diff --git a/include/boost/mpl/zip_view.hpp b/include/boost/mpl/zip_view.hpp
index 4dc2d84..d709230 100644
--- a/include/boost/mpl/zip_view.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/mpl/zip_view.hpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #ifndef BOOST_MPL_ZIP_VIEW_HPP_INCLUDED
 #define BOOST_MPL_ZIP_VIEW_HPP_INCLUDED
 
-// Copyright Aleksey Gurtovoy 2000-2002
+// Copyright Aleksey Gurtovoy 2000-2010
 // Copyright David Abrahams 2000-2002
 //
 // Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ struct zip_view
     
  public:
     typedef nested_begin_end_tag tag;
+    typedef zip_view type;
     typedef zip_iterator<first_ones_> begin;
     typedef zip_iterator<last_ones_> end;
 };
diff --git a/test/zip_view.cpp b/test/zip_view.cpp
index c235034..a8d9b03 100644
--- a/test/zip_view.cpp
+++ b/test/zip_view.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-// Copyright Aleksey Gurtovoy 2002-2004
+// Copyright Aleksey Gurtovoy 2002-2010
 //
 // Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
 // (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at 
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 #include <boost/mpl/aux_/test.hpp>
 
+#include <boost/type_traits/is_same.hpp>
+
 
 MPL_TEST_CASE()
 {
@@ -38,4 +40,6 @@ MPL_TEST_CASE()
         , filter_view< range_c<int,10,30>, is_even<_> >
         , equal_to<_,_>
         > ));
+
+    MPL_ASSERT(( boost::is_same< zip_view<vector<> >, zip_view<vector<> >::type > ));
 }