diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/GeneralProduct.h b/Eigen/src/Core/GeneralProduct.h
index 0eae52990..29ac522d2 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/GeneralProduct.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/GeneralProduct.h
@@ -425,15 +425,18 @@ template<> struct gemv_selector<OnTheRight,ColMajor,true>
     ResScalar actualAlpha = alpha * LhsBlasTraits::extractScalarFactor(prod.lhs())
                                   * RhsBlasTraits::extractScalarFactor(prod.rhs());
 
+    // make sure Dest is a compile-time vector type (bug 1166)
+    typedef typename conditional<Dest::IsVectorAtCompileTime, Dest, typename Dest::ColXpr>::type ActualDest;
+
     enum {
       // FIXME find a way to allow an inner stride on the result if packet_traits<Scalar>::size==1
       // on, the other hand it is good for the cache to pack the vector anyways...
-      EvalToDestAtCompileTime = Dest::InnerStrideAtCompileTime==1,
+      EvalToDestAtCompileTime = (ActualDest::InnerStrideAtCompileTime==1),
       ComplexByReal = (NumTraits<LhsScalar>::IsComplex) && (!NumTraits<RhsScalar>::IsComplex),
-      MightCannotUseDest = (Dest::InnerStrideAtCompileTime!=1) || ComplexByReal
+      MightCannotUseDest = (ActualDest::InnerStrideAtCompileTime!=1) || ComplexByReal
     };
 
-    gemv_static_vector_if<ResScalar,Dest::SizeAtCompileTime,Dest::MaxSizeAtCompileTime,MightCannotUseDest> static_dest;
+    gemv_static_vector_if<ResScalar,ActualDest::SizeAtCompileTime,ActualDest::MaxSizeAtCompileTime,MightCannotUseDest> static_dest;
 
     bool alphaIsCompatible = (!ComplexByReal) || (numext::imag(actualAlpha)==RealScalar(0));
     bool evalToDest = EvalToDestAtCompileTime && alphaIsCompatible;
@@ -522,7 +525,7 @@ template<> struct gemv_selector<OnTheRight,RowMajor,true>
         actualLhs.rows(), actualLhs.cols(),
         actualLhs.data(), actualLhs.outerStride(),
         actualRhsPtr, 1,
-        dest.data(), dest.innerStride(),
+        dest.data(), dest.col(0).innerStride(), //NOTE  if dest is not a vector at compile-time, then dest.innerStride() might be wrong. (bug 1166)
         actualAlpha);
   }
 };
diff --git a/test/product.h b/test/product.h
index 36aa3c2d1..0d054ff46 100644
--- a/test/product.h
+++ b/test/product.h
@@ -136,6 +136,22 @@ template<typename MatrixType> void product(const MatrixType& m)
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(res.col(r).noalias() = square.adjoint() * square.col(r), (square.adjoint() * square.col(r)).eval());
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(res.col(r).noalias() = square * square.col(r), (square * square.col(r)).eval());
 
+  // vector at runtime (see bug 1166)
+  {
+    RowSquareMatrixType ref(square);
+    ColSquareMatrixType ref2(square2);
+    ref = res = square;
+    VERIFY_IS_APPROX(res.block(0,0,1,rows).noalias() = m1.col(0).transpose() * square.transpose(),            (ref.row(0) = m1.col(0).transpose() * square.transpose()));
+    VERIFY_IS_APPROX(res.block(0,0,1,rows).noalias() = m1.block(0,0,rows,1).transpose() * square.transpose(), (ref.row(0) = m1.col(0).transpose() * square.transpose()));
+    VERIFY_IS_APPROX(res.block(0,0,1,rows).noalias() = m1.col(0).transpose() * square,                        (ref.row(0) = m1.col(0).transpose() * square));
+    VERIFY_IS_APPROX(res.block(0,0,1,rows).noalias() = m1.block(0,0,rows,1).transpose() * square,             (ref.row(0) = m1.col(0).transpose() * square));
+    ref2 = res2 = square2;
+    VERIFY_IS_APPROX(res2.block(0,0,1,cols).noalias() = m1.row(0) * square2.transpose(),                      (ref2.row(0) = m1.row(0) * square2.transpose()));
+    VERIFY_IS_APPROX(res2.block(0,0,1,cols).noalias() = m1.block(0,0,1,cols) * square2.transpose(),           (ref2.row(0) = m1.row(0) * square2.transpose()));
+    VERIFY_IS_APPROX(res2.block(0,0,1,cols).noalias() = m1.row(0) * square2,                                  (ref2.row(0) = m1.row(0) * square2));
+    VERIFY_IS_APPROX(res2.block(0,0,1,cols).noalias() = m1.block(0,0,1,cols) * square2,                       (ref2.row(0) = m1.row(0) * square2));
+  }
+
   // inner product
   {
     Scalar x = square2.row(c) * square2.col(c2);