diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/util/Constants.h b/Eigen/src/Core/util/Constants.h
index 16ed585..1deb223 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/util/Constants.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/util/Constants.h
@@ -430,7 +430,9 @@
   /** Use a QR decomposition without pivoting as the first step. */
   HouseholderQRPreconditioner = 0x80,
   /** Use a QR decomposition with full pivoting as the first step. */
-  FullPivHouseholderQRPreconditioner = 0xC0
+  FullPivHouseholderQRPreconditioner = 0xC0,
+  /** Used to disable the QR Preconditioner in BDCSVD. */
+  DisableQRDecomposition = NoQRPreconditioner
 };
 
 #ifdef Success
diff --git a/Eigen/src/SVD/BDCSVD.h b/Eigen/src/SVD/BDCSVD.h
index 17bd288..f9e0c62 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/SVD/BDCSVD.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/SVD/BDCSVD.h
@@ -76,9 +76,11 @@
  * \tparam MatrixType_ the type of the matrix of which we are computing the SVD decomposition
  *
  * \tparam Options_ this optional parameter allows one to specify options for computing unitaries \a U and \a V.
- *                  Possible values are #ComputeThinU, #ComputeThinV, #ComputeFullU, #ComputeFullV.
- *                  It is not possible to request both the thin and full version of \a U or \a V.
- *                  By default, unitaries are not computed.
+ *                  Possible values are #ComputeThinU, #ComputeThinV, #ComputeFullU, #ComputeFullV, and
+ *                  #DisableQRDecomposition. It is not possible to request both the thin and full version of \a U or
+ *                  \a V. By default, unitaries are not computed. BDCSVD uses R-Bidiagonalization to improve
+ *                  performance on tall and wide matrices. For backwards compatility, the option
+ *                  #DisableQRDecomposition can be used to disable this optimization.
  *
  * This class first reduces the input matrix to bi-diagonal form using class UpperBidiagonalization,
  * and then performs a divide-and-conquer diagonalization. Small blocks are diagonalized using class JacobiSVD.
@@ -110,6 +112,8 @@
   typedef typename Base::Index Index;
   enum {
     Options = Options_,
+    QRDecomposition = Options & internal::QRPreconditionerBits,
+    ComputationOptions = Options & internal::ComputationOptionsBits,
     RowsAtCompileTime = Base::RowsAtCompileTime,
     ColsAtCompileTime = Base::ColsAtCompileTime,
     DiagSizeAtCompileTime = Base::DiagSizeAtCompileTime,
@@ -251,8 +255,12 @@
   ArrayXr m_workspace;
   ArrayXi m_workspaceI;
   int m_algoswap;
-  bool m_isTranspose, m_compU, m_compV;
-  JacobiSVD<MatrixType, Options> smallSvd;
+  bool m_isTranspose, m_compU, m_compV, m_useQrDecomp;
+  JacobiSVD<MatrixType, ComputationOptions> smallSvd;
+  HouseholderQR<MatrixX> qrDecomp;
+  internal::UpperBidiagonalization<MatrixX> bid;
+  MatrixX copyWorkspace;
+  MatrixX reducedTriangle;
 
   using Base::m_computationOptions;
   using Base::m_computeThinU;
@@ -276,7 +284,7 @@
     return;
 
   if (cols < m_algoswap)
-    internal::allocate_small_svd<MatrixType, Options>::run(smallSvd, rows, cols, computationOptions);
+    internal::allocate_small_svd<MatrixType, ComputationOptions>::run(smallSvd, rows, cols, computationOptions);
 
   m_computed = MatrixXr::Zero(m_diagSize + 1, m_diagSize );
   m_compU = computeV();
@@ -285,6 +293,22 @@
   if (m_isTranspose)
     std::swap(m_compU, m_compV);
 
