diff --git a/base/linalg/conjarray.jl b/base/linalg/conjarray.jl
index 26501e8ee8741..436ffbf22ee84 100644
--- a/base/linalg/conjarray.jl
+++ b/base/linalg/conjarray.jl
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ end
 @inline ConjArray{T,N}(a::AbstractArray{T,N}) = ConjArray{conj_type(T), N, typeof(a)}(a)
 
 typealias ConjVector{T, V <: AbstractVector} ConjArray{T, 1, V}
+@inline ConjVector{T}(v::AbstractVector{T}) = ConjArray{conj_type(T), 1, typeof(v)}(v)
+
 typealias ConjMatrix{T, M <: AbstractMatrix} ConjArray{T, 2, M}
+@inline ConjMatrix{T}(m::AbstractMatrix{T}) = ConjArray{conj_type(T), 2, typeof(m)}(m)
 
 # This type can cause the element type to change under conjugation - e.g. an array of complex arrays.
 @inline conj_type(x) = conj_type(typeof(x))
@@ -34,6 +37,8 @@ linearindexing{CA <: ConjArray}(::Type{CA}) = linearindexing(parent_type(CA))
 @propagate_inbounds setindex!{T,N}(a::ConjArray{T,N}, v, i::Int) = setindex!(a.parent, conj(v), i)
 @propagate_inbounds setindex!{T,N}(a::ConjArray{T,N}, v, i::Vararg{Int,N}) = setindex!(a.parent, conj(v), i...)
 
+# TODO similar
+
 # Currently, this is default behavior for RowVector only
 """
     conj(rowvector)
diff --git a/base/linalg/rowvector.jl b/base/linalg/rowvector.jl
index eb8e118919df6..630bc22c779f8 100644
--- a/base/linalg/rowvector.jl
+++ b/base/linalg/rowvector.jl
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ julia> transpose(v)
 @inline ctranspose{T<:Real}(vec::AbstractVector{T}) = RowVector(vec)
 
 @inline transpose(rowvec::RowVector) = rowvec.vec
-@inline ctranspose{T}(rowvec::RowVector{T}) = _conj(rowvec.vec)
+@inline transpose(rowvec::ConjRowVector) = copy(rowvec.vec) # remove the ConjArray wrapper from any raw vector
+@inline ctranspose{T}(rowvec::RowVector{T}) = conj(rowvec.vec)
 @inline ctranspose{T<:Real}(rowvec::RowVector{T}) = rowvec.vec
 
 parent(rowvec::RowVector) = rowvec.vec
diff --git a/test/linalg/conjarray.jl b/test/linalg/conjarray.jl
index b446fb441e37b..b363037786a6f 100644
--- a/test/linalg/conjarray.jl
+++ b/test/linalg/conjarray.jl
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ end
    rv = v'
    @test (parent(rv) isa ConjArray)
    @test rv' === v
+
+   # Currently, view behavior defaults to only RowVectors.
+   @test isa((v').', Vector)
+   @test isa((v.')', Vector)
 end
 
 end
diff --git a/test/linalg/rowvector.jl b/test/linalg/rowvector.jl
index 313c0318081e9..315ec12586f5d 100644
--- a/test/linalg/rowvector.jl
+++ b/test/linalg/rowvector.jl
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     @test (rv.')::Vector == [1, 2, 3]
     @test (rv')::Vector == [1, 2, 3]
     @test (tz.')::Vector == [1+im, 2, 3]
-    @test (tz')::ConjVector == [1-im, 2, 3]
+    @test (tz')::Vector == [1-im, 2, 3]
 
     @test conj(rv) === rv
     @test conj(tz) == [1-im 2 3]