diff --git a/base/range.jl b/base/range.jl
index 989b1741ceb80..08b7220a92f3f 100644
--- a/base/range.jl
+++ b/base/range.jl
@@ -458,7 +458,16 @@ convert{T}(::Type{FloatRange{T}}, r::OrdinalRange) =
 
 # +/- of ranges is defined in operators.jl (to be able to use @eval etc.)
 
-## non-linear operations on ranges ##
+## non-linear operations on ranges and fallbacks for non-real numbers ##
+
+.+(x::Number, r::Range) = [ x+y for y=r ]
+.+(r::Range, y::Number) = [ x+y for x=r ]
+
+.-(x::Number, r::Range) = [ x-y for y=r ]
+.-(r::Range, y::Number) = [ x-y for x=r ]
+
+.*(x::Number, r::Range) = [ x*y for y=r ]
+.*(r::Range, y::Number) = [ x*y for x=r ]
 
 ./(x::Number, r::Range) = [ x/y for y=r ]
 ./(r::Range, y::Number) = [ x/y for x=r ]
diff --git a/test/ranges.jl b/test/ranges.jl
index 8c5aca4128bdb..45c2114ea6576 100644
--- a/test/ranges.jl
+++ b/test/ranges.jl
@@ -325,3 +325,11 @@ r = linrange(0.25,0.25,1)
 #issue #7484
 r7484 = 0.1:0.1:1
 @test [reverse(r7484)] == reverse([r7484])
+
+# issue #7387
+for r in (0:1, 0.0:1.0)
+    @test r+im == [r]+im
+    @test r-im == [r]-im
+    @test r*im == [r]*im
+    @test r/im == [r]/im
+end