diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/octave_dim.i b/Examples/test-suite/octave_dim.i
index c74285808..f0d05852a 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/octave_dim.i
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/octave_dim.i
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public:
 class Baz5 {
 public:
   Array<octave_idx_type> __dims__() const {
-    Array<octave_idx_type> c(2,1);
+    Array<octave_idx_type> c(dim_vector(2,1));
     c(0) = 3;
     c(1) = 4;
     return c;
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public:
 class Baz6 {
 public:
   Array<octave_idx_type> __dims__() const {
-    Array<octave_idx_type> c(1,2);
+    Array<octave_idx_type> c(dim_vector(1,2));
     c(0) = 3;
     c(1) = 4;
     return c;
diff --git a/Lib/octave/octrun.swg b/Lib/octave/octrun.swg
index 5f1c18af4..b006bfabe 100644
--- a/Lib/octave/octrun.swg
+++ b/Lib/octave/octrun.swg
@@ -424,7 +424,8 @@ namespace Swig {
         if (ndim==1 && c.columns()!=1) ndim = c.columns();
 
         dim_vector d;
-        d.resize(ndim);
+        d.resize(ndim < 2 ? 2 : ndim);
+        d(0) = d(1) = 1;
 
         // Fill in dim_vector 
         for (int k=0;k<ndim;k++) {
@@ -440,7 +441,8 @@ namespace Swig {
            Array<int> a = out.int_vector_value();
            if (error_state) return dim_vector(1,1);
            dim_vector d;
-           d.resize(a.numel());
+           d.resize(a.numel() < 2 ? 2 : a.numel());
+           d(0) = d(1) = 1;
            for (int k=0;k<a.numel();k++) {
               d.elem(k) = a(k);
            }