diff -r 010eac770387 boost/numeric/ublas/traits.hpp
--- a/boost/numeric/ublas/traits.hpp	Fri Jan 13 07:03:57 2012 -0500
+++ b/boost/numeric/ublas/traits.hpp	Thu Feb 02 09:39:07 2012 -0500
@@ -605,10 +605,10 @@
         struct has_trivial_destructor : public boost::has_trivial_destructor<T> {};
 
         template<typename FLT>
-        struct has_trivial_constructor<std::complex<FLT> > : public boost::true_type {};
+        struct has_trivial_constructor<std::complex<FLT> > : public has_trivial_constructor<FLT> {};
         
         template<typename FLT>
-        struct has_trivial_destructor<std::complex<FLT> > : public boost::true_type {};
+        struct has_trivial_destructor<std::complex<FLT> > : public has_trivial_constructor<FLT> {};
 
     }