diff --git a/src/libstd/unstable/raw.rs b/src/libstd/unstable/raw.rs
index 64a9a7c672a9..8aee26c24b29 100644
--- a/src/libstd/unstable/raw.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/unstable/raw.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ impl<'a, T> Repr<Slice<T>> for &'a [T] {}
 impl<'a> Repr<Slice<u8>> for &'a str {}
 impl<T> Repr<*Box<T>> for @T {}
 impl<T> Repr<*Box<Vec<T>>> for @[T] {}
+impl<T> Repr<*Vec<T>> for ~[T] {}
 impl Repr<*String> for ~str {}
 impl Repr<*Box<String>> for @str {}
 
diff --git a/src/libstd/vec.rs b/src/libstd/vec.rs
index df4d82678d33..797582e57f4e 100644
--- a/src/libstd/vec.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/vec.rs
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ impl<T> Container for ~[T] {
     /// Returns the length of a vector
     #[inline]
     fn len(&self) -> uint {
-        self.repr().len
+        self.as_slice().len()
     }
 }