+  // kMinAspectRatio is the crossover point that determines if we perform R-Bidiagonalization
+  // or bidiagonalize the input matrix directly.
+  // It is based off of LAPACK's dgesdd routine, which uses 11.0/6.0
+  // we use a larger scalar to prevent a regression for relatively square matrices.
+  constexpr Index kMinAspectRatio = 4;
+  constexpr bool disableQrDecomp = static_cast<int>(QRDecomposition) == static_cast<int>(DisableQRDecomposition);
+  m_useQrDecomp = !disableQrDecomp && ((rows / kMinAspectRatio > cols) || (cols / kMinAspectRatio > rows));
+  if (m_useQrDecomp) {
+    qrDecomp = HouseholderQR<MatrixX>((std::max)(rows, cols), (std::min)(rows, cols));
+    reducedTriangle = MatrixX(m_diagSize, m_diagSize);
+  }
+
+  copyWorkspace = MatrixX(m_isTranspose ? cols : rows, m_isTranspose ? rows : cols);
+  bid = internal::UpperBidiagonalization<MatrixX>(m_useQrDecomp ? m_diagSize : copyWorkspace.rows(),
+                                                  m_useQrDecomp ? m_diagSize : copyWorkspace.cols());
+
   if (m_compU) m_naiveU = MatrixXr::Zero(m_diagSize + 1, m_diagSize + 1 );
   else         m_naiveU = MatrixXr::Zero(2, m_diagSize + 1 );
 
@@ -330,13 +354,22 @@
   }
 
   if(numext::is_exactly_zero(scale)) scale = Literal(1);
-  MatrixX copy;
-  if (m_isTranspose) copy = matrix.adjoint()/scale;
-  else               copy = matrix/scale;
 
-  //**** step 1 - Bidiagonalization
-  // FIXME this line involves temporaries
-  internal::UpperBidiagonalization<MatrixX> bid(copy);
+  if (m_isTranspose) copyWorkspace = matrix.adjoint() / scale;
+  else copyWorkspace = matrix / scale;
+
+  //**** step 1 - Bidiagonalization.
+  // If the problem is sufficiently rectangular, we perform R-Bidiagonalization: compute A = Q(R/0)
+  // and then bidiagonalize R. Otherwise, if the problem is relatively square, we
+  // bidiagonalize the input matrix directly.
+  if (m_useQrDecomp) {
+    qrDecomp.compute(copyWorkspace);
+    reducedTriangle = qrDecomp.matrixQR().topRows(m_diagSize);
+    reducedTriangle.template triangularView<StrictlyLower>().setZero();
+    bid.compute(reducedTriangle);
+  } else {
+    bid.compute(copyWorkspace);
+  }
 
   //**** step 2 - Divide & Conquer
   m_naiveU.setZero();
@@ -368,13 +401,15 @@
     }
   }
 
-#ifdef EIGEN_BDCSVD_DEBUG_VERBOSE
-//   std::cout << "m_naiveU\n" << m_naiveU << "\n\n";
-//   std::cout << "m_naiveV\n" << m_naiveV << "\n\n";
-#endif
+  //**** step 4 - Finalize unitaries U and V
   if(m_isTranspose) copyUV(bid.householderV(), bid.householderU(), m_naiveV, m_naiveU);
   else              copyUV(bid.householderU(), bid.householderV(), m_naiveU, m_naiveV);
 
+  if (m_useQrDecomp) {
+    if (m_isTranspose && computeV()) m_matrixV.applyOnTheLeft(qrDecomp.householderQ());
+    else if (!m_isTranspose && computeU()) m_matrixU.applyOnTheLeft(qrDecomp.householderQ());
+  }
+
   m_isInitialized = true;
   return *this;
 }  // end compute
@@ -386,17 +421,21 @@
   // Note exchange of U and V: m_matrixU is set from m_naiveV and vice versa
   if (computeU())
   {
-    Index Ucols = m_computeThinU ? m_diagSize : householderU.cols();
-    m_matrixU = MatrixX::Identity(householderU.cols(), Ucols);
+    Index Ucols = m_computeThinU ? m_diagSize : rows();
+    m_matrixU = MatrixX::Identity(rows(), Ucols);
     m_matrixU.topLeftCorner(m_diagSize, m_diagSize) = naiveV.template cast<Scalar>().topLeftCorner(m_diagSize, m_diagSize);
-    householderU.applyThisOnTheLeft(m_matrixU); // FIXME this line involves a temporary buffer
+    // FIXME the following conditionals involve temporary buffers
+    if (m_useQrDecomp) m_matrixU.topLeftCorner(householderU.cols(), m_diagSize).applyOnTheLeft(householderU);
+    else m_matrixU.applyOnTheLeft(householderU);
   }
   if (computeV())
   {
-    Index Vcols = m_computeThinV ? m_diagSize : householderV.cols();
-    m_matrixV = MatrixX::Identity(householderV.cols(), Vcols);
+    Index Vcols = m_computeThinV ? m_diagSize : cols();
+    m_matrixV = MatrixX::Identity(cols(), Vcols);
     m_matrixV.topLeftCorner(m_diagSize, m_diagSize) = naiveU.template cast<Scalar>().topLeftCorner(m_diagSize, m_diagSize);
-    householderV.applyThisOnTheLeft(m_matrixV); // FIXME this line involves a temporary buffer
+    // FIXME the following conditionals involve temporary buffers
+    if (m_useQrDecomp) m_matrixV.topLeftCorner(householderV.cols(), m_diagSize).applyOnTheLeft(householderV);
+    else m_matrixV.applyOnTheLeft(householderV);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/Eigen/src/SVD/UpperBidiagonalization.h b/Eigen/src/SVD/UpperBidiagonalization.h
index 7aac931..e6c9097 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/SVD/UpperBidiagonalization.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/SVD/UpperBidiagonalization.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     * The default constructor is useful in cases in which the user intends to
     * perform decompositions via Bidiagonalization::compute(const MatrixType&).
     */
-    UpperBidiagonalization() : m_householder(), m_bidiagonal(), m_isInitialized(false) {}
+    UpperBidiagonalization() : m_householder(), m_bidiagonal(0, 0), m_isInitialized(false) {}
 
