diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a588f80fa..c8b1474ee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ Currently, the `@compat` macro supports the following syntaxes:
 
 * Constructors for `Matrix{T}`, `Array{T}`, and `SparseMatrixCSC{T}` from `UniformScaling` ([#24372], [#24657])
 
+* Constructor for `Matrix` from `UniformScaling` ([#24372], [#24657]).
+
 * `Uninitialized` and `uninitialized` with corresponding `Array` constructors ([#24652]).
 
 * `BitArray` constructors for `uninitialized` ([#24785]).
diff --git a/src/Compat.jl b/src/Compat.jl
index 4cf974ea8..a1703ce99 100644
--- a/src/Compat.jl
+++ b/src/Compat.jl
@@ -1310,6 +1310,10 @@ end
     export parentmodule
 end
 
+@static if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.2541"
+    (::Type{Matrix}){T}(I::UniformScaling{T}, dims...) = eye(T, dims...)
+end
+
 include("deprecated.jl")
 
 end # module Compat
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 9cf0dbc25..7fd3b4aff 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1168,6 +1168,10 @@ end
 # 0.7.0-DEV.3415
 @test findall(x -> x==1, [1, 2, 3, 2, 1]) == [1, 5]
 
+# 0.7.0-DEV.2541
+@test Matrix(I, 2, 2) == [1 0; 0 1]
+@test eltype(Matrix(1.0I, 3, 3)) == Float64
+
 if VERSION < v"0.6.0"
     include("deprecated.jl")
 end