diff --git a/src/Expr.cc b/src/Expr.cc
index d384bb27e0..0de68b1f46 100644
--- a/src/Expr.cc
+++ b/src/Expr.cc
@@ -2497,12 +2497,7 @@ AssignExpr::AssignExpr(Expr* arg_op1, Expr* arg_op2, int arg_is_init,
 bool AssignExpr::TypeCheck()
 	{
 	TypeTag bt1 = op1->Type()->Tag();
-	if ( IsVector(bt1) )
-		bt1 = op1->Type()->AsVectorType()->YieldType()->Tag();
-
 	TypeTag bt2 = op2->Type()->Tag();
-	if ( IsVector(bt2) )
-		bt2 = op2->Type()->AsVectorType()->YieldType()->Tag();
 
 	if ( bt1 == TYPE_LIST && bt2 == TYPE_ANY )
 		// This is ok because we cannot explicitly declare lists on
@@ -2531,6 +2526,13 @@ bool AssignExpr::TypeCheck()
 		return true;
 		}
 
+	if ( bt1 == TYPE_VECTOR && bt2 == bt1 &&
+	     op2->Type()->AsVectorType()->IsUnspecifiedVector() )
+		{
+		op2 = new VectorCoerceExpr(op2, op1->Type()->AsVectorType());
+		return true;
+		}
+
 	if ( op1->Type()->Tag() == TYPE_RECORD &&
 		 op2->Type()->Tag() == TYPE_RECORD )
 		{
@@ -3506,6 +3508,13 @@ VectorConstructorExpr::VectorConstructorExpr(ListExpr* constructor_list)
 	if ( IsError() )
 		return;
 
+	if ( constructor_list->Exprs().length() == 0 )
+		{
+		// vector().
+		SetType(new ::VectorType(base_type(TYPE_ANY)));
+		return;
+		}
+
 	BroType* t = merge_type_list(constructor_list);
 	if ( t )
 		{
@@ -4122,6 +4131,50 @@ bool TableCoerceExpr::DoUnserialize(UnserialInfo* info)
 	return true;
 	}
 
+VectorCoerceExpr::VectorCoerceExpr(Expr* op, VectorType* v)
+: UnaryExpr(EXPR_VECTOR_COERCE, op)
+	{
+	if ( IsError() )
+		return;
+
+	SetType(v->Ref());
+
+	if ( Type()->Tag() != TYPE_VECTOR )
+		ExprError("coercion to non-vector");
+
+	else if ( op->Type()->Tag() != TYPE_VECTOR )
+		ExprError("coercion of non-vector to vector");
+	}
+
+
+VectorCoerceExpr::~VectorCoerceExpr()
+	{
+	}
+
+Val* VectorCoerceExpr::Fold(Val* v) const
+	{
+	VectorVal* vv = v->AsVectorVal();
+
+	if ( vv->Size() > 0 )
+		Internal("coercion of non-empty vector");
+
+	return new VectorVal(Type()->Ref()->AsVectorType());
+	}
+
+IMPLEMENT_SERIAL(VectorCoerceExpr, SER_VECTOR_COERCE_EXPR);
+
+bool VectorCoerceExpr::DoSerialize(SerialInfo* info) const
+	{
+	DO_SERIALIZE(SER_VECTOR_COERCE_EXPR, UnaryExpr);
+	return true;
+	}
+
+bool VectorCoerceExpr::DoUnserialize(UnserialInfo* info)
+	{
+	DO_UNSERIALIZE(UnaryExpr);
+	return true;
+	}
+
 FlattenExpr::FlattenExpr(Expr* arg_op)
 : UnaryExpr(EXPR_FLATTEN, arg_op)
 	{
@@ -5337,6 +5390,13 @@ int check_and_promote_expr(Expr*& e, BroType* t)
 			return 1;
 			}
 
