diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 5aaaedb..0b2c0f5 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "DistributedArrays"
 uuid = "aaf54ef3-cdf8-58ed-94cc-d582ad619b94"
-version = "0.6.8"
+version = "0.6.9"
 
 [deps]
 Distributed = "8ba89e20-285c-5b6f-9357-94700520ee1b"
diff --git a/src/broadcast.jl b/src/broadcast.jl
index a689faa..e265f93 100644
--- a/src/broadcast.jl
+++ b/src/broadcast.jl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # We define a custom ArrayStyle here since we need to keep track of
 # the fact that it is Distributed and what kind of underlying broadcast behaviour
 # we will encounter.
-struct DArrayStyle{Style <: BroadcastStyle} <: Broadcast.AbstractArrayStyle{Any} end
+struct DArrayStyle{Style <: Union{Nothing,BroadcastStyle}} <: Broadcast.AbstractArrayStyle{Any} end
 DArrayStyle(::S) where {S} = DArrayStyle{S}()
 DArrayStyle(::S, ::Val{N}) where {S,N} = DArrayStyle(S(Val(N)))
 DArrayStyle(::Val{N}) where N = DArrayStyle{Broadcast.DefaultArrayStyle{N}}()
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ function Base.similar(bc::Broadcasted{<:DArrayStyle{Style}}, ::Type{ElType}) whe
 end
 
 ##
+# Ref https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/interfaces/#extending-in-place-broadcast-2
+#
 # We purposefully only specialise `copyto!`,
 # Broadcast implementation that defers to the underlying BroadcastStyle. We can't 
 # assume that `getindex` is fast, furthermore  we can't assume that the distribution of
@@ -119,7 +121,7 @@ end
 
 # Distribute broadcast
 # TODO: How to decide on cuts
-@inline bcdistribute(bc::Broadcasted{Style}) where Style = Broadcasted{DArrayStyle{Style}}(bc.f, bcdistribute_args(bc.args), bc.axes)
+@inline bcdistribute(bc::Broadcasted{Style}) where Style<:Union{Nothing,BroadcastStyle} = Broadcasted{DArrayStyle{Style}}(bc.f, bcdistribute_args(bc.args), bc.axes)
 @inline bcdistribute(bc::Broadcasted{Style}) where Style<:DArrayStyle = Broadcasted{Style}(bc.f, bcdistribute_args(bc.args), bc.axes)
 
 # ask BroadcastStyle to decide if argument is in need of being distributed
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ bcdistribute_args(args::Tuple{Any}) = (bcdistribute(args[1]),)
 bcdistribute_args(args::Tuple{}) = ()
 
 # dropping axes here since recomputing is easier
-@inline bclocal(bc::Broadcasted{DArrayStyle{Style}}, idxs) where Style = Broadcasted{Style}(bc.f, bclocal_args(_bcview(axes(bc), idxs), bc.args))
+@inline bclocal(bc::Broadcasted{DArrayStyle{Style}}, idxs) where Style<:Union{Nothing,BroadcastStyle} = Broadcasted{Style}(bc.f, bclocal_args(_bcview(axes(bc), idxs), bc.args))
 
 # bclocal will do a view of the data and the copy it over
 # except when the data already is local
diff --git a/test/darray.jl b/test/darray.jl
index d97c7ca..a812b07 100644
--- a/test/darray.jl
+++ b/test/darray.jl
@@ -897,6 +897,13 @@ check_leaks()
        @test Array(g) == Array(a) .- Array(m) .* sin.(Array(c))
     end
 
+    @testset "Broadcasting into DArray" begin
+        a .= ones(nrows, ncols)
+        @test all(isone, a)
+        a .= 3 .+ abs2.(@view(zeros(nrows, ncols + 5)[:, 6:end]))
+        @test all(x -> x == 3, a)
+    end
+
     # @testset "lazy wrapped broadcast" begin
     #    l = similar(a)
     #    l[1:10, :] .= view(a, 1:10, : )