diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Nexus/inc/MantidNexus/NexusFileIO.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Nexus/inc/MantidNexus/NexusFileIO.h
index 38b267003fe9..ffb24afd3a03 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Nexus/inc/MantidNexus/NexusFileIO.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Nexus/inc/MantidNexus/NexusFileIO.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "MantidAPI/Progress.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/TimeSeriesProperty.h"
 #include "MantidDataObjects/EventWorkspace.h"
+#include "MantidDataObjects/VectorColumn.h"
 #include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp>
 #include <boost/date_time/local_time_adjustor.hpp>
 #include <boost/date_time/c_local_time_adjustor.hpp>
@@ -180,6 +181,9 @@ namespace Mantid
       template<class T>
       std::string logValueType()const{return "unknown";}
 
+      template<typename T>
+      void writeNexusVectorColumn(const std::string& columnName,
+        const boost::shared_ptr< const DataObjects::VectorColumn<T> >& column) const;
     };
     
     /**
@@ -355,6 +359,15 @@ namespace Mantid
       status=NXclosegroup(fileID);
     }
 
+    template<typename T>
+    void NexusFileIO::writeNexusVectorColumn(const std::string& columnName,
+      const boost::shared_ptr<const DataObjects::VectorColumn<T> >& column) const
+    {
+      UNUSED_ARG(column);
+      int dims[1]; dims[0] = 3;
+      int fake_data[3]; fake_data[0] = 1; fake_data[1] = 2; fake_data[2] = 3;
+      NXwritedata(columnName.c_str(), NX_INT32, 1, dims, (void *)(&fake_data), false);
+    }
 
   } // namespace NeXus
 } // namespace Mantid
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Nexus/src/NexusFileIO.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Nexus/src/NexusFileIO.cpp
index 1e04569298af..d7d2b4edebf8 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Nexus/src/NexusFileIO.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Nexus/src/NexusFileIO.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "MantidDataObjects/TableWorkspace.h"
 #include "MantidDataObjects/PeaksWorkspace.h"
 #include "MantidDataObjects/TableColumn.h"
+#include "MantidDataObjects/VectorColumn.h"
 #include "MantidDataObjects/RebinnedOutput.h"
 #include "MantidAPI/ITableWorkspace.h"
 #include "MantidAPI/AlgorithmHistory.h"
@@ -480,7 +481,7 @@ using namespace DataObjects;
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < itableworkspace->columnCount(); i++)
     {
-      boost::shared_ptr<const API::Column> col = itableworkspace->getColumn(i);
+      Column_const_sptr col = itableworkspace->getColumn(i);
 
       std::string str = "column_" + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(i+1);
   
@@ -554,6 +555,11 @@ using namespace DataObjects;
 
         NXclosedata(fileID);
       }
+      else if ( col->isType< std::vector<int> >() )
+      {
+        auto vecCol = boost::dynamic_pointer_cast< const VectorColumn<int> >(col);
+        writeNexusVectorColumn(str, vecCol);
+      }
 
       // write out title 
       NXopendata(fileID, str.c_str());
@@ -565,9 +571,6 @@ using namespace DataObjects;
     return((status==NX_ERROR)?3:0);
   }
 
-
-
-
   //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   /** Write out a combined chunk of event data
    *