diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex/DenseMatrix.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex/DenseMatrix.cs
index 7f6fea9d..f87c232c 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex/DenseMatrix.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex/DenseMatrix.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 // OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 // </copyright>
 
+using MathNet.Numerics.Threading;
+
 namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Complex
 {
     using Algorithms.LinearAlgebra;
@@ -584,6 +586,30 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Complex
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Add a scalar to each element of the matrix and stores the result in the result vector.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="scalar">The scalar to add.</param>
+        /// <param name="result">The matrix to store the result of the addition.</param>
+        protected override void DoAdd(Complex scalar, Matrix<Complex> result)
+        {
+            var denseResult = result as DenseMatrix;
+            if (denseResult == null)
+            {
+                base.DoAdd(scalar, result);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            CommonParallel.For(0, _values.Length, 4096, (a, b) =>
+                {
+                    var v = denseResult._values;
+                    for (int i = a; i < b; i++)
+                    {
+                        v[i] = _values[i] + scalar;
+                    }
+                });
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds another matrix to this matrix.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex/Matrix.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex/Matrix.cs
index 70296b71..b0e4a676 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex/Matrix.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex/Matrix.cs
@@ -129,6 +129,22 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Complex
             return norm;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Add a scalar to each element of the matrix and stores the result in the result vector.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="scalar">The scalar to add.</param>
+        /// <param name="result">The matrix to store the result of the addition.</param>
+        protected override void DoAdd(Complex scalar, Matrix<Complex> result)
+        {
+            for (var i = 0; i < RowCount; i++)
+            {
+                for (var j = 0; j < ColumnCount; j++)
+                {
+                    result.At(i, j, At(i, j) + scalar);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds another matrix to this matrix.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex32/DenseMatrix.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex32/DenseMatrix.cs
index 3e1ed738..22e47b3e 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex32/DenseMatrix.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex32/DenseMatrix.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 // OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 // </copyright>
 
+using MathNet.Numerics.Threading;
+
 namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Complex32
 {
     using Algorithms.LinearAlgebra;
@@ -579,6 +581,30 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Complex32
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Add a scalar to each element of the matrix and stores the result in the result vector.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="scalar">The scalar to add.</param>
+        /// <param name="result">The matrix to store the result of the addition.</param>
+        protected override void DoAdd(Complex32 scalar, Matrix<Complex32> result)
+        {
+            var denseResult = result as DenseMatrix;
+            if (denseResult == null)
+            {
+                base.DoAdd(scalar, result);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            CommonParallel.For(0, _values.Length, 4096, (a, b) =>
+                {
+                    var v = denseResult._values;
+                    for (int i = a; i < b; i++)
+                    {
+                        v[i] = _values[i] + scalar;
+                    }
+                });
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds another matrix to this matrix.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex32/Matrix.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex32/Matrix.cs
index 04a496be..f83ef515 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex32/Matrix.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Complex32/Matrix.cs
@@ -124,6 +124,22 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Complex32
             return norm;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Add a scalar to each element of the matrix and stores the result in the result vector.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="scalar">The scalar to add.</param>
+        /// <param name="result">The matrix to store the result of the addition.</param>
+        protected override void DoAdd(Complex32 scalar, Matrix<Complex32> result)
+        {
+            for (var i = 0; i < RowCount; i++)
+            {
+                for (var j = 0; j < ColumnCount; j++)
+                {
+                    result.At(i, j, At(i, j) + scalar);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds another matrix to this matrix.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Double/DenseMatrix.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Double/DenseMatrix.cs
index c1e0d364..0bb005e5 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Double/DenseMatrix.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Double/DenseMatrix.cs
@@ -348,6 +348,30 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Double
 
