diff --git a/src/arith/mod.rs b/src/arith/mod.rs
index a6c867636..78baea368 100644
--- a/src/arith/mod.rs
+++ b/src/arith/mod.rs
@@ -671,6 +671,7 @@ where
 
 macro_rules! arith_scalar_func {
     ($rust_type: ty, $op_name:ident, $fn_name: ident) => {
+        // Implement (&Array<T> op_name rust_type)
         impl<'f, T> $op_name<$rust_type> for &'f Array<T>
         where
             T: HasAfEnum + ImplicitPromote<$rust_type>,
@@ -685,6 +686,7 @@ macro_rules! arith_scalar_func {
             }
         }
 
+        // Implement (Array<T> op_name rust_type)
         impl<T: HasAfEnum> $op_name<$rust_type> for Array<T>
         where
             T: HasAfEnum + ImplicitPromote<$rust_type>,
@@ -698,6 +700,34 @@ macro_rules! arith_scalar_func {
                 $fn_name(&self, &temp, false)
             }
         }
+
+        // Implement (rust_type op_name &Array<T>)
+        impl<'f, T> $op_name<&'f Array<T>> for $rust_type
+        where
+            T: HasAfEnum + ImplicitPromote<$rust_type>,
+            $rust_type: HasAfEnum + ImplicitPromote<T>,
+            <$rust_type as ImplicitPromote<T>>::Output: HasAfEnum,
+        {
+            type Output = Array<<$rust_type as ImplicitPromote<T>>::Output>;
+
+            fn $fn_name(self, rhs: &'f Array<T>) -> Self::Output {
+                $fn_name(&self, rhs, false)
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Implement (rust_type op_name Array<T>)
+        impl<T> $op_name<Array<T>> for $rust_type
+        where
+            T: HasAfEnum + ImplicitPromote<$rust_type>,
+            $rust_type: HasAfEnum + ImplicitPromote<T>,
+            <$rust_type as ImplicitPromote<T>>::Output: HasAfEnum,
+        {
+            type Output = Array<<$rust_type as ImplicitPromote<T>>::Output>;
+
+            fn $fn_name(self, rhs: Array<T>) -> Self::Output {
+                $fn_name(&self, &rhs, false)
+            }
+        }
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/lib.rs b/tests/error_handler.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/lib.rs
rename to tests/error_handler.rs
diff --git a/tests/scalar_arith.rs b/tests/scalar_arith.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd9903ee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scalar_arith.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+use ::arrayfire::*;
+
+#[allow(non_snake_case)]
+#[test]
+fn check_scalar_arith() {
+    let dims = Dim4::new(&[5, 5, 1, 1]);
+    let A = randu::<f32>(dims);
+    let s: f32 = 2.0;
+    let scalar_as_lhs = s * &A;
+    let scalar_as_rhs = &A * s;
+    let C = constant(s, dims);
+    let no_scalars = A * C;
+    let scalar_res_comp = eq(&scalar_as_lhs, &scalar_as_rhs, false);
+    let res_comp = eq(&scalar_as_lhs, &no_scalars, false);
+    let scalar_res = all_true_all(&scalar_res_comp);
+    let res = all_true_all(&res_comp);
+
+    assert_eq!(scalar_res.0, res.0);
+}