diff --git a/src/SparseArrays.jl b/src/SparseArrays.jl
index 2688a449..9c0bfd19 100644
--- a/src/SparseArrays.jl
+++ b/src/SparseArrays.jl
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ using LinearAlgebra: AdjOrTrans, AdjointFactorization, TransposeFactorization, m
 
 
 import Base: +, -, *, \, /, ==, zero
+import Base: Matrix, Vector
 import LinearAlgebra: mul!, ldiv!, rdiv!, cholesky, adjoint!, diag, eigen, dot,
     issymmetric, istril, istriu, lu, tr, transpose!, tril!, triu!, isbanded,
     cond, diagm, factorize, ishermitian, norm, opnorm, lmul!, rmul!, tril, triu,