--- a/liboctave/dSparse.cc
+++ b/liboctave/dSparse.cc
@@ -6478,13 +6478,33 @@
 operator * (const SparseMatrix& m, const SparseMatrix& a)
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_SPARSE_BLAS
-  // XXX FIXME XXX Isn't there a sparse BLAS ??
+  // XXX FIXME XXX Isn't there a sparse BLAS ?? Is it faster??
 #else
   // Use Andy's sparse matrix multiply function
   SPARSE_SPARSE_MUL (SparseMatrix, double);
 #endif
 }
 
+Matrix
+operator * (const Matrix& m, const SparseMatrix& a)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_SPARSE_BLAS
+  // XXX FIXME XXX Isn't there a sparse BLAS ?? Is it faster??
+#else
+  FULL_SPARSE_MUL (Matrix, double);
+#endif
+}
+
+Matrix
+operator * (const SparseMatrix& m, const Matrix& a)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_SPARSE_BLAS
+  // XXX FIXME XXX Isn't there a sparse BLAS ?? Is it faster??
+#else
+  SPARSE_FULL_MUL (Matrix, double);
+#endif
+}
+
 // XXX FIXME XXX -- it would be nice to share code among the min/max
 // functions below.