diff --git a/src/sparsematrix.jl b/src/sparsematrix.jl
index 38cc21d5..817a74eb 100644
--- a/src/sparsematrix.jl
+++ b/src/sparsematrix.jl
@@ -1111,6 +1111,11 @@ end
 sparse(I::AbstractVector, J::AbstractVector, V::AbstractVector, m::Integer, n::Integer, combine) =
     sparse(AbstractVector{Int}(I), AbstractVector{Int}(J), V, m, n, combine)
 
+function sparse(IJ::AbstractVector{CartesianIndex{2}}, V::AbstractVector, m::Integer, n::Integer)
+    IJ′ = reinterpret(Int, reshape(IJ, 1, :))
+    return sparse(view(IJ′, 1, :), view(IJ′, 2, :), V, m, n)
+end
+
 """
     sparse!(I::AbstractVector{Ti}, J::AbstractVector{Ti}, V::AbstractVector{Tv},
             m::Integer, n::Integer, combine, klasttouch::Vector{Ti},
diff --git a/test/sparsematrix_constructors_indexing.jl b/test/sparsematrix_constructors_indexing.jl
index a0396f40..2b7007bb 100644
--- a/test/sparsematrix_constructors_indexing.jl
+++ b/test/sparsematrix_constructors_indexing.jl
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ end
         SparseMatrixCSC(6, 6, big.([1,2,4,7,8,9,9]), big.([1,1,2,1,2,3,4,5]), big.([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8])))
     @test sparse(Any[1,2,3], Any[1,2,3], Any[1,1,1]) == sparse([1,2,3], [1,2,3], [1,1,1])
     @test sparse(Any[1,2,3], Any[1,2,3], Any[1,1,1], 5, 4) == sparse([1,2,3], [1,2,3], [1,1,1], 5, 4)
+    @test_throws MethodError sparse([CartesianIndex(1, 1, 1), CartesianIndex(2, 2, 2), CartesianIndex(3, 3, 3)], [1, 2, 4], [1, 2, 3], 3, 3) # Only 2D indices should work
+    @test isequal(sparse([CartesianIndex(1, 1), CartesianIndex(2, 2), CartesianIndex(3, 3)], [1.0, 2.0, 3.0], 3, 3), sparse([1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 3], [1.0, 2.0, 3.0], 3, 3))
     # with combine
     @test sparse([1, 1, 2, 2, 2], [1, 2, 1, 2, 2], 1.0, 2, 2, +) == sparse([1, 1, 2, 2], [1, 2, 1, 2], [1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 2.0], 2, 2)
     @test sparse([1, 1, 2, 2, 2], [1, 2, 1, 2, 2], -1.0, 2, 2, *) == sparse([1, 1, 2, 2], [1, 2, 1, 2], [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0, 1.0], 2, 2)