diff --git a/src/ArrayLayouts.jl b/src/ArrayLayouts.jl
index da54553..353ab9d 100644
--- a/src/ArrayLayouts.jl
+++ b/src/ArrayLayouts.jl
@@ -430,17 +430,27 @@ include("hash.jl")
 
 
 
-typed_hcat(::Type{T}, ::Tuple, A...) where T = Base._typed_hcat(T, A)
-typed_vcat(::Type{T}, ::Tuple, A...) where T = Base._typed_vcat(T, A)
+typed_hcat(::Type{T}, ::Tuple, A...) where T = _default_typed_hcat(T, A)
+typed_vcat(::Type{T}, ::Tuple, A...) where T = _default_typed_vcat(T, A)
 typed_hcat(::Type{T}, A...) where T = typed_hcat(T, (size(A[1],1), sum(size.(A,2))), A...)
 typed_vcat(::Type{T}, A...) where T = typed_vcat(T, (sum(size.(A,1)),size(A[1],2)), A...)
 
+# Base._typed_hcat/_typed_vcat only support arrays so fall back to generic concatenation when scalars are present
+_default_typed_hcat(::Type{T}, A::Tuple{Vararg{AbstractVecOrMat}}) where T = Base._typed_hcat(T, A)
+_default_typed_vcat(::Type{T}, A::Tuple{Vararg{AbstractVecOrMat}}) where T = Base._typed_vcat(T, A)
+_default_typed_hcat(::Type{T}, A::Tuple) where T = Base._cat_t(Val(2), T, A...)
+_default_typed_vcat(::Type{T}, A::Tuple) where T = Base._cat_t(Val(1), T, A...)
+
 Base.typed_vcat(::Type{T}, A::LayoutVecOrMats, B::AbstractVecOrMat...) where T = typed_vcat(T, A, B...)
 Base.typed_hcat(::Type{T}, A::LayoutVecOrMats, B::AbstractVecOrMat...) where T = typed_hcat(T, A, B...)
 Base.typed_vcat(::Type{T}, A::LayoutVecOrMats, B::LayoutVecOrMats, C::AbstractVecOrMat...) where T = typed_vcat(T, A, B, C...)
 Base.typed_hcat(::Type{T}, A::LayoutVecOrMats, B::LayoutVecOrMats, C::AbstractVecOrMat...) where T = typed_hcat(T, A, B, C...)
 Base.typed_vcat(::Type{T}, A::AbstractVecOrMat, B::LayoutVecOrMats, C::AbstractVecOrMat...) where T = typed_vcat(T, A, B, C...)
 Base.typed_hcat(::Type{T}, A::AbstractVecOrMat, B::LayoutVecOrMats, C::AbstractVecOrMat...) where T = typed_hcat(T, A, B, C...)
+Base.typed_vcat(::Type{T}, A::Number, B::LayoutVecOrMats, C::AbstractVecOrMat...) where T = typed_vcat(T, A, B, C...)
+Base.typed_hcat(::Type{T}, A::Number, B::LayoutVecOrMats, C::AbstractVecOrMat...) where T = typed_hcat(T, A, B, C...)
+Base.typed_vcat(::Type{T}, A::Number, B::Number, C::LayoutVecOrMats, D::AbstractVecOrMat...) where T = typed_vcat(T, A, B, C, D...)
+Base.typed_hcat(::Type{T}, A::Number, B::Number, C::LayoutVecOrMats, D::AbstractVecOrMat...) where T = typed_hcat(T, A, B, C, D...)
 
 ###
 # reshapedarray for layoutarrays
diff --git a/test/test_layoutarray.jl b/test/test_layoutarray.jl
index 120ef08..dac1dc2 100644
--- a/test/test_layoutarray.jl
+++ b/test/test_layoutarray.jl
@@ -466,6 +466,14 @@ BroadcastStyle(::Type{<:MyVector2{T}}) where {T} = MyBroadcastStyle{1}()
         @test [Array(a) A A] == [Array(a) Array(A) Array(A)]
         @test [a A A] == [Array(a) Array(A) Array(A)]
         @test [a Array(A) A] == [Array(a) Array(A) Array(A)]
+
+        @test [2; a] == [2; Array(a)]
+        @test [2; 3; a] == [2; 3; Array(a)]
+        @test [2; a; a] == [2; Array(a); Array(a)]
+        @test [2.0; view(A,:,1)] == [2.0; A[:,1]]
+        r = MyMatrix(randn(1,5))
+        @test [2 r] == [2 Array(r)]
+        @test [2 3 r] == [2 3 Array(r)]
     end
 
     @testset "dot" begin