diff --git a/src/common.jl b/src/common.jl
index 14f7fc5d..eee8518f 100644
--- a/src/common.jl
+++ b/src/common.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Generic ##
 
+if VERSION < v"1.1"
+    eachcol(A::AbstractVecOrMat) = (view(A, :, i) for i in axes(A, 2))
+end
+
 Base.one(::Irrational) = true
 
 function vcatmapreduce(f, args...)