diff --git a/src/nullablevector.jl b/src/nullablevector.jl
index cd48417..2eff274 100644
--- a/src/nullablevector.jl
+++ b/src/nullablevector.jl
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import Base: vcat, hcat, typed_vcat, typed_hcat, promote_eltype
+
 """
     push!{T, V}(X::NullableVector{T}, v::V)
 
@@ -311,3 +313,20 @@ function Base.empty!(X::NullableVector)
     empty!(X.isnull)
     return X
 end
+
+function vcat(A::AbstractVector, B::NullableVector)
+    typed_vcat(promote_eltype(A, B), NullableArray(A), B)
+end
+
+function vcat(A::AbstractMatrix, B::NullableMatrix)
+    typed_vcat(promote_eltype(A, B), NullableArray(A), B)
+end
+
+function vcat(A::AbstractArray, B::NullableArray)
+    typed_vcat(promote_eltype(A, B), NullableArray(A), B)
+end
+
+NullableVecOrMat = Union{NullableVector, NullableMatrix}
+function hcat(A::AbstractVecOrMat, B::NullableVecOrMat)
+    typed_hcat(promote_eltype(A, B), NullableArray(A), B)
+end
diff --git a/test/nullablevector.jl b/test/nullablevector.jl
index 7bdc512..dd19dd2 100644
--- a/test/nullablevector.jl
+++ b/test/nullablevector.jl
@@ -223,4 +223,30 @@ module TestNullableVector
     X = NullableArray(A, M)
     empty!(X)
     @test isempty(X)
+
+    @test typeof(vcat(NullableArray(1:2), 3:4)) == NullableArray{Int,1}
+    @test typeof(vcat(1:2, NullableArray(3:4))) == NullableArray{Int,1}
+    @test typeof(vcat(NullableArray([1 2]), [3 4])) == NullableArray{Int,2}
+    @test typeof(vcat([1 2], NullableArray([3 4]))) == NullableArray{Int,2}
+
+    @test typeof(hcat(NullableArray(1:2), 3:4)) == NullableArray{Int,2}
+    @test typeof(hcat(1:2, NullableArray(3:4))) == NullableArray{Int,2}
+    @test typeof(hcat(NullableArray([1 2]), [3 4])) == NullableArray{Int,2}
+    @test typeof(hcat([1 2], NullableArray([3 4]))) == NullableArray{Int,2}
+
+    # add these back if we can find a general solution to propogating array type
+    # see https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/2326
+    # @test typeof(vcat(NullableArray(1:2), 3:4, 5:6)) == NullableArray{Int,1}
+    # @test typeof(vcat(1:2, NullableArray(3:4), 5:6)) == NullableArray{Int,1}
+    # @test typeof(vcat(1:2, 3:4, NullableArray(5:6))) == NullableArray{Int,1}
+    # @test typeof(vcat(NullableArray([1 2]), [3 4], [5 6])) == NullableArray{Int,2}
+    # @test typeof(vcat([1 2], NullableArray([3 4]), [5 6])) == NullableArray{Int,2}
+    # @test typeof(vcat([1 2], [3 4], NullableArray([5 6]))) == NullableArray{Int,2}
+
+    # @test typeof(hcat(NullableArray(1:2), 3:4, 5:6)) == NullableArray{Int,2}
+    # @test typeof(hcat(1:2, NullableArray(3:4), 5:6)) == NullableArray{Int,2}
+    # @test typeof(hcat(1:2, 3:4, NullableArray(5:6))) == NullableArray{Int,2}
+    # @test typeof(hcat(NullableArray([1 2]), [3 4], [5 6])) == NullableArray{Int,2}
+    # @test typeof(hcat([1 2], NullableArray([3 4]), [5 6])) == NullableArray{Int,2}
+    # @test typeof(hcat([1 2], [3 4], NullableArray([5 6]))) == NullableArray{Int,2}
 end