diff --git a/test/sparsedir/cholmod.jl b/test/sparsedir/cholmod.jl
index f7b4461911a70..3a247f66fb8a0 100644
--- a/test/sparsedir/cholmod.jl
+++ b/test/sparsedir/cholmod.jl
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ chma = ldltfact(A)                      # LDL' form
 x = chma\B
 @test x ≈ ones(size(x))
 @test nnz(ldltfact(A, perm=1:size(A,1))) > nnz(chma)
+@test size(chma) == size(A)
+chmal = CHOLMOD.FactorComponent(chma, :L)
+@test size(chmal) == size(A)
+@test size(chmal, 1) == size(A, 1)
 
 chma = cholfact(A)                      # LL' form
 @test CHOLMOD.isvalid(chma)
@@ -115,6 +119,10 @@ x = chma\B
 @test x ≈ ones(size(x))
 @test nnz(chma) == 489
 @test nnz(cholfact(A, perm=1:size(A,1))) > nnz(chma)
+@test size(chma) == size(A)
+chmal = CHOLMOD.FactorComponent(chma, :L)
+@test size(chmal) == size(A)
+@test size(chmal, 1) == size(A, 1)
 
 #lp_afiro example
 afiro = CHOLMOD.Sparse(27, 51,
diff --git a/test/sparsedir/sparse.jl b/test/sparsedir/sparse.jl
index 4de9ca25b05a0..1252039158fa0 100644
--- a/test/sparsedir/sparse.jl
+++ b/test/sparsedir/sparse.jl
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ end
 # conj
 cA = sprandn(5,5,0.2) + im*sprandn(5,5,0.2)
 @test full(conj.(cA)) == conj(full(cA))
+@test full(conj!(copy(cA))) == conj(full(cA))
 
 # Test SparseMatrixCSC [c]transpose[!] and permute[!] methods
 let smalldim = 5, largedim = 10, nzprob = 0.4
@@ -403,6 +404,7 @@ end
 # spdiagm
 @test full(spdiagm((ones(2), ones(2)), (0, -1), 3, 3)) ==
                        [1.0  0.0  0.0; 1.0  1.0  0.0;  0.0  1.0  0.0]
+@test full(spdiagm(ones(2), -1, 3, 3)) == diagm(ones(2), -1)
 
 # issue #4986, reinterpret
 sfe22 = speye(Float64, 2)