diff --git a/base/darray.jl b/base/darray.jl
index e8ca15b979f6c..207d7a8db4f9e 100644
--- a/base/darray.jl
+++ b/base/darray.jl
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ DArray(init, dims) = DArray(init, dims, workers()[1:min(nworkers(),maximum(dims)
 # new DArray similar to an existing one
 DArray(init, d::DArray) = DArray(init, size(d), procs(d), [size(d.chunks)...])
 
+similar(d::DArray, T, dims::Dims)= DArray(I->Array(T, map(length,I)), dims, procs(d))
+similar(d::DArray, T)= similar(d, T, size(d))
+similar{T}(d::DArray{T}, dims::Dims)= similar(d, T, dims)
+similar{T}(d::DArray{T})= similar(d, T, size(d))
+
+eltype{T}(d::DArray{T}) = T
+
 size(d::DArray) = d.dims
 procs(d::DArray) = d.pmap
 
@@ -298,3 +305,13 @@ map(f::Callable, d::DArray) = DArray(I->map(f, localpart(d)), d)
 reduce(f::Function, d::DArray) =
     mapreduce(fetch, f,
               { @spawnat p reduce(f, localpart(d)) for p in procs(d) })
+
+              
+function map!(f::Callable, d::DArray) 
+    @sync begin
+        for p in procs(d)
+            @spawnat p map!(f, localpart(d))
+        end
+    end
+end
+
diff --git a/base/sharedarray.jl b/base/sharedarray.jl
index 5a9bb15c6c804..16be546e48c6f 100644
--- a/base/sharedarray.jl
+++ b/base/sharedarray.jl
@@ -211,7 +211,31 @@ function shmem_randn(dims; kwargs...)
 end
 shmem_randn(I::Int...; kwargs...) = shmem_randn(I; kwargs...)
 
-similar(S::SharedArray, T, dims::Dims) = similar(S.s, T, dims)
+similar(S::SharedArray, T, dims::Dims) = SharedArray(T, dims; pids=procs(S)) 
+similar(S::SharedArray, T) = similar(S, T, size(S)) 
+similar(S::SharedArray, dims::Dims) = similar(S, eltype(S), dims) 
+similar(S::SharedArray) = similar(S, eltype(S), size(S)) 
+
+eltype(S::SharedArray) = eltype(S.s)
+
+map(f::Callable, S::SharedArray) = (S2 = similar(S); S2[:] = S[:]; map!(f, S2); S2)
+
+reduce(f::Function, S::SharedArray) =
+    mapreduce(fetch, f,
+              { @spawnat p reduce(f, S.loc_subarr_1d) for p in procs(S) })
+
+
+function map!(f::Callable, S::SharedArray) 
+    @sync begin
+        for p in procs(S)
+            @spawnat p begin 
+                for idx in localindexes(S)
+                    S.s[idx] = f(S.s[idx])
+                end
+            end
+        end
+    end
+end
 
 
 function print_shmem_limits(slen)
@@ -284,3 +308,4 @@ function assert_same_host(procs)
     return (first_privip != getipaddr()) ? false : true
 end
 
+              
diff --git a/test/parallel.jl b/test/parallel.jl
index 73d07df09f043..606fcd77c8525 100644
--- a/test/parallel.jl
+++ b/test/parallel.jl
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ a = convert(Matrix{Float64}, d)
 @test fetch(@spawnat id_me localpart(d)[1,1]) == d[1,1]
 @test fetch(@spawnat id_other localpart(d)[1,1]) == d[1,101]
 
+d=DArray(I->fill(myid(), map(length,I)), (10,10), [id_me, id_other])
+d2 = map(x->1, d)
+@test reduce(+, d2) == 100
+
+@test reduce(+, d) == ((50*id_me) + (50*id_other))
+map!(x->1, d)
+@test reduce(+, d) == 100
+
 
 @unix_only begin
 
@@ -84,6 +92,15 @@ A = convert(SharedArray, AA)
 B = convert(SharedArray, AA')
 @test B*A == AA'*AA
 
+d=SharedArray(Int64, (10,10); init = D->fill!(D.loc_subarr_1d, myid()), pids=[id_me, id_other])
+d2 = map(x->1, d)
+@test reduce(+, d2) == 100
+
+@test reduce(+, d) == ((50*id_me) + (50*id_other))
+map!(x->1, d)
+@test reduce(+, d) == 100
+
+
 end # @unix_only(SharedArray tests)