diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/ArrayWrapper.h b/Eigen/src/Core/ArrayWrapper.h
index 7ba01de36..07f082e1e 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/ArrayWrapper.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/ArrayWrapper.h
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ class ArrayWrapper : public ArrayBase<ArrayWrapper<ExpressionType> >
     EIGEN_DENSE_PUBLIC_INTERFACE(ArrayWrapper)
     EIGEN_INHERIT_ASSIGNMENT_OPERATORS(ArrayWrapper)
 
+    typedef typename internal::conditional<
+                       internal::is_lvalue<ExpressionType>::value,
+                       Scalar,
+                       const Scalar
+                     >::type ScalarWithConstIfNotLvalue;
+
     typedef typename internal::nested<ExpressionType>::type NestedExpressionType;
 
     inline ArrayWrapper(const ExpressionType& matrix) : m_expression(matrix) {}
@@ -62,6 +68,9 @@ class ArrayWrapper : public ArrayBase<ArrayWrapper<ExpressionType> >
     inline Index outerStride() const { return m_expression.outerStride(); }
     inline Index innerStride() const { return m_expression.innerStride(); }
 
+    inline ScalarWithConstIfNotLvalue* data() { return m_expression.data(); }
+    inline const Scalar* data() const { return m_expression.data(); }
+
     inline const CoeffReturnType coeff(Index row, Index col) const
     {
       return m_expression.coeff(row, col);
@@ -151,6 +160,12 @@ class MatrixWrapper : public MatrixBase<MatrixWrapper<ExpressionType> >
     EIGEN_DENSE_PUBLIC_INTERFACE(MatrixWrapper)
     EIGEN_INHERIT_ASSIGNMENT_OPERATORS(MatrixWrapper)
 
+    typedef typename internal::conditional<
+                       internal::is_lvalue<ExpressionType>::value,
+                       Scalar,
+                       const Scalar
+                     >::type ScalarWithConstIfNotLvalue;
+
     typedef typename internal::nested<ExpressionType>::type NestedExpressionType;
 
     inline MatrixWrapper(const ExpressionType& matrix) : m_expression(matrix) {}
@@ -160,6 +175,9 @@ class MatrixWrapper : public MatrixBase<MatrixWrapper<ExpressionType> >
     inline Index outerStride() const { return m_expression.outerStride(); }
     inline Index innerStride() const { return m_expression.innerStride(); }
 
+    inline ScalarWithConstIfNotLvalue* data() { return m_expression.data(); }
+    inline const Scalar* data() const { return m_expression.data(); }
+
     inline const CoeffReturnType coeff(Index row, Index col) const
     {
       return m_expression.coeff(row, col);