diff --git a/src/core.jl b/src/core.jl
index 7d3870fd..5095a143 100644
--- a/src/core.jl
+++ b/src/core.jl
@@ -1294,6 +1294,8 @@ end
 
 permutedims{S<:AbstractString}(img::AbstractImage, pstr::Union{Vector{S}, Tuple{Vararg{S}}}, spatialprops::Vector = spatialproperties(img)) = permutedims(img, dimindexes(img, pstr...), spatialprops)
 
+permutedims(A::AbstractArray, p) = permutedims(convert(Array, A), p)
+
 function permutation_canonical(img)
     assert2d(img)
     p = spatialpermutation(spatialorder(Matrix), img)
diff --git a/test/overlays.jl b/test/overlays.jl
index 758f5fd4..5db14a22 100644
--- a/test/overlays.jl
+++ b/test/overlays.jl
@@ -64,4 +64,13 @@ facts("Overlay") do
         @fact isa(ovr, Images.Image) --> true
         @fact abs(ovr[1, 2] - RGB{Float32}(a[1, 2], b[1, 2], a[1, 2])) --> roughly(0, atol=1e-5)
     end
+
+    context("permutation") do
+        L1 = convert(Image{Gray}, rand(Float32, 10,10))
+        L2 = convert(Image{Gray}, rand(Float32, 10,10))
+        L3 = convert(Image{Gray}, rand(Float32, 10,10))
+        overlay = OverlayImage((L1, L2, L3), (colorant"red", colorant"blue", colorant"green"), ((0,1),(0,1),(0,1)))
+        permutedims(overlay, [2,1])
+        permutedims(data(overlay), [2,1])
+    end
 end