diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/PermutationMatrix.h b/Eigen/src/Core/PermutationMatrix.h
index eb8e79782..771335451 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/PermutationMatrix.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/PermutationMatrix.h
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ class PermutationBase : public EigenBase<Derived> {
    */
   DenseMatrixType toDenseMatrix() const { return derived(); }
 
+  /** \returns the plain matrix representation of the permutation. */
+  DenseMatrixType eval() const { return toDenseMatrix(); }
+
   /** const version of indices(). */
   const IndicesType& indices() const { return derived().indices(); }
   /** \returns a reference to the stored array representing the permutation. */
diff --git a/test/geo_homogeneous.cpp b/test/geo_homogeneous.cpp
index 21be26d25..1b515d73c 100644
--- a/test/geo_homogeneous.cpp
+++ b/test/geo_homogeneous.cpp
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ void homogeneous(void) {
 
   {
     const Eigen::PermutationMatrix<Size> P{Eigen::Vector<int, Size>::EqualSpaced(0, 1)};
-    const auto right = Eigen::Vector<Scalar, Size - 1>::Random().homogeneous();
-    const auto left = Eigen::RowVector<Scalar, Size - 1>::Random().homogeneous();
+    const auto right = Eigen::Vector<Scalar, Size - 1>::Random().eval().homogeneous();
+    const auto left = Eigen::RowVector<Scalar, Size - 1>::Random().eval().homogeneous();
 
     VERIFY_IS_APPROX(P * right, P * right.eval());
     VERIFY_IS_APPROX(left * P, left.eval() * P);