         #endregion
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Add a scalar to each element of the matrix and stores the result in the result vector.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="scalar">The scalar to add.</param>
+        /// <param name="result">The matrix to store the result of the addition.</param>
+        protected override void DoAdd(double scalar, Matrix<double> result)
+        {
+            var denseResult = result as DenseMatrix;
+            if (denseResult == null)
+            {
+                base.DoAdd(scalar, result);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            CommonParallel.For(0, _values.Length, 4096, (a, b) =>
+                {
+                    var v = denseResult._values;
+                    for (int i = a; i < b; i++)
+                    {
+                        v[i] = _values[i] + scalar;
+                    }
+                });
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds another matrix to this matrix.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Double/Matrix.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Double/Matrix.cs
index 724c8638..5dc2f064 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Double/Matrix.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Double/Matrix.cs
@@ -114,6 +114,22 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Double
             return norm;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Add a scalar to each element of the matrix and stores the result in the result vector.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="scalar">The scalar to add.</param>
+        /// <param name="result">The matrix to store the result of the addition.</param>
+        protected override void DoAdd(double scalar, Matrix<double> result)
+        {
+            for (var i = 0; i < RowCount; i++)
+            {
+                for (var j = 0; j < ColumnCount; j++)
+                {
+                    result.At(i, j, At(i, j) + scalar);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds another matrix to this matrix.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Generic/Matrix.Arithmetic.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Generic/Matrix.Arithmetic.cs
index 581543ac..58a021e8 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Generic/Matrix.Arithmetic.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Generic/Matrix.Arithmetic.cs
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Generic
         /// <param name="result">The result of the conjugation.</param>
         protected abstract void DoConjugate(Matrix<T> result);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Add a scalar to each element of the matrix and stores the result in the result vector.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="scalar">The scalar to add.</param>
+        /// <param name="result">The matrix to store the result of the addition.</param>
+        protected abstract void DoAdd(T scalar, Matrix<T> result);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds another matrix to this matrix.
         /// </summary>
@@ -147,6 +154,53 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Generic
         /// <param name="result">The matrix to store the result of the pointwise division.</param>
         protected abstract void DoPointwiseDivide(Matrix<T> other, Matrix<T> result);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds a scalar to each element of the matrix.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="scalar">The scalar to add.</param>
+        /// <returns>The result of the addition.</returns>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">If the other matrix is <see langword="null"/>.</exception>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">If the two matrices don't have the same dimensions.</exception>
+        public Matrix<T> Add(T scalar)
+        {
+            if (scalar.Equals(Zero))
+            {
+                return Clone();
+            }
+
+            var result = CreateMatrix(RowCount, ColumnCount);
+            DoAdd(scalar, result);
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds a scalar to each element of the matrix and stores the result in the result matrix.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="scalar">The scalar to add.</param>
+        /// <param name="result">The matrix to store the result of the addition.</param>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">If the other matrix is <see langword="null"/>.</exception>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">If the two matrices don't have the same dimensions.</exception>
+        public void Add(T scalar, Matrix<T> result)
+        {
+            if (result == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException("result");
+            }
+
+            if (result.RowCount != RowCount || result.ColumnCount != ColumnCount)
+            {
+                throw DimensionsDontMatch<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(this, result, "result");
+            }
+
+            if (scalar.Equals(Zero))
+            {
+                CopyTo(result);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            DoAdd(scalar, result);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds another matrix to this matrix.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Generic/Matrix.Operators.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Generic/Matrix.Operators.cs
index 1462d071..227bbc78 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Generic/Matrix.Operators.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Generic/Matrix.Operators.cs
@@ -91,6 +91,44 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Generic
             return leftSide.Add(rightSide);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds a scalar to each element of the matrix.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>This operator will allocate new memory for the result. It will
+        /// choose the representation of the provided matrix.</remarks>
+        /// <param name="leftSide">The left matrix to add.</param>
+        /// <param name="rightSide">The scalar value to add.</param>
+        /// <returns>The result of the addition.</returns>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">If <paramref name="leftSide"/> is <see langword="null" />.</exception>
+        public static Matrix<T> operator +(Matrix<T> leftSide, T rightSide)
+        {
+            if (leftSide == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException("leftSide");
+            }
+
+            return leftSide.Add(rightSide);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds a scalar to each element of the matrix.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>This operator will allocate new memory for the result. It will
+        /// choose the representation of the provided matrix.</remarks>
+        /// <param name="leftSide">The scalar value to add.</param>
+        /// <param name="rightSide">The right matrix to add.</param>
+        /// <returns>The result of the addition.</returns>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">If <paramref name="rightSide"/> is <see langword="null" />.</exception>
+        public static Matrix<T> operator +(T leftSide, Matrix<T> rightSide)
+        {
+            if (rightSide == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException("rightSide");
+            }
+
+            return rightSide.Add(leftSide);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Subtracts two matrices together and returns the results.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Single/DenseMatrix.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Single/DenseMatrix.cs
index fbec5ab5..1c4c60cf 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Single/DenseMatrix.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Single/DenseMatrix.cs
@@ -348,6 +348,30 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Single
 
         #endregion
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Add a scalar to each element of the matrix and stores the result in the result vector.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="scalar">The scalar to add.</param>
+        /// <param name="result">The matrix to store the result of the addition.</param>
+        protected override void DoAdd(float scalar, Matrix<float> result)
+        {
+            var denseResult = result as DenseMatrix;
+            if (denseResult == null)
+            {
+                base.DoAdd(scalar, result);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            CommonParallel.For(0, _values.Length, 4096, (a, b) =>
+                {
+                    var v = denseResult._values;
+                    for (int i = a; i < b; i++)
+                    {
+                        v[i] = _values[i] + scalar;
+                    }
+                });
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds another matrix to this matrix.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Single/Matrix.cs b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Single/Matrix.cs
index 9f781a28..49617a4d 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Single/Matrix.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/LinearAlgebra/Single/Matrix.cs
@@ -114,6 +114,22 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.LinearAlgebra.Single
             return norm;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Add a scalar to each element of the matrix and stores the result in the result vector.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="scalar">The scalar to add.</param>
+        /// <param name="result">The matrix to store the result of the addition.</param>
+        protected override void DoAdd(float scalar, Matrix<float> result)
+        {
+            for (var i = 0; i < RowCount; i++)
+            {
+                for (var j = 0; j < ColumnCount; j++)
+                {
+                    result.At(i, j, At(i, j) + scalar);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds another matrix to this matrix.
         /// </summary>