diff --git a/tests/modelling/test_engine.py b/tests/modelling/test_engine.py
index 76b4707a..b40f147e 100644
--- a/tests/modelling/test_engine.py
+++ b/tests/modelling/test_engine.py
@@ -504,35 +504,50 @@ class MultiColumnLoaderTestCase(TestCase):
         self.asset_finder = env.asset_finder
 
     def test_engine_with_multicolumn_loader(self):
-        open_, close = USEquityPricing.open, USEquityPricing.close
+        open_ = USEquityPricing.open
+        close = USEquityPricing.close
+        volume = USEquityPricing.volume
 
         # Test for thirty days up to the second to last day that we think all
         # the assets existed.  If we test the last day of our calendar, no
         # assets will be in our output, because their end dates are all
         dates_to_test = self.dates[-32:-2]
 
-        loader = MultiColumnLoader({
-            open_: ConstantLoader(dates=self.dates,
-                                  assets=self.assets,
-                                  constants={open_: 1}),
-            close: ConstantLoader(dates=self.dates,
-                                  assets=self.assets,
-                                  constants={close: 2})
-        })
-
+        constants = {open_: 1, close: 2, volume: 3}
+        loader = ConstantLoader(
+            constants=constants,
+            dates=self.dates,
+            assets=self.assets,
+        )
         engine = SimpleFFCEngine(loader, self.dates, self.asset_finder)
 
-        factor = RollingSumDifference()
+        sumdiff = RollingSumDifference()
 
-        result = engine.factor_matrix({'f': factor},
-                                      dates_to_test[0],
-                                      dates_to_test[-1])
+        result = engine.factor_matrix(
+            {
+                'sumdiff': sumdiff,
+                'open': open_.latest,
+                'close': close.latest,
+                'volume': volume.latest,
+            },
+            dates_to_test[0],
+            dates_to_test[-1]
+        )
         self.assertIsNotNone(result)
-        self.assertEqual({'f'}, set(result.columns))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            {'sumdiff', 'open', 'close', 'volume'},
+            set(result.columns)
+        )
 
         result_index = self.assets * len(dates_to_test)
         result_shape = (len(result_index),)
         check_arrays(
-            result['f'],
+            result['sumdiff'],
             Series(index=result_index, data=full(result_shape, -3)),
         )
+
+        for name, const in [('open', 1), ('close', 2), ('volume', 3)]:
+            check_arrays(
+                result[name],
+                Series(index=result_index, data=full(result_shape, const)),
+            )
diff --git a/zipline/data/dataset.py b/zipline/data/dataset.py
index 2751d636..aaf2beaf 100644
--- a/zipline/data/dataset.py
+++ b/zipline/data/dataset.py
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ class BoundColumn(Term):
 
     @property
     def latest(self):
-        return Latest(inputs=(self,), dtype=self.dtype)
+        # FIXME: Once we support non-float dtypes, this should pass a dtype
+        # along.  Right now we're just assuming that inputs will safely coerce
+        # to float.
+        return Latest(inputs=(self,))
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "{qualname}::{dtype}".format(