diff --git a/src/vector_of_array.jl b/src/vector_of_array.jl
index e1b92ea5..14476500 100644
--- a/src/vector_of_array.jl
+++ b/src/vector_of_array.jl
@@ -664,6 +664,9 @@ Base.map(f, A::RecursiveArrayTools.AbstractVectorOfArray) = map(f, A.u)
 function Base.mapreduce(f, op, A::AbstractVectorOfArray; kwargs...)
     mapreduce(f, op, view(A, ntuple(_ -> :, ndims(A))...); kwargs...)
 end
+function Base.mapreduce(f, op, A::AbstractVectorOfArray{T,1,<:AbstractVector{T}}; kwargs...) where {T}
+    mapreduce(f, op, A.u; kwargs...)
+end
 
 ## broadcasting
 
diff --git a/test/interface_tests.jl b/test/interface_tests.jl
index b056e43d..3aba249a 100644
--- a/test/interface_tests.jl
+++ b/test/interface_tests.jl
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ for i in 1:ndims(arrvb)
     @test mapreduce(string, *, arrvb; dims=i) == mapreduce(string, *, testvb; dims=i)
 end
 
+# Test when ndims == 1
+testvb = VectorOfArray(collect(1.0:0.1:2.0))
+arrvb = Array(testvb)
+@test sum(arrvb) == sum(testvb)
+@test prod(arrvb) == prod(testvb)
+@test mapreduce(string, *, arrvb) == mapreduce(string, *, testvb)
+
 # view
 testvc = VectorOfArray([rand(1:10, 3, 3) for _ in 1:3])
 arrvc = Array(testvc)