diff --git a/src/CircularArrays.jl b/src/CircularArrays.jl
index 268b8a3..4429638 100644
--- a/src/CircularArrays.jl
+++ b/src/CircularArrays.jl
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export CircularArray, CircularVector
 struct CircularArray{T, N, A <: AbstractArray{T,N}} <: AbstractArray{T,N}
     data::A
     CircularArray{T,N}(data::A) where A <: AbstractArray{T,N} where {T,N} = new{T,N,A}(data)
+    CircularArray{T,N,A}(data::A) where A <: AbstractArray{T,N} where {T,N} = new{T,N,A}(data)
 end
 
 """
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 010642d..b1db12a 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ end
         @test all(a == first(arrays) for a in arrays)
         @test all(a isa CircularVector{T,Vector{T}} for a in arrays)
     end
+
+    @testset "matrix construction" begin
+        data = zeros(Float64, 2, 2)
+        ref = CircularArray(data)
+        @test CircularArray{Float64}(data) == ref
+        @test CircularArray{Float64, 2}(data) == ref
+        @test CircularArray{Float64, 2, Array{Float64, 2}}(data) == ref
+        @test CircularArray{Float64, 2, Matrix{Float64}}(data) == ref
+    end
 end
 
 @testset "type stability" begin