diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/MatrixBase.h b/Eigen/src/Core/MatrixBase.h
index e582f5737..7935a7554 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/MatrixBase.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/MatrixBase.h
@@ -532,8 +532,11 @@ template<typename Derived> class MatrixBase
     typename ei_traits<Derived>::Scalar minCoeff() const;
     typename ei_traits<Derived>::Scalar maxCoeff() const;
 
-    typename ei_traits<Derived>::Scalar minCoeff(int* row, int* col = 0) const;
-    typename ei_traits<Derived>::Scalar maxCoeff(int* row, int* col = 0) const;
+    typename ei_traits<Derived>::Scalar minCoeff(int* row, int* col) const;
+    typename ei_traits<Derived>::Scalar maxCoeff(int* row, int* col) const;
+
+    typename ei_traits<Derived>::Scalar minCoeff(int* index) const;
+    typename ei_traits<Derived>::Scalar maxCoeff(int* index) const;
 
     template<typename BinaryOp>
     typename ei_result_of<BinaryOp(typename ei_traits<Derived>::Scalar)>::type
diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/Visitor.h b/Eigen/src/Core/Visitor.h
index a9ef5c861..7569114e9 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/Visitor.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/Visitor.h
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ struct ei_functor_traits<ei_max_coeff_visitor<Scalar> > {
 /** \returns the minimum of all coefficients of *this
   * and puts in *row and *col its location.
   *
-  * \sa MatrixBase::maxCoeff(int*,int*), MatrixBase::visitor(), MatrixBase::minCoeff()
+  * \sa MatrixBase::minCoeff(int*), MatrixBase::maxCoeff(int*,int*), MatrixBase::visitor(), MatrixBase::minCoeff()
   */
 template<typename Derived>
 typename ei_traits<Derived>::Scalar
@@ -177,6 +177,22 @@ MatrixBase<Derived>::minCoeff(int* row, int* col) const
   return minVisitor.res;
 }
 
+/** \returns the minimum of all coefficients of *this
+  * and puts in *index its location.
+  *
+  * \sa MatrixBase::minCoeff(int*,int*), MatrixBase::maxCoeff(int*,int*), MatrixBase::visitor(), MatrixBase::minCoeff()
+  */
+template<typename Derived>
+typename ei_traits<Derived>::Scalar
+MatrixBase<Derived>::minCoeff(int* index) const
+{
+  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
+  ei_min_coeff_visitor<Scalar> minVisitor;
+  this->visit(minVisitor);
+  *index = (RowsAtCompileTime==1) ? minVisitor.col : minVisitor.row;
+  return minVisitor.res;
+}
+
 /** \returns the maximum of all coefficients of *this
   * and puts in *row and *col its location.
   *
@@ -193,5 +209,20 @@ MatrixBase<Derived>::maxCoeff(int* row, int* col) const
   return maxVisitor.res;
 }
 
+/** \returns the maximum of all coefficients of *this
+  * and puts in *index its location.
+  *
+  * \sa MatrixBase::maxCoeff(int*,int*), MatrixBase::minCoeff(int*,int*), MatrixBase::visitor(), MatrixBase::maxCoeff()
+  */
+template<typename Derived>
+typename ei_traits<Derived>::Scalar
+MatrixBase<Derived>::maxCoeff(int* index) const
+{
+  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
+  ei_max_coeff_visitor<Scalar> maxVisitor;
+  this->visit(maxVisitor);
+  *index = (RowsAtCompileTime==1) ? maxVisitor.col : maxVisitor.row;
+  return maxVisitor.res;
+}
 
 #endif // EIGEN_VISITOR_H
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 839f37dcf..c5868bed4 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ ei_add_test(sparse_basic)
 ei_add_test(sparse_solvers " " "${SPARSE_LIBS}")
 ei_add_test(sparse_product)
 ei_add_test(swap)
+ei_add_test(visitor)
 
 # print a summary of the different options
 message("************************************************************")