+		if ( t->Tag() == TYPE_VECTOR && et->Tag() == TYPE_VECTOR &&
+			  et->AsVectorType()->IsUnspecifiedVector() )
+			{
+			e = new VectorCoerceExpr(e, t->AsVectorType());
+			return 1;
+			}
+
 		t->Error("type clash", e);
 		return 0;
 		}
diff --git a/src/Expr.h b/src/Expr.h
index 9c338a0f8a..933c42daa2 100644
--- a/src/Expr.h
+++ b/src/Expr.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ typedef enum {
 	EXPR_CALL,
 	EXPR_EVENT,
 	EXPR_SCHEDULE,
-	EXPR_ARITH_COERCE, EXPR_RECORD_COERCE, EXPR_TABLE_COERCE,
+	EXPR_ARITH_COERCE, EXPR_RECORD_COERCE, EXPR_TABLE_COERCE, EXPR_VECTOR_COERCE,
 	EXPR_SIZE,
 	EXPR_FLATTEN,
 #define NUM_EXPRS (int(EXPR_FLATTEN) + 1)
@@ -895,6 +895,20 @@ protected:
 	DECLARE_SERIAL(TableCoerceExpr);
 };
 
+class VectorCoerceExpr : public UnaryExpr {
+public:
+	VectorCoerceExpr(Expr* op, VectorType* v);
+	~VectorCoerceExpr();
+
+protected:
+	friend class Expr;
+	VectorCoerceExpr()	{ }
+
+	Val* Fold(Val* v) const;
+
+	DECLARE_SERIAL(VectorCoerceExpr);
+};
+
 // An internal operator for flattening array indices that are records
 // into a list of individual values.
 class FlattenExpr : public UnaryExpr {
diff --git a/src/SerialTypes.h b/src/SerialTypes.h
index a33b026fae..4f9ab4585b 100644
--- a/src/SerialTypes.h
+++ b/src/SerialTypes.h
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ SERIAL_EXPR(TABLE_CONSTRUCTOR_EXPR, 40)
 SERIAL_EXPR(SET_CONSTRUCTOR_EXPR, 41)
 SERIAL_EXPR(VECTOR_CONSTRUCTOR_EXPR, 42)
 SERIAL_EXPR(TABLE_COERCE_EXPR, 43)
+SERIAL_EXPR(VECTOR_COERCE_EXPR, 44)
 
 #define SERIAL_STMT(name, val) SERIAL_CONST(name, val, STMT)
 SERIAL_STMT(STMT, 1)
diff --git a/src/Type.cc b/src/Type.cc
index 61d8b6a8dd..4bcd31cc4d 100644
--- a/src/Type.cc
+++ b/src/Type.cc
@@ -1290,6 +1290,11 @@ int VectorType::MatchesIndex(ListExpr*& index) const
 				MATCHES_INDEX_SCALAR : DOES_NOT_MATCH_INDEX;
 	}
 
+bool VectorType::IsUnspecifiedVector() const
+	{
+	return yield_type->Tag() == TYPE_ANY;
+	}
+
 IMPLEMENT_SERIAL(VectorType, SER_VECTOR_TYPE);
 
 bool VectorType::DoSerialize(SerialInfo* info) const
@@ -1651,6 +1656,7 @@ BroType* merge_types(const BroType* t1, const BroType* t2)
 	case TYPE_ADDR:
 	case TYPE_NET:
 	case TYPE_SUBNET:
+	case TYPE_BOOL:
 	case TYPE_ANY:
 	case TYPE_ERROR:
 		return base_type(tg1);
diff --git a/src/Type.h b/src/Type.h
index ee991a13a3..05ca3adad1 100644
--- a/src/Type.h
+++ b/src/Type.h
@@ -525,6 +525,10 @@ public:
 
 	int MatchesIndex(ListExpr*& index) const;
 
+	// Returns true if this table type is "unspecified", which is what one
+	// gets using an empty "vector()" constructor.
+	bool IsUnspecifiedVector() const;
+
 protected:
 	VectorType()	{ yield_type = 0; }
 
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/language.vector-coerce-expr/output b/testing/btest/Baseline/language.vector-coerce-expr/output
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..baabf9d89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/language.vector-coerce-expr/output
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[]
+[1, 2, 3]
+[T, F, T]
+[]
diff --git a/testing/btest/language/vector-coerce-expr.bro b/testing/btest/language/vector-coerce-expr.bro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d58417f226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/language/vector-coerce-expr.bro
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# @TEST-EXEC: bro %INPUT >output 2>&1
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-diff output
+
+type X: record {
+     a: vector of bool &default=vector(T, F, T);
+     b: vector of bool &default=vector();
+};
+
+global x: X;
+
+global a: vector of count;
+
+a = vector();
+print a;
+
+a = vector(1,2,3);
+print a;
+
+print x$a;
+print x$b;