diff --git a/base/array.jl b/base/array.jl
index 38470555cb899..c124349448a45 100644
--- a/base/array.jl
+++ b/base/array.jl
@@ -2230,11 +2230,13 @@ julia> indexin(b,a)
  3
 ```
 """
-function indexin(a::AbstractArray, b::AbstractArray)
+function indexin(a, b::AbstractArray)
     bdict = Dict(zip(b, 1:length(b)))
     [get(bdict, i, 0) for i in a]
 end
 
+indexin(a::T, b::AbstractArray{T}) where {T} = findlast(b, a)
+
 function _findin(a, b)
     ind  = Int[]
     bset = Set(b)
diff --git a/test/arrayops.jl b/test/arrayops.jl
index f0e6e589f6289..60e23230a6ff2 100644
--- a/test/arrayops.jl
+++ b/test/arrayops.jl
@@ -1373,6 +1373,11 @@ end
 # PR #8622 and general indexin tests
 @test indexin([1,3,5,7], [5,4,3]) == [0,3,1,0]
 @test indexin([1 3; 5 7], [5 4; 3 2]) == [0 2; 1 0]
+@test indexin((2 * x + 1 for x in 0:3), [5,4,3,5,6]) == [0,3,4,0]
+@test indexin(6, [1,3,6,6,2]) == 4
+@test indexin([6], [1,3,6,6,2]) == [4]
+@test indexin(3, 2:5) == 2
+@test_broken indexin(3.0, 2:5) == 2
 
 #6828 - size of specific dimensions
 let a = Array{Float64}(10)