diff --git a/base/subarray2.jl b/base/subarray2.jl
index 7d618dcc62828..7a996a04d5e15 100644
--- a/base/subarray2.jl
+++ b/base/subarray2.jl
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ end
 # is just a matter of deleting the explicit call to copy.
 getindex{T,N,P,IV}(V::SubArray{T,N,P,IV}, I::ViewIndex...) = copy(sub(V, I...))
 getindex{T,N,P,IV}(V::SubArray{T,N,P,IV}, I::AbstractArray{Bool,N}) = copy(sub(V, find(I)))   # this could be much better optimized
-getindex{T,N,P,IV}(V::SubArray{T,N,P,IV}, I::Union(Real, AbstractVector)...) = getindex(V, to_index(I)...)
+getindex{T,N,P,IV}(V::SubArray{T,N,P,IV}, I::Union(Real, AbstractVector, Colon)...) = getindex(V, to_index(I)...)
 
 function setindex!{T,P,IV}(V::SubArray{T,1,P,IV}, v, I::AbstractArray{Bool,1})
     length(I) == length(V) || throw(DimensionMismatch("logical vector must match array length"))
diff --git a/test/subarray.jl b/test/subarray.jl
index b3780b95afa75..723fc66b823e5 100644
--- a/test/subarray.jl
+++ b/test/subarray.jl
@@ -331,6 +331,8 @@ sA = sub(A, 1:2:3, 1:3:5, 1:2:8)
 @test sA[:] == A[1:2:3, 1:3:5, 1:2:8][:]
 # issue #8807
 @test sub(sub([1:5;], 1:5), 1:5) == [1:5;]
+# Test with mixed types
+@test sA[:, Int16[1,2], 2.0] == [31 40; 33 42]
 
 # sub logical indexing #4763
 A = sub([1:10;], 5:8)