diff --git a/base/reshapedarray.jl b/base/reshapedarray.jl
index 82d293249afc6e..c1d96747c503e4 100644
--- a/base/reshapedarray.jl
+++ b/base/reshapedarray.jl
@@ -294,14 +294,51 @@ unsafe_convert(::Type{Ptr{T}}, V::SubArray{T,N,P,<:Tuple{Vararg{Union{RangeIndex
     unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, V.parent) + (first_index(V)-1)*sizeof(T)
 
 
-_checkcontiguous(::Type{Bool}, A::AbstractArray) = size_to_strides(1, size(A)...) == strides(A)
-_checkcontiguous(::Type{Bool}, A::Array) = true
+_checkcontiguous(::Type{Bool}, A::AbstractArray) = false
+# `strides(A::DenseArray)` calls `size_to_strides` by default.
+# Thus it's OK to assume all `DenseArray`s are contiguously stored.
+_checkcontiguous(::Type{Bool}, A::DenseArray) = true
 _checkcontiguous(::Type{Bool}, A::ReshapedArray) = _checkcontiguous(Bool, parent(A))
 _checkcontiguous(::Type{Bool}, A::FastContiguousSubArray) = _checkcontiguous(Bool, parent(A))
 
 function strides(a::ReshapedArray)
-    # We can handle non-contiguous parent if it's a StridedVector
-    ndims(parent(a)) == 1 && return size_to_strides(only(strides(parent(a))), size(a)...)
-    _checkcontiguous(Bool, a) || throw(ArgumentError("Parent must be contiguous."))
-    size_to_strides(1, size(a)...)
+    _checkcontiguous(Bool, a) && return size_to_strides(1, size(a)...)
+    apsz::Dims = size(a.parent)
+    apst::Dims = strides(a.parent)
+    msz, mst, n = merge_adjacent_dim(apsz, apst) # Try to perform "lazy" reshape
+    n == ndims(a.parent) && return size_to_strides(mst, size(a)...) # Parent is stridevector like
+    return _reshaped_strides(size(a), 1, msz, mst, n, apsz, apst)
+end
+
+function _reshaped_strides(::Dims{0}, reshaped::Int, msz::Int, ::Int, ::Int, ::Dims, ::Dims)
+    reshaped == msz || throw(ArgumentError("Input is not strided."))
+    ()
+end
+function _reshaped_strides(sz::Dims, reshaped::Int, msz::Int, mst::Int, n::Int, apsz::Dims, apst::Dims)
+    st = reshaped * mst
+    reshaped = reshaped * sz[1]
+    if length(sz) > 1 && reshaped == msz && sz[2] != 1
+        msz, mst, n = merge_adjacent_dim(apsz, apst, n + 1)
+        reshaped = 1
+    end
+    sts = _reshaped_strides(tail(sz), reshaped, msz, mst, n, apsz, apst)
+    return (st, sts...)
+end
+
+merge_adjacent_dim(::Dims{0}, ::Dims{0}) = 1, 1, 0
+merge_adjacent_dim(apsz::Dims{1}, apst::Dims{1}) = apsz[1], apst[1], 1
+function merge_adjacent_dim(apsz::Dims{N}, apst::Dims{N}, n::Int = 1) where {N}
+    sz, st = apsz[n], apst[n]
+    while n < N
+        szₙ, stₙ = apsz[n+1], apst[n+1]
+        if sz == 1
+            sz, st = szₙ, stₙ
+        elseif stₙ == st * sz || szₙ == 1
+            sz *= szₙ
+        else
+            break
+        end
+        n += 1
+    end
+    return sz, st, n
 end
diff --git a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/blas.jl b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/blas.jl
index 47e87377e3bdb1..9fff233e9914dd 100644
--- a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/blas.jl
+++ b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/blas.jl
@@ -148,18 +148,19 @@ end
 # Level 1
 # A help function to pick the pointer and inc for 1d like inputs.
 @inline function vec_pointer_stride(x::AbstractArray, stride0check = nothing)
-    isdense(x) && return pointer(x), 1 # simpify runtime check when possibe
-    ndims(x) == 1 || strides(x) == Base.size_to_strides(stride(x, 1), size(x)...) ||
-        throw(ArgumentError("only support vector like inputs"))
-    st = stride(x, 1)
+    Base._checkcontiguous(Bool, x) && return pointer(x), 1 # simpify runtime check when possibe
+    st, ptr = checkedstride(x), pointer(x)
     isnothing(stride0check) || (st == 0 && throw(stride0check))
-    ptr = st > 0 ? pointer(x) : pointer(x, lastindex(x))
+    ptr += min(st, 0) * sizeof(eltype(x)) * (length(x) - 1)
     ptr, st
 end
-isdense(x) = x isa DenseArray
-isdense(x::Base.FastContiguousSubArray) = isdense(parent(x))
-isdense(x::Base.ReshapedArray) = isdense(parent(x))
-isdense(x::Base.ReinterpretArray) = isdense(parent(x))
+function checkedstride(x::AbstractArray)
+    szs::Dims = size(x)
+    sts::Dims = strides(x)
+    sz, st, n = Base.merge_adjacent_dim(szs, sts)
+    n === ndims(x) || throw(ArgumentError("only support vector like inputs"))
+    return st
+end
 ## copy
 
