diff --git a/src/linalg.jl b/src/linalg.jl
index 131a21bc..9cf91d29 100644
--- a/src/linalg.jl
+++ b/src/linalg.jl
@@ -205,6 +205,27 @@ const SparseOrTri{Tv,Ti} = Union{SparseMatrixCSCUnion{Tv,Ti},SparseTriangular{Tv
 *(A::AdjOrTrans{<:Any,<:AbstractSparseMatrixCSC}, B::SparseOrTri) = spmatmul(copy(A), B)
 *(A::AdjOrTrans{<:Any,<:AbstractSparseMatrixCSC}, B::AdjOrTrans{<:Any,<:AbstractSparseMatrixCSC}) = spmatmul(copy(A), copy(B))
 
+(*)(Da::Diagonal, A::Union{SparseMatrixCSCUnion, AdjOrTrans{<:Any,<:AbstractSparseMatrixCSC}}, Db::Diagonal) = Da * (A * Db)
+function (*)(Da::Diagonal, A::SparseMatrixCSC, Db::Diagonal)
+    (size(Da, 2) == size(A,1) && size(A,2) == size(Db,1)) ||
+        throw(DimensionMismatch("incompatible sizes"))
+    T = promote_op(matprod, eltype(Da), promote_op(matprod, eltype(A), eltype(Db)))
+    dest = similar(A, T)
+    vals_dest = nonzeros(dest)
+    rows = rowvals(A)
+    vals = nonzeros(A)
+    da, db = map(parent, (Da, Db))
+    for col in axes(A,2)
+        dbcol = db[col]
+        for i in nzrange(A, col)
+            row = rows[i]
+            val = vals[i]
+            vals_dest[i] = da[row] * val * dbcol
+        end
+    end
+    dest
+end
+
 # Gustavson's matrix multiplication algorithm revisited.
 # The result rowval vector is already sorted by construction.
 # The auxiliary Vector{Ti} xb is replaced by a Vector{Bool} of same length.
diff --git a/test/linalg.jl b/test/linalg.jl
index 45d42d9f..d3f004ca 100644
--- a/test/linalg.jl
+++ b/test/linalg.jl
@@ -912,4 +912,24 @@ end
     @test sparse(3I, 4, 5) == sparse(1:4, 1:4, 3, 4, 5)
     @test sparse(3I, 5, 4) == sparse(1:4, 1:4, 3, 5, 4)
 end
+
+@testset "diagonal-sandwiched triple multiplication" begin
+    S = sprand(4, 6, 0.2)
+    D1 = Diagonal(axes(S,1))
+    D2 = Diagonal(axes(S,2) .+ 4)
+    A = Array(S)
+    C = D1 * S * D2
+    @test C isa SparseMatrixCSC
+    @test C ≈ D1 * A * D2
+    C = D2 * S' * D1
+    @test C isa SparseMatrixCSC
+    @test C ≈ D2 * A' * D1
+    C = D1 * view(S, :, :) * D2
+    @test C isa SparseMatrixCSC
+    @test C ≈ D1 * A * D2
+
+    @test_throws DimensionMismatch D2 * S * D2
+    @test_throws DimensionMismatch D1 * S * D1
+end
+
 end