diff --git a/src/vector_of_array.jl b/src/vector_of_array.jl
index 8a5dd1f0..97527124 100644
--- a/src/vector_of_array.jl
+++ b/src/vector_of_array.jl
@@ -147,27 +147,69 @@ end
   VA.t,VA.u
 end
 
-# Broadcast
-
-#add_idxs(x,expr) = expr
-#add_idxs{T<:AbstractVectorOfArray}(::Type{T},expr) = :($(expr)[i])
-#add_idxs{T<:AbstractArray}(::Type{Vector{T}},expr) = :($(expr)[i])
-#=
-@generated function Base.broadcast!(f,A::AbstractVectorOfArray,B...)
-  exs = ((add_idxs(B[i],:(B[$i])) for i in eachindex(B))...)
-  :(for i in eachindex(A)
-    broadcast!(f,A[i],$(exs...))
-  end)
-end
-
-@generated function Base.broadcast(f,B::Union{Number,AbstractVectorOfArray}...)
-  arr_idx = 0
-  for (i,b) in enumerate(B)
-    if b <: ArrayPartition
-      arr_idx = i
-      break
+## broadcasting
+
+struct VectorOfArrayStyle <: Broadcast.AbstractArrayStyle{Any} end
+VectorOfArrayStyle(::Any) = VectorOfArrayStyle()
+VectorOfArrayStyle(::Any, ::Any) = VectorOfArrayStyle()
+
+# promotion rules
+#@inline function Broadcast.BroadcastStyle(::VectorOfArrayStyle{AStyle}, ::VectorOfArrayStyle{BStyle}) where {AStyle, BStyle}
+#    VectorOfArrayStyle(Broadcast.BroadcastStyle(AStyle(), BStyle()))
+#end
+Broadcast.BroadcastStyle(::VectorOfArrayStyle, ::Broadcast.BroadcastStyle) = VectorOfArrayStyle()
+Broadcast.BroadcastStyle(::VectorOfArrayStyle, ::Broadcast.DefaultArrayStyle{N}) where N = Broadcast.DefaultArrayStyle{N}()
+
+function Broadcast.BroadcastStyle(::Type{<:AbstractVectorOfArray{T,S}}) where {T, S}
+    VectorOfArrayStyle()
+end
+
+@inline function Base.copy(bc::Broadcast.Broadcasted{VectorOfArrayStyle})
+    N = narrays(bc)
+    x = unpack_voa(bc, 1)
+    VectorOfArray(map(1:N) do i
+        copy(unpack_voa(bc, i))
+    end)
+end
+
+@inline function Base.copyto!(dest::AbstractVectorOfArray, bc::Broadcast.Broadcasted{VectorOfArrayStyle})
+    N = narrays(bc)
+    @inbounds for i in 1:N
+        copyto!(dest[i], unpack_voa(bc, i))
     end
-  end
-  :(A = similar(B[$arr_idx]); broadcast!(f,A,B...); A)
+    dest
 end
-=#
+
+## broadcasting utils
+
+"""
+    narrays(A...)
+
+Retrieve number of arrays in the AbstractVectorOfArrays of a broadcast
+"""
+narrays(A) = 0
+narrays(A::AbstractVectorOfArray) = length(A)
+narrays(bc::Broadcast.Broadcasted) = _narrays(bc.args)
+narrays(A, Bs...) = common_length(narrays(A), _narrays(Bs))
+
+common_length(a, b) =
+    a == 0 ? b :
+    (b == 0 ? a :
+     (a == b ? a :
+      throw(DimensionMismatch("number of arrays must be equal"))))
+
+_narrays(args::AbstractVectorOfArray) = length(args)
+@inline _narrays(args::Tuple) = common_length(narrays(args[1]), _narrays(Base.tail(args)))
+_narrays(args::Tuple{Any}) = _narrays(args[1])
+_narrays(args::Tuple{}) = 0
+
+# drop axes because it is easier to recompute
+@inline unpack_voa(bc::Broadcast.Broadcasted{Style}, i) where Style = Broadcast.Broadcasted{Style}(bc.f, unpack_args_voa(i, bc.args))
+@inline unpack_voa(bc::Broadcast.Broadcasted{VectorOfArrayStyle}, i) = Broadcast.Broadcasted(bc.f, unpack_args_voa(i, bc.args))
+unpack_voa(x,::Any) = x
+unpack_voa(x::AbstractVectorOfArray, i) = x.u[i]
+unpack_voa(x::AbstractArray{T,N}, i) where {T,N} = @view x[ntuple(x->Colon(),N-1)...,i]
+
+@inline unpack_args_voa(i, args::Tuple) = (unpack_voa(args[1], i), unpack_args_voa(i, Base.tail(args))...)
+unpack_args_voa(i, args::Tuple{Any}) = (unpack_voa(args[1], i),)
+unpack_args_voa(::Any, args::Tuple{}) = ()
diff --git a/test/basic_indexing.jl b/test/basic_indexing.jl
index c7a06824..198b47fb 100644
--- a/test/basic_indexing.jl
+++ b/test/basic_indexing.jl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using RecursiveArrayTools
+using RecursiveArrayTools, Test
 
 # Example Problem
 recs = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]]
@@ -86,3 +86,14 @@ v = VectorOfArray([zeros(20), zeros(10,10), zeros(3,3,3)])
 v[CartesianIndex((2, 3, 2, 3))] = 1
 @test v[CartesianIndex((2, 3, 2, 3))] == 1
 @test v.u[3][2, 3, 2] == 1
+
+v = VectorOfArray([rand(20), rand(10,10), rand(3,3,3)])
+w = v .* v
+@test w isa VectorOfArray
+@test w[1] isa Vector
+@test w[1] == v[1] .* v[1]
+@test w[2] == v[2] .* v[2]
+@test w[3] == v[3] .* v[3]
+x = copy(v)
+x .= v .* v
+@test x.u == w.u