diff --git a/unsupported/Eigen/src/Splines/SplineFwd.h b/unsupported/Eigen/src/Splines/SplineFwd.h
index 49db8d35d..5d9bfacf8 100644
--- a/unsupported/Eigen/src/Splines/SplineFwd.h
+++ b/unsupported/Eigen/src/Splines/SplineFwd.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ namespace Eigen
 
       enum { OrderAtCompileTime = _Degree==Dynamic ? Dynamic : _Degree+1 /*!< The spline curve's order at compile-time. */ };
       enum { NumOfDerivativesAtCompileTime = OrderAtCompileTime /*!< The number of derivatives defined for the current spline. */ };
+      
+      enum { DerivativeMemoryLayout = Dimension==1 ? RowMajor : ColMajor /*!< The derivative type's memory layout. */ };
 
       /** \brief The data type used to store non-zero basis functions. */
       typedef Array<Scalar,1,OrderAtCompileTime> BasisVectorType;
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ namespace Eigen
       typedef Array<Scalar,Dynamic,Dynamic,RowMajor,NumOfDerivativesAtCompileTime,OrderAtCompileTime> BasisDerivativeType;
       
       /** \brief The data type used to store the spline's derivative values. */
-      typedef Array<Scalar,Dimension,Dynamic,ColMajor,Dimension,NumOfDerivativesAtCompileTime> DerivativeType;
+      typedef Array<Scalar,Dimension,Dynamic,DerivativeMemoryLayout,Dimension,NumOfDerivativesAtCompileTime> DerivativeType;
 
       /** \brief The point type the spline is representing. */
       typedef Array<Scalar,Dimension,1> PointType;
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ namespace Eigen
       typedef Array<_Scalar,Dynamic,Dynamic,RowMajor,NumOfDerivativesAtCompileTime,OrderAtCompileTime> BasisDerivativeType;
       
       /** \brief The data type used to store the spline's derivative values. */      
-      typedef Array<_Scalar,_Dim,Dynamic,ColMajor,_Dim,NumOfDerivativesAtCompileTime> DerivativeType;
+      typedef Array<_Scalar,_Dim,Dynamic,DerivativeMemoryLayout,_Dim,NumOfDerivativesAtCompileTime> DerivativeType;
     };
 
     /** \brief 2D float B-spline with dynamic degree. */