diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index b267d2ad..97ac6e1b 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-- test vips_match()
-
-  seems not to work? a coordinate is swapped somewhere
 
 - quickly wrap the useful bits of mosaicing/
 
diff --git a/libvips/mosaicing/match.c b/libvips/mosaicing/match.c
index b465a39a..6cdec911 100644
--- a/libvips/mosaicing/match.c
+++ b/libvips/mosaicing/match.c
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ vips_match_build( VipsObject *object )
 	VipsMatch *match = (VipsMatch *) object;
 
 	double a, b, dx, dy;
+	VipsArrayInt *oarea;
 	VipsImage *x;
 
 	g_object_set( match, "out", vips_image_new(), NULL ); 
@@ -160,13 +161,22 @@ vips_match_build( VipsObject *object )
 		&a, &b, &dx, &dy ) )
 		return( -1 );
 
+	/* Output area of ref image.
+	 */
+	oarea = vips_array_int_newv( 4, 
+		0, 0, match->ref->Xsize, match->ref->Ysize ); 
+
 	if( vips_affine( match->sec, &x,
 		a, -b, b, a, 
 		"interpolate", match->interpolate, 
 		"odx", dx, 
 		"ody", dy, 
-		NULL ) )
+		"oarea", oarea, 
+		NULL ) ) {
+		vips_area_unref( oarea );
 		return( -1 );
+	}
+	vips_area_unref( oarea );
 
 	if( vips_image_write( x, match->out ) ) {
 		g_object_unref( x ); 
diff --git a/libvips/resample/affine.c b/libvips/resample/affine.c
index 13659405..2ec6787a 100644
--- a/libvips/resample/affine.c
+++ b/libvips/resample/affine.c
@@ -492,6 +492,15 @@ vips_affine_build( VipsObject *object )
 	resample->out->Xsize = affine->trn.oarea.width;
 	resample->out->Ysize = affine->trn.oarea.height;
 
+#ifdef DEBUG
+	printf( "vips_affine_build: transform: "
+		"a = %g, b = %g, c = %g, d = %g\n",
+		affine->trn.a, 
+		affine->trn.b, 
+		affine->trn.c, 
+		affine->trn.d );  
+#endif /*DEBUG*/
+
 	/* Generate!
 	 */
 	if( vips_image_generate( resample->out,