diff --git a/base/sharedarray.jl b/base/sharedarray.jl
index 899d5f2214770..583aafd4002ab 100644
--- a/base/sharedarray.jl
+++ b/base/sharedarray.jl
@@ -280,9 +280,9 @@ end
 convert(::Type{Array}, S::SharedArray) = S.s
 
 # pass through getindex and setindex! - unlike DArrays, these always work on the complete array
-getindex(S::SharedArray, I::Real) = getindex(S.s, I)
+getindex(S::SharedArray, i...) = getindex(S.s, i...)
 
-setindex!(S::SharedArray, x, I::Real) = setindex!(S.s, x, I)
+setindex!(S::SharedArray, x, i...) = setindex!(S.s, x, i...)
 
 function fill!(S::SharedArray, v)
     vT = convert(eltype(S), v)
diff --git a/test/parallel.jl b/test/parallel.jl
index 8d316ba1a83cd..fc04e0214713a 100644
--- a/test/parallel.jl
+++ b/test/parallel.jl
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ for p in procs(d)
     @test d[idxl] == p
 end
 
+d = SharedArray(Float64, (2,3))
+@test isa(d[:,2], Vector{Float64})
+
 ### SharedArrays from a file
 
 # Mapping an existing file