diff --git a/base/bitarray.jl b/base/bitarray.jl
index 34b62df427d7d..981c069cd50fb 100644
--- a/base/bitarray.jl
+++ b/base/bitarray.jl
@@ -1072,9 +1072,6 @@ function (.^){T<:Number}(B::BitArray, x::T)
     end
 end
 
-(.*)(A::BitArray, B::BitArray) = A & B
-(.*)(A::Array{Bool}, B::BitArray) = A & B
-(.*)(B::BitArray, A::Array{Bool}) = A & B
 (.*)(x::Bool, B::BitArray) = x & B
 (.*)(B::BitArray, x::Bool) = B & x
 (.*)(x::Number, B::BitArray) = x .* bitunpack(B)
diff --git a/base/broadcast.jl b/base/broadcast.jl
index 925042351d0ac..27af246fe848c 100644
--- a/base/broadcast.jl
+++ b/base/broadcast.jl
@@ -381,4 +381,16 @@ function (.^){T<:Integer}(A::BitArray, B::Array{T})
     return F
 end
 
+for (sigA, sigB) in ((BitArray, BitArray),
+                     (AbstractArray{Bool}, BitArray),
+                     (BitArray, AbstractArray{Bool}))
+    @eval function (.*)(A::$sigA, B::$sigB)
+        try
+            return bitpack(A) & bitpack(B)
+        catch
+            return bitbroadcast(&, A, B)
+        end
+    end
+end
+
 end # module
diff --git a/test/broadcast.jl b/test/broadcast.jl
index 9a0157682ef1c..da188d43bf3ac 100644
--- a/test/broadcast.jl
+++ b/test/broadcast.jl
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ for arr in (identity, as_sub)
     @test arr([1 2]) ./ arr([3, 4]) == [1/3 2/3; 1/4 2/4]
     @test arr([1 2]) .\ arr([3, 4]) == [3 1.5; 4 2]
     @test arr([3 4]) .^ arr([1, 2]) == [3 4; 9 16]
+    @test arr(bitpack([true false])) .* arr(bitpack([true, true])) == [true false; true false]
     @test arr(bitpack([true false])) .^ arr(bitpack([false, true])) == [true true; true false]
     @test arr(bitpack([true false])) .^ arr([0, 3]) == [true true; true false]