diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/math/mod.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/math/mod.rs
index c7c8e88b29..1e705fe87b 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/math/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/math/mod.rs
@@ -509,3 +509,14 @@ fn adding_value_and_list() {
 
     assert_eq!(actual.out, "[1, 3, 5]");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn adding_tables() {
+    let actual = nu!(
+        cwd: "tests/fixtures/formats", pipeline(
+        r#"
+            [[a b]; [1 2]] ++ [[4 5]; [10 11]] | to nuon
+        "#
+    ));
+    assert_eq!(actual.out, "[{a: 1, b: 2}, {4: 10, 5: 11}]");
+}
diff --git a/crates/nu-parser/src/type_check.rs b/crates/nu-parser/src/type_check.rs
index 9655321f21..b555859f28 100644
--- a/crates/nu-parser/src/type_check.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-parser/src/type_check.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ pub fn math_result_type(
     op: &mut Expression,
     rhs: &mut Expression,
 ) -> (Type, Option<ParseError>) {
-    //println!("checking: {:?} {:?} {:?}", lhs, op, rhs);
     match &op.expr {
         Expr::Operator(operator) => match operator {
             Operator::Math(Math::Plus) => match (&lhs.ty, &rhs.ty) {
@@ -84,6 +83,7 @@ pub fn math_result_type(
                         (Type::List(Box::new(Type::Any)), None)
                     }
                 }
+                (Type::Table(a), Type::Table(_)) => (Type::Table(a.clone()), None),
                 _ => {
                     *op = Expression::garbage(op.span);
                     (