     explicit UpperBidiagonalization(const MatrixType& matrix)
       : m_householder(matrix.rows(), matrix.cols()),
@@ -62,7 +62,13 @@
     {
       compute(matrix);
     }
-    
+
+    UpperBidiagonalization(Index rows, Index cols)
+      : m_householder(rows, cols),
+        m_bidiagonal(cols, cols),
+        m_isInitialized(false)
+    {}
+
     UpperBidiagonalization& compute(const MatrixType& matrix);
     UpperBidiagonalization& computeUnblocked(const MatrixType& matrix);
     
diff --git a/test/bdcsvd.cpp b/test/bdcsvd.cpp
index 291210c..539494b 100644
--- a/test/bdcsvd.cpp
+++ b/test/bdcsvd.cpp
@@ -46,10 +46,17 @@
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m.bdcSvd(ComputeFullU|ComputeFullV).solve(m), m);
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m.bdcSvd(ComputeFullU|ComputeFullV).transpose().solve(m), m);
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m.bdcSvd(ComputeFullU|ComputeFullV).adjoint().solve(m), m);
-  
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m.template bdcSvd<DisableQRDecomposition>(ComputeFullU|ComputeFullV).solve(m), m);
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m.template bdcSvd<DisableQRDecomposition>(ComputeFullU|ComputeFullV).transpose().solve(m), m);
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m.template bdcSvd<DisableQRDecomposition>(ComputeFullU|ComputeFullV).adjoint().solve(m), m);
+
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m.template bdcSvd<ComputeFullU | ComputeFullV>().solve(m), m);
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m.template bdcSvd<ComputeFullU | ComputeFullV>().transpose().solve(m), m);
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m.template bdcSvd<ComputeFullU | ComputeFullV>().adjoint().solve(m), m);
+
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m.template bdcSvd<ComputeFullU | ComputeFullV | DisableQRDecomposition>().solve(m), m);
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m.template bdcSvd<ComputeFullU | ComputeFullV | DisableQRDecomposition>().transpose().solve(m), m);
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m.template bdcSvd<ComputeFullU | ComputeFullV | DisableQRDecomposition>().adjoint().solve(m), m);
 }
 
 // compare the Singular values returned with Jacobi and Bdc
@@ -88,7 +95,7 @@
 
 template <typename MatrixType>
 void bdcsvd_all_options(const MatrixType& input = MatrixType()) {
-  MatrixType m = input;
+  MatrixType m(input.rows(), input.cols());
   svd_fill_random(m);
   svd_option_checks<MatrixType, 0>(m);
 }
diff --git a/test/jacobisvd.cpp b/test/jacobisvd.cpp
index 76194f7..daf24a7 100644
--- a/test/jacobisvd.cpp
+++ b/test/jacobisvd.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 template <typename MatrixType>
 void jacobisvd_all_options(const MatrixType& input = MatrixType()) {
-  MatrixType m = input;
+  MatrixType m(input.rows(), input.cols());
   svd_fill_random(m);
   svd_option_checks<MatrixType, 0>(m);
   svd_option_checks<MatrixType, ColPivHouseholderQRPreconditioner>(m);