diff --git a/elab_sig.cc b/elab_sig.cc
index 01871f622..c060f9bdc 100644
--- a/elab_sig.cc
+++ b/elab_sig.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2000-2014 Stephen Williams (steve@icarus.com)
+ * Copyright (c) 2000-2015 Stephen Williams (steve@icarus.com)
  * Copyright CERN 2012 / Stephen Williams (steve@icarus.com)
  *
  *    This source code is free software; you can redistribute it
@@ -1063,6 +1063,7 @@ NetNet* PWire::elaborate_sig(Design*des, NetScope*scope) const
 	      // put all the packed dimensions there.
 	    if (use_lidx==0 && use_ridx==0) {
 		  netvector_t*vec = new netvector_t(packed_dimensions, data_type_);
+		  vec->set_signed(get_signed());
 		  packed_dimensions.clear();
 		  ivl_assert(*this, netdarray==0);
 		  netdarray = new netdarray_t(vec);
diff --git a/netdarray.h b/netdarray.h
index e97465b5b..326f07d4c 100644
--- a/netdarray.h
+++ b/netdarray.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef IVL_netdarray_H
 #define IVL_netdarray_H
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012-2014 Stephen Williams (steve@icarus.com)
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2015 Stephen Williams (steve@icarus.com)
  *
  *    This source code is free software; you can redistribute it
  *    and/or modify it in source code form under the terms of the GNU
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ class netdarray_t : public netarray_t {
 	// IVL_VT_DARRAY for dynamic arrays?
       ivl_variable_type_t base_type() const;
 
+	// A dynamic array may have a type that is signed.
+      inline bool get_signed() const { return element_type()->get_signed(); }
+
 	// This is the base_type() of the element of the array. We
 	// need this in some cases in order to get the base type of
 	// the element, and not the IVL_VT_DARRAY of the array itself.