diff --git a/base/linalg/generic.jl b/base/linalg/generic.jl
index c5864120b6875..f3a424038e49b 100644
--- a/base/linalg/generic.jl
+++ b/base/linalg/generic.jl
@@ -859,6 +859,8 @@ end
 (/)(A::AbstractVecOrMat, B::AbstractVecOrMat) = (B' \ A')'
 # \(A::StridedMatrix,x::Number) = inv(A)*x Should be added at some point when the old elementwise version has been deprecated long enough
 # /(x::Number,A::StridedMatrix) = x*inv(A)
+\(v::RowVector, x::Number) = pinv(v)*x
+/(x::Number, v::AbstractVector) = x*pinv(v)
 
 cond(x::Number) = x == 0 ? Inf : 1.0
 cond(x::Number, p) = cond(x)