diff --git a/src/core/time.jl b/src/core/time.jl
index 1122c1e54..109407c7c 100644
--- a/src/core/time.jl
+++ b/src/core/time.jl
@@ -356,7 +356,11 @@ end
 #
 # 4. TimestepArray methods
 #
-Base.dotview(v::Mimi.TimestepArray, args...) = Base.dotview(v.data, args...)
+function Base.dotview(v::Mimi.TimestepArray, args...)
+	# convert any timesteps to their underlying index
+	args = map(arg -> (arg isa AbstractTimestep ? arg.t : arg), args)
+	Base.dotview(v.data, args...)
+end
 
 Base.fill!(obj::TimestepArray, value) = fill!(obj.data, value)
 
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 59fcbef2f..0192d1dc8 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ Mimi.set_defcomp_verbosity(false)
     @info("test_main_variabletimestep.jl")
     include("test_main_variabletimestep.jl")
 
+    @info("test_broadcast.jl")
+    include("test_broadcast.jl")
+
     @info("test_metainfo.jl")
     include("test_metainfo.jl")
 
diff --git a/test/test_broadcast.jl b/test/test_broadcast.jl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5b281250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_broadcast.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+module TestBroadcast
+
+using Mimi
+using Test
+
+@defcomp Simple begin
+    region = Index()
+    
+    var = Variable(index=[time, region], unit="\$/yr")
+    
+    function run_timestep(p, v, d, t)
+        v.var[t, :] .= 0
+    end
+end
+
+model = Model()
+set_dimension!(model, :time, 2015:2024)
+set_dimension!(model, :region, ["Tropics", "Subtropics", "Temperates"])
+add_comp!(model, Simple)
+
+run(model)
+
+@test all(model[:Simple, :var] .== 0)
+
+end