diff --git a/include/boost/compute/iterator/strided_iterator.hpp b/include/boost/compute/iterator/strided_iterator.hpp
index bb695c8c5..7a629a4ef 100644
--- a/include/boost/compute/iterator/strided_iterator.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/compute/iterator/strided_iterator.hpp
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class strided_iterator :
 
     reference dereference() const
     {
-        return reference();
+        return *super_type::base_reference();
     }
 
     bool equal(const strided_iterator<Iterator> &other) const
diff --git a/test/test_strided_iterator.cpp b/test/test_strided_iterator.cpp
index e05e8b2ee..e932757d4 100644
--- a/test/test_strided_iterator.cpp
+++ b/test/test_strided_iterator.cpp
@@ -113,6 +113,13 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(copy)
     CHECK_RANGE_EQUAL(boost::compute::int_, 3, result, (1, 4, 7));
 }
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(dereference)
+{
+  boost::compute::int_ data[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 };
+  auto it = boost::compute::make_strided_iterator(data, 3);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(*it, 1);
+}
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(make_strided_iterator_end)
 {
     boost::compute::int_ data[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 };