diff --git a/src/utils.jl b/src/utils.jl
index dd876cd11..a3a8eed53 100644
--- a/src/utils.jl
+++ b/src/utils.jl
@@ -218,24 +218,32 @@ dimwise!(f, dest::AbstractDimArray{T,N}, a::AbstractDimArray{TA,N}, b::AbstractD
     if !dimsmatch(common, dims(b))
         b = PermutedDimsArray(b, common)
     end
-    map(generators) do otherdims
-        I = (common..., otherdims...)
-        dest[I...] .= f.(a[I...], b[common...])
+    # Broadcast over b for each combination of dimensional indices D
+    map(generators) do D
+        dest[D...] .= f.(a[D...], b)
     end
     return dest
 end
 
+# Single dimension generator
 dimwise_generators(dims::Tuple{<:Dimension}) =  
     ((basetypeof(dims[1])(i),) for i in axes(dims[1], 1))
 
+# Multi dimensional generators
 dimwise_generators(dims::Tuple) = begin
     dim_constructors = map(basetypeof, dims)
-    Base.Generator(
-        Base.Iterators.ProductIterator(map(d -> axes(d, 1), dims)),
-        vals -> map(dim_constructors, vals)
-    )
+    # Get the axes of the dims to iterate over
+    dimaxes = map(d -> axes(d, 1), dims)
+    # Make an iterator over all axes
+    proditr = Base.Iterators.ProductIterator(dimaxes)
+    # Wrap the produced index I in dimensions as it is generated
+    Base.Generator(proditr) do I
+        map((D, i) -> D(i), dim_constructors, I)
+    end
 end
 
+
+
 """
     basetypeof(x) => Type
 
diff --git a/test/utils.jl b/test/utils.jl
index 48c90fb3b..de2dea360 100644
--- a/test/utils.jl
+++ b/test/utils.jl
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ end
 @testset "dimwise" begin
     A2 = [1 2 3; 4 5 6]
     B1 = [1, 2, 3]
-    da2 = DimArray(A2, (X, Y))
-    db1 = DimArray(B1, (Y,))
+    da2 = DimArray(A2, (X([20, 30]), Y([:a, :b, :c])))
+    db1 = DimArray(B1, (Y([:a, :b, :c]),))
     dc2 = dimwise(+, da2, db1)
     @test dc2 == [2 4 6; 5 7 9]
 
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ end
     dc3 = dimwise(+, da3, db2)
     @test dc3 == cat([2 4 6; 8 10 12], [12 14 16; 18 20 22]; dims=3)
 
+    A3 = cat([1 2 3; 4 5 6], [11 12 13; 14 15 16]; dims=3)
+    da3 = DimArray(A3, (X([20, 30]), Y([:a, :b, :c]), Z(10:10:20)))
+    db1 = DimArray(B1, (Y([:a, :b, :c]),))
+    dc3 = dimwise(+, da3, db1)
+    @test dc3 == cat([2 4 6; 5 7 9], [12 14 16; 15 17 19]; dims=3)
+
     @testset "works with permuted dims" begin
         db2p = permutedims(da2)
         dc3p = dimwise(+, da3, db2p)