diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 4b12452..19c5f51 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "ArrayLayouts"
 uuid = "4c555306-a7a7-4459-81d9-ec55ddd5c99a"
 authors = ["Sheehan Olver <solver@mac.com>"]
-version = "0.8.8"
+version = "0.8.9"
 
 [deps]
 FillArrays = "1a297f60-69ca-5386-bcde-b61e274b549b"
diff --git a/src/lmul.jl b/src/lmul.jl
index c6c0e60..76e2a28 100644
--- a/src/lmul.jl
+++ b/src/lmul.jl
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ const BlasMatRmulMat{StyleA,StyleB,T<:BlasFloat} = Rmul{StyleA,StyleB,<:Abstract
 
 axes(M::MatLmulVec) = (axes(M.A,1),)
 
-lmul(A, B) = materialize(Lmul(A, B))
-lmul!(A, B) = materialize!(Lmul(A, B))
-rmul!(A, B) = materialize!(Rmul(A, B))
+lmul(A, B; kwds...) = materialize(Lmul(A, B); kwds...)
+lmul!(A, B; kwds...) = materialize!(Lmul(A, B); kwds...)
+rmul!(A, B; kwds...) = materialize!(Rmul(A, B); kwds...)
 
 materialize(L::Lmul) = copy(instantiate(L))
 
diff --git a/test/test_muladd.jl b/test/test_muladd.jl
index 045559b..bfc3164 100644
--- a/test/test_muladd.jl
+++ b/test/test_muladd.jl
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ Random.seed!(0)
 
                 @test all(mul(UpperTriangular(A),x) .===
                             copy(Lmul(UpperTriangular(A),x)) .===
+                            ArrayLayouts.lmul(UpperTriangular(A),x) .===
                             ArrayLayouts.lmul!(UpperTriangular(A),copy(x)) .===
                             copyto!(similar(x),Lmul(UpperTriangular(A),x)) .===
                             UpperTriangular(A)*x .===