (ProcessFirstHalf ? i && i.index() < j : i) ; ++i)
+      {
+        LhsScalar lhs_ij = i.value();
+        if(!LhsIsRowMajor) lhs_ij = numext::conj(lhs_ij);
+        res_j += lhs_ij * rhs(i.index(),k);
+        res(i.index(),k) += numext::conj(lhs_ij) * rhs_j;
+      }
+      res(j,k) += alpha * res_j;
+
+      // handle diagonal coeff
+      if (ProcessFirstHalf && i && (i.index()==j))
+        res(j,k) += alpha * i.value() * rhs(j,k);
     }
-    for(; (ProcessFirstHalf ? i && i.index() < j : i) ; ++i)
-    {
-      Index a = LhsIsRowMajor ? j : i.index();
-      Index b = LhsIsRowMajor ? i.index() : j;
-      LhsScalar v = i.value();
-      res.row(a) += (v) * rhs.row(b);
-      res.row(b) += numext::conj(v) * rhs.row(a);
-    }
-    if (ProcessFirstHalf && i && (i.index()==j))
-      res.row(j) += i.value() * rhs.row(j);
   }
 }
 
 
 template<typename LhsView, typename Rhs, int ProductType>
 struct generic_product_impl<LhsView, Rhs, SparseSelfAdjointShape, DenseShape, ProductType>
+: generic_product_impl_base<LhsView, Rhs, generic_product_impl<LhsView, Rhs, SparseSelfAdjointShape, DenseShape, ProductType> >
 {
   template<typename Dest>
-  static void evalTo(Dest& dst, const LhsView& lhsView, const Rhs& rhs)
+  static void scaleAndAddTo(Dest& dst, const LhsView& lhsView, const Rhs& rhs, const typename Dest::Scalar& alpha)
   {
     typedef typename LhsView::_MatrixTypeNested Lhs;
     typedef typename nested_eval<Lhs,Dynamic>::type LhsNested;
@@ -306,16 +320,16 @@ struct generic_product_impl<LhsView, Rhs, SparseSelfAdjointShape, DenseShape, Pr
     LhsNested lhsNested(lhsView.matrix());
     RhsNested rhsNested(rhs);
     
-    dst.setZero();
-    internal::sparse_selfadjoint_time_dense_product<LhsView::Mode>(lhsNested, rhsNested, dst, typename Dest::Scalar(1));
+    internal::sparse_selfadjoint_time_dense_product<LhsView::Mode>(lhsNested, rhsNested, dst, alpha);
   }
 };
 
 template<typename Lhs, typename RhsView, int ProductType>
 struct generic_product_impl<Lhs, RhsView, DenseShape, SparseSelfAdjointShape, ProductType>
+: generic_product_impl_base<Lhs, RhsView, generic_product_impl<Lhs, RhsView, DenseShape, SparseSelfAdjointShape, ProductType> >
 {
   template<typename Dest>
-  static void evalTo(Dest& dst, const Lhs& lhs, const RhsView& rhsView)
+  static void scaleAndAddTo(Dest& dst, const Lhs& lhs, const RhsView& rhsView, const typename Dest::Scalar& alpha)
   {
     typedef typename RhsView::_MatrixTypeNested Rhs;
     typedef typename nested_eval<Lhs,Dynamic>::type LhsNested;
@@ -323,10 +337,9 @@ struct generic_product_impl<Lhs, RhsView, DenseShape, SparseSelfAdjointShape, Pr
     LhsNested lhsNested(lhs);
     RhsNested rhsNested(rhsView.matrix());
     
-    dst.setZero();
-    // transpoe everything
+    // transpose everything
     Transpose<Dest> dstT(dst);
-    internal::sparse_selfadjoint_time_dense_product<RhsView::Mode>(rhsNested.transpose(), lhsNested.transpose(), dstT, typename Dest::Scalar(1));
+    internal::sparse_selfadjoint_time_dense_product<RhsView::Mode>(rhsNested.transpose(), lhsNested.transpose(), dstT, alpha);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/test/sparse_product.cpp b/test/sparse_product.cpp
index c518a6e55..c7c93373d 100644
--- a/test/sparse_product.cpp
+++ b/test/sparse_product.cpp
@@ -292,6 +292,10 @@ template<typename SparseMatrixType> void sparse_product()
     VERIFY_IS_APPROX(x=mUp.template selfadjointView<Upper>()*b, refX=refS*b);
     VERIFY_IS_APPROX(x=mLo.template selfadjointView<Lower>()*b, refX=refS*b);
     VERIFY_IS_APPROX(x=mS.template selfadjointView<Upper|Lower>()*b, refX=refS*b);
+
+    VERIFY_IS_APPROX(x.noalias()+=mUp.template selfadjointView<Upper>()*b, refX+=refS*b);
+    VERIFY_IS_APPROX(x.noalias()-=mLo.template selfadjointView<Lower>()*b, refX-=refS*b);
+    VERIFY_IS_APPROX(x.noalias()+=mS.template selfadjointView<Upper|Lower>()*b, refX+=refS*b);
     
     // sparse selfadjointView with sparse matrices
     SparseMatrixType mSres(rows,rows);