diff --git a/src/Numerics/IntegralTransforms/Fourier.cs b/src/Numerics/IntegralTransforms/Fourier.cs
index 74a96752..c9703e4b 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/IntegralTransforms/Fourier.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/IntegralTransforms/Fourier.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // http://numerics.mathdotnet.com
 // http://github.com/mathnet/mathnet-numerics
 //
-// Copyright (c) 2009-2015 Math.NET
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2016 Math.NET
 //
 // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
 // obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 // </copyright>
 
 using System;
+using MathNet.Numerics.Providers.FourierTransform;
 
 namespace MathNet.Numerics.IntegralTransforms
 {
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.IntegralTransforms
         /// <param name="samples">Sample vector, where the FFT is evaluated in place.</param>
         public static void Forward(Complex[] samples)
         {
-            BluesteinForward(samples, FourierOptions.Default);
+            Control.FourierTransformProvider.ForwardInplace(samples, FourierTransformScaling.SymmetricScaling);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -56,7 +57,23 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.IntegralTransforms
         /// <param name="options">Fourier Transform Convention Options.</param>
         public static void Forward(Complex[] samples, FourierOptions options)
         {
-            BluesteinForward(samples, options);
+            switch (options)
+            {
+                case FourierOptions.NoScaling:
+                case FourierOptions.AsymmetricScaling:
+                    Control.FourierTransformProvider.ForwardInplace(samples, FourierTransformScaling.NoScaling);
+                    break;
+                case FourierOptions.InverseExponent:
+                    Control.FourierTransformProvider.BackwardInplace(samples, FourierTransformScaling.SymmetricScaling);
+                    break;
+                case FourierOptions.InverseExponent | FourierOptions.NoScaling:
+                case FourierOptions.InverseExponent | FourierOptions.AsymmetricScaling:
+                    Control.FourierTransformProvider.BackwardInplace(samples, FourierTransformScaling.NoScaling);
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    Control.FourierTransformProvider.ForwardInplace(samples, FourierTransformScaling.SymmetricScaling);
+                    break;
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -65,7 +82,7 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.IntegralTransforms
         /// <param name="samples">Sample vector, where the FFT is evaluated in place.</param>
         public static void Inverse(Complex[] samples)
         {
-            BluesteinInverse(samples, FourierOptions.Default);
+            Control.FourierTransformProvider.BackwardInplace(samples, FourierTransformScaling.SymmetricScaling);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -75,7 +92,27 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.IntegralTransforms
         /// <param name="options">Fourier Transform Convention Options.</param>
         public static void Inverse(Complex[] samples, FourierOptions options)
         {
-            BluesteinInverse(samples, options);
+            switch (options)
+            {
+                case FourierOptions.NoScaling:
+                    Control.FourierTransformProvider.BackwardInplace(samples, FourierTransformScaling.NoScaling);
+                    break;
+                case FourierOptions.AsymmetricScaling:
+                    Control.FourierTransformProvider.BackwardInplace(samples, FourierTransformScaling.BackwardScaling);
+                    break;
+                case FourierOptions.InverseExponent:
+                    Control.FourierTransformProvider.ForwardInplace(samples, FourierTransformScaling.SymmetricScaling);
+                    break;
+                case FourierOptions.InverseExponent | FourierOptions.NoScaling:
+                    Control.FourierTransformProvider.ForwardInplace(samples, FourierTransformScaling.NoScaling);
+                    break;
+                case FourierOptions.InverseExponent | FourierOptions.AsymmetricScaling:
+                    Control.FourierTransformProvider.ForwardInplace(samples, FourierTransformScaling.ForwardScaling);
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    Control.FourierTransformProvider.BackwardInplace(samples, FourierTransformScaling.SymmetricScaling);
+                    break;
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Numerics/Providers/FourierTransform/IFourierTransformProvider.cs b/src/Numerics/Providers/FourierTransform/IFourierTransformProvider.cs
index ec44d664..f5fea08e 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/Providers/FourierTransform/IFourierTransformProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/Providers/FourierTransform/IFourierTransformProvider.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.Providers.FourierTransform
     {
         NoScaling = 0,
         SymmetricScaling = 1,
-        AsymmetricScaling = 2
+        BackwardScaling = 2,
+        ForwardScaling = 3
     }
 
     public interface IFourierTransformProvider
diff --git a/src/Numerics/Providers/FourierTransform/ManagedFourierTransformProvider.cs b/src/Numerics/Providers/FourierTransform/ManagedFourierTransformProvider.cs
index 58d42e3d..b5c89c3e 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/Providers/FourierTransform/ManagedFourierTransformProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/Providers/FourierTransform/ManagedFourierTransformProvider.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 // OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 // </copyright>
 
+using System.Collections;
 using MathNet.Numerics.IntegralTransforms;
 
 namespace MathNet.Numerics.Providers.FourierTransform
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.Providers.FourierTransform
         /// Try to find out whether the provider is available, at least in principle.
         /// Verification may still fail if available, but it will certainly fail if unavailable.
         /// </summary>
-        public virtual bool IsAvailable()
+        public bool IsAvailable()
         {
             return true;
         }
@@ -49,26 +50,49 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.Providers.FourierTransform
         /// <summary>
         /// Initialize and verify that the provided is indeed available. If not, fall back to alternatives like the managed provider
         /// </summary>
-        public virtual void InitializeVerify()
+        public void InitializeVerify()
         {
         }
 
