diff --git a/lisp/org-babel-R.el b/lisp/org-babel-R.el
index 7e417e152..583d072d1 100644
--- a/lisp/org-babel-R.el
+++ b/lisp/org-babel-R.el
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ called by `org-babel-execute-src-block'."
                               (t 'value)))
            (session (org-babel-R-initiate-session ;; (cdr (assoc :session params))
                                                   (get-buffer "*R*")))
-           ;; (session (get-buffer "*R*"))
            results)
       ;; assign variables
       (mapc (lambda (pair) (org-babel-R-assign-elisp session (car pair) (cdr pair))) vars)
@@ -53,11 +52,17 @@ called by `org-babel-execute-src-block'."
       ;; (message (format "result-type=%S" result-type))
       ;; (message (format "body=%S" body))
       ;; (message (format "session=%S" session))
+      ;; (message (format "result-params=%S" result-params))
       ;; evaluate body and convert the results to ruby
       (setq results (org-babel-R-evaluate session body result-type))
-      (let ((tmp-file (make-temp-file "org-babel-R")))
-        (with-temp-file tmp-file (insert results))
-        (org-babel-import-elisp-from-file tmp-file)))))
+      (setq results (if (member "scalar" result-params)
+                        results
+                      (let ((tmp-file (make-temp-file "org-babel-R")))
+                        (with-temp-file tmp-file (insert results))
+                        (org-babel-import-elisp-from-file tmp-file))))
+      (if (and (member "vector" result-params) (not (listp results)))
+          (list (list results))
+        results))))
 
 (defun org-babel-R-quote-tsv-field (s)
   "Quote field S for export to R."
diff --git a/org-babel.org b/org-babel.org
index fd0b8456b..469a6694c 100644
--- a/org-babel.org
+++ b/org-babel.org
@@ -478,10 +478,11 @@ This should include...
 
 - sessions in comint buffers
 
-**** DONE Ruby [4/4]
+**** DONE Ruby [4/5]
 
 - [X] functional results working with comint
 - [X] script results
+- [ ] ensure scalar/vector results args are taken into consideration
 - [X] ensure callable by other source block
 - [X] rename buffer after session
 
@@ -521,17 +522,18 @@ schulte + 3
 schulte
 #+end_src
 
-**** TODO R [2/4]
+**** TODO R [3/5]
 
 - [X] functional results working with comint
 - [X] script results
+- [X] ensure scalar/vector results args are taken into consideration
 - [ ] ensure callable by other source block
 - [ ] rename buffer after session
 
 To redirect output to a file, you can use the =sink()= command.
 
 #+srcname: task_R_B
-#+begin_src R :results replace value
+#+begin_src R :results replace value vector
 a <- 9
 b <- 10
 b - a
@@ -539,7 +541,7 @@ a + b
 #+end_src
 
 #+resname: task_R_B
-: 19
+| 19 |
 
 #+srcname: task-R-use-other-output
 #+begin_src R :var twoentyseven=task_R_B() :results replace value