diff --git a/unsupported/test/cxx11_tensor_sugar.cpp b/unsupported/test/cxx11_tensor_sugar.cpp
index adac472cf..a03f75cfe 100644
--- a/unsupported/test/cxx11_tensor_sugar.cpp
+++ b/unsupported/test/cxx11_tensor_sugar.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,30 @@ static void test_comparison_sugar() {
 #undef TEST_TENSOR_EQUAL
 }
 
+
+static void test_scalar_sugar() {
+  Tensor<float, 3> A(6, 7, 5);
+  Tensor<float, 3> B(6, 7, 5);
+  A.setRandom();
+  B.setRandom();
+
+  const float alpha = 0.43f;
+  const float beta = 0.21f;
+
+  Tensor<float, 3> R = A * A.constant(alpha) + B * B.constant(beta);
+  Tensor<float, 3> S = A * alpha + B * beta;
+
+  // TODO: add enough syntactic sugar to support this
+  // Tensor<float, 3> T = alpha * A + beta * B;
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < 6*7*5; ++i) {
+    VERIFY_IS_APPROX(R(i), S(i));
+  }
+}
+
+
 void test_cxx11_tensor_sugar()
 {
   CALL_SUBTEST(test_comparison_sugar());
+  CALL_SUBTEST(test_scalar_sugar());
 }