-        public override string ToString()
+        public string ToString()
         {
             return "Managed";
         }
 
-        public virtual void ForwardInplace(Complex[] complex, FourierTransformScaling scaling)
+        public void ForwardInplace(Complex[] complex, FourierTransformScaling scaling)
         {
-            Fourier.BluesteinForward(complex, Options(scaling));
+            switch (scaling)
+            {
+                case FourierTransformScaling.SymmetricScaling:
+                    Fourier.BluesteinForward(complex, FourierOptions.Default);
+                    break;
+                case FourierTransformScaling.ForwardScaling:
+                    // Only backward scaling can be expressed with options, hence the double-inverse
+                    Fourier.BluesteinInverse(complex, FourierOptions.AsymmetricScaling | FourierOptions.InverseExponent);
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    Fourier.BluesteinForward(complex, FourierOptions.NoScaling);
+                    break;
+            }
         }
 
-        public virtual void BackwardInplace(Complex[] complex, FourierTransformScaling scaling)
+        public void BackwardInplace(Complex[] complex, FourierTransformScaling scaling)
         {
-            Fourier.BluesteinInverse(complex, Options(scaling));
+            switch (scaling)
+            {
+                case FourierTransformScaling.SymmetricScaling:
+                    Fourier.BluesteinInverse(complex, FourierOptions.Default);
+                    break;
+                case FourierTransformScaling.BackwardScaling:
+                    Fourier.BluesteinInverse(complex, FourierOptions.AsymmetricScaling);
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    Fourier.BluesteinInverse(complex, FourierOptions.NoScaling);
+                    break;
+            }
         }
 
-        public virtual Complex[] Forward(Complex[] complexTimeSpace, FourierTransformScaling scaling)
+        public Complex[] Forward(Complex[] complexTimeSpace, FourierTransformScaling scaling)
         {
             Complex[] work = new Complex[complexTimeSpace.Length];
             complexTimeSpace.Copy(work);
@@ -76,26 +100,12 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.Providers.FourierTransform
             return work;
         }
 
-        public virtual Complex[] Backward(Complex[] complexFrequenceSpace, FourierTransformScaling scaling)
+        public Complex[] Backward(Complex[] complexFrequenceSpace, FourierTransformScaling scaling)
         {
             Complex[] work = new Complex[complexFrequenceSpace.Length];
             complexFrequenceSpace.Copy(work);
             BackwardInplace(work, scaling);
             return work;
         }
-
-        private FourierOptions Options(FourierTransformScaling scaling)
-        {
-            switch (scaling)
-            {
-                case FourierTransformScaling.NoScaling:
-                    return FourierOptions.NoScaling;
-                case FourierTransformScaling.AsymmetricScaling:
-                    return FourierOptions.AsymmetricScaling;
-                case FourierTransformScaling.SymmetricScaling:
-                default:
-                    return FourierOptions.Default;
-            }
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Numerics/Providers/FourierTransform/Mkl/MklFourierTransformProvider.cs b/src/Numerics/Providers/FourierTransform/Mkl/MklFourierTransformProvider.cs
index cf033d09..eb7b413d 100644
--- a/src/Numerics/Providers/FourierTransform/Mkl/MklFourierTransformProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Numerics/Providers/FourierTransform/Mkl/MklFourierTransformProvider.cs
@@ -152,24 +152,26 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.Providers.FourierTransform.Mkl
             return work;
         }
 
-        private double ForwardScaling(FourierTransformScaling scaling, int length)
+        static double ForwardScaling(FourierTransformScaling scaling, int length)
         {
             switch (scaling)
             {
                 case FourierTransformScaling.SymmetricScaling:
                     return Math.Sqrt(1.0/length);
+                case FourierTransformScaling.ForwardScaling:
+                    return 1.0/length;
                 default:
                     return 1.0;
             }
         }
 
-        private double BackwardScaling(FourierTransformScaling scaling, int length)
+        static double BackwardScaling(FourierTransformScaling scaling, int length)
         {
             switch (scaling)
             {
                 case FourierTransformScaling.SymmetricScaling:
                     return Math.Sqrt(1.0/length);
-                case FourierTransformScaling.AsymmetricScaling:
+                case FourierTransformScaling.BackwardScaling:
                     return 1.0/length;
                 default:
                     return 1.0;
diff --git a/src/UnitTests/FourierTransformProviderTests/FourierTransformProviderTests.cs b/src/UnitTests/FourierTransformProviderTests/FourierTransformProviderTests.cs
index 91e67507..c29e2689 100644
--- a/src/UnitTests/FourierTransformProviderTests/FourierTransformProviderTests.cs
+++ b/src/UnitTests/FourierTransformProviderTests/FourierTransformProviderTests.cs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace MathNet.Numerics.UnitTests.FourierTransformProviderTests
 
             // real-odd transforms to imaginary odd
             samples.Copy(spectrum);
-            Control.FourierTransformProvider.ForwardInplace(spectrum, FourierTransformScaling.AsymmetricScaling);
+            Control.FourierTransformProvider.ForwardInplace(spectrum, FourierTransformScaling.BackwardScaling);
 
             // all real components must be zero
             foreach (var c in spectrum)