diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 758f884f..2fe62236 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
     and to types of the [mint](https://crates.io/crates/mint) crate.
   * The `::repeat(...)` constructor that is an alternative name to
     `::from_element(...)`.
+  * The `.iamin()` methods that returns the index of the vector entry with
+    smallest absolute value.
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/core/blas.rs b/src/core/blas.rs
index 517e7793..65dbe7e8 100644
--- a/src/core/blas.rs
+++ b/src/core/blas.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,26 @@ impl<N: Scalar + PartialOrd + Signed, D: Dim, S: Storage<N, D>> Vector<N, D, S>
 
         the_i
     }
+
+    /// Computes the index of the vector component with the smallest absolute value.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn iamin(&self) -> usize {
+        assert!(!self.is_empty(), "The input vector must not be empty.");
+
+        let mut the_max = unsafe { self.vget_unchecked(0).abs() };
+        let mut the_i   = 0;
+
+        for i in 1 .. self.nrows() {
+            let val = unsafe { self.vget_unchecked(i).abs() };
+
+            if val < the_max {
+                the_max = val;
+                the_i   = i;
+            }
+        }
+
+        the_i
+    }
 }
 
 impl<N: Scalar + PartialOrd + Signed, R: Dim, C: Dim, S: Storage<N, R, C>> Matrix<N, R, C, S> {