 """
diff --git a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/blas.jl b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/blas.jl
index 0a2ac87c8026da..78a169938bc6e5 100644
--- a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/blas.jl
+++ b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/test/blas.jl
@@ -18,9 +18,14 @@ function pack(A, uplo)
 end
 
 @testset "vec_pointer_stride" begin
-    a = zeros(4,4,4)
-    @test BLAS.asum(view(a,1:2:4,:,:)) == 0 # vector like
+    a = float(rand(1:20,4,4,4))
+    @test BLAS.asum(a) == sum(a) # dense case
+    @test BLAS.asum(view(a,1:2:4,:,:)) == sum(view(a,1:2:4,:,:)) # vector like
+    @test BLAS.asum(view(a,1:3,2:2,3:3)) == sum(view(a,1:3,2:2,3:3))
+    @test BLAS.asum(view(a,1:1,1:3,1:1)) == sum(view(a,1:1,1:3,1:1))
+    @test BLAS.asum(view(a,1:1,1:1,1:3)) == sum(view(a,1:1,1:1,1:3))
     @test_throws ArgumentError BLAS.asum(view(a,1:3:4,:,:)) # non-vector like
+    @test_throws ArgumentError BLAS.asum(view(a,1:2,1:1,1:3))
 end
 Random.seed!(100)
 ## BLAS tests - testing the interface code to BLAS routines
diff --git a/test/abstractarray.jl b/test/abstractarray.jl
index d650cf67ebf113..b2a49e386e7970 100644
--- a/test/abstractarray.jl
+++ b/test/abstractarray.jl
@@ -1567,22 +1567,54 @@ end
     @test reshape(r, :) === reshape(r, (:,)) === r
 end
 
+struct FakeZeroDimArray <: AbstractArray{Int, 0} end
+Base.strides(::FakeZeroDimArray) = ()
+Base.size(::FakeZeroDimArray) = ()
 @testset "strides for ReshapedArray" begin
     # Type-based contiguous check is tested in test/compiler/inline.jl
+    function check_strides(A::AbstractArray)
+        # Make sure stride(A, i) is equivalent with strides(A)[i] (if 1 <= i <= ndims(A))
+        dims = ntuple(identity, ndims(A))
+        map(i -> stride(A, i), dims) == @inferred(strides(A)) || return false
+        # Test strides via value check.
+        for i in eachindex(IndexLinear(), A)
+            A[i] === Base.unsafe_load(pointer(A, i)) || return false
+        end
+        return true
+    end
     # General contiguous check
     a = view(rand(10,10), 1:10, 1:10)
-    @test strides(vec(a)) == (1,)
+    @test check_strides(vec(a))
     b = view(parent(a), 1:9, 1:10)
-    @test_throws "Parent must be contiguous." strides(vec(b))
+    @test_throws "Input is not strided." strides(vec(b))
     # StridedVector parent
     for n in 1:3
         a = view(collect(1:60n), 1:n:60n)
-        @test strides(reshape(a, 3, 4, 5)) == (n, 3n, 12n)
-        @test strides(reshape(a, 5, 6, 2)) == (n, 5n, 30n)
+        @test check_strides(reshape(a, 3, 4, 5))
+        @test check_strides(reshape(a, 5, 6, 2))
         b = view(parent(a), 60n:-n:1)
-        @test strides(reshape(b, 3, 4, 5)) == (-n, -3n, -12n)
-        @test strides(reshape(b, 5, 6, 2)) == (-n, -5n, -30n)
+        @test check_strides(reshape(b, 3, 4, 5))
+        @test check_strides(reshape(b, 5, 6, 2))
     end
+    # StridedVector like parent
+    a = randn(10, 10, 10)
+    b = view(a, 1:10, 1:1, 5:5)
+    @test check_strides(reshape(b, 2, 5))
+    # Other StridedArray parent
+    a = view(randn(10,10), 1:9, 1:10)
+    @test check_strides(reshape(a,3,3,2,5))
+    @test check_strides(reshape(a,3,3,5,2))
+    @test check_strides(reshape(a,9,5,2))
+    @test check_strides(reshape(a,3,3,10))
+    @test check_strides(reshape(a,1,3,1,3,1,5,1,2))
+    @test check_strides(reshape(a,3,3,5,1,1,2,1,1))
+    @test_throws "Input is not strided." strides(reshape(a,3,6,5))
+    @test_throws "Input is not strided." strides(reshape(a,3,2,3,5))
+    @test_throws "Input is not strided." strides(reshape(a,3,5,3,2))
+    @test_throws "Input is not strided." strides(reshape(a,5,3,3,2))
+    # Zero dimensional parent
+    a = reshape(FakeZeroDimArray(),1,1,1)
+    @test @inferred(strides(a)) == (1, 1, 1)
 end
 
 @testset "stride for 0 dims array #44087" begin