diff --git a/cmake/loki_transform.cmake b/cmake/loki_transform.cmake
index dc14af58e..6ca391992 100644
--- a/cmake/loki_transform.cmake
+++ b/cmake/loki_transform.cmake
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ include( loki_transform_helpers )
 #       [CPP]
 #       [FRONTEND <frontend>]
 #       [INLINE_MEMBERS]
+#       [FIX_SCALAR_SYNTAX]
 #       [BUILDDIR <build-path>]
 #       [SOURCES <source1> [<source2> ...]]
 #       [HEADERS <header1> [<header2> ...]]
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ function( loki_transform )
 
     set( options
          CPP DATA_OFFLOAD REMOVE_OPENMP ASSUME_DEVICEPTR TRIM_VECTOR_SECTIONS GLOBAL_VAR_OFFLOAD
-         REMOVE_DERIVED_ARGS INLINE_MEMBERS DERIVE_ARGUMENT_ARRAY_SHAPE
+         REMOVE_DERIVED_ARGS INLINE_MEMBERS FIX_SCALAR_SYNTAX DERIVE_ARGUMENT_ARRAY_SHAPE
     )
     set( oneValueArgs
          COMMAND MODE DIRECTIVE FRONTEND CONFIG BUILDDIR
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ endfunction()
 #       [DIRECTIVE <openacc|openmp|...>]
 #       [SOURCES <source1> [<source2> ...]]
 #       [HEADERS <header1> [<header2> ...]]
-#       [NO_PLAN_SOURCEDIR COPY_UNMODIFIED INLINE_MEMBERS]
+#       [NO_PLAN_SOURCEDIR COPY_UNMODIFIED INLINE_MEMBERS FIX_SCALAR_SYNTAX]
 #   )
 #
 # Applies a Loki bulk transformation to the source files belonging to a particular
@@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ endfunction()
 
 function( loki_transform_target )
 
-    set( options NO_PLAN_SOURCEDIR COPY_UNMODIFIED CPP CPP_PLAN INLINE_MEMBERS )
+    set( options NO_PLAN_SOURCEDIR COPY_UNMODIFIED CPP CPP_PLAN INLINE_MEMBERS FIX_SCALAR_SYNTAX )
     set( single_value_args TARGET COMMAND MODE DIRECTIVE FRONTEND CONFIG PLAN )
     set( multi_value_args SOURCES HEADERS )
 
@@ -291,6 +292,10 @@ function( loki_transform_target )
             list( APPEND _TRANSFORM_OPTIONS INLINE_MEMBERS )
         endif()
 
+        if( _PAR_FIX_SCALAR_SYNTAX )
+            list( APPEND _TRANSFORM_OPTIONS FIX_SCALAR_SYNTAX )
+        endif()
+
         loki_transform(
             COMMAND   ${_PAR_COMMAND}
             OUTPUT    ${LOKI_SOURCES_TO_APPEND}
@@ -384,7 +389,7 @@ or
 
     set( options
          CPP DATA_OFFLOAD REMOVE_OPENMP ASSUME_DEVICEPTR GLOBAL_VAR_OFFLOAD
-         TRIM_VECTOR_SECTIONS REMOVE_DERIVED_ARGS INLINE_MEMBERS
+         TRIM_VECTOR_SECTIONS REMOVE_DERIVED_ARGS INLINE_MEMBERS FIX_SCALAR_SYNTAX
     )
     set( oneValueArgs
          MODE DIRECTIVE FRONTEND CONFIG PATH OUTPATH
diff --git a/cmake/loki_transform_helpers.cmake b/cmake/loki_transform_helpers.cmake
index a3a5b344d..4dc871e36 100644
--- a/cmake/loki_transform_helpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/loki_transform_helpers.cmake
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ macro( _loki_transform_parse_options )
         list( APPEND _ARGS --inline-members )
     endif()
 
+    if( _PAR_FIX_SCALAR_SYNTAX )
+        list( APPEND _ARGS --fix-scalar-syntax )
+    endif()
+
     if( _PAR_DERIVE_ARGUMENT_ARRAY_SHAPE )
         list( APPEND _ARGS --derive-argument-array-shape )
     endif()
diff --git a/scripts/loki_transform.py b/scripts/loki_transform.py
index 1679a66a4..61ee9e54b 100644
--- a/scripts/loki_transform.py
+++ b/scripts/loki_transform.py
@@ -108,12 +108,15 @@ def cli(debug):
               help="Remove derived-type arguments and replace with canonical arguments")
 @click.option('--inline-members/--no-inline-members', default=False,
               help='Inline member functions for SCC-class transformations.')
+@click.option('--fix-scalar-syntax/--no-fix-scalar-syntax', default=False,
+              help='Replace array arguments passed as scalars with arrays.')
 @click.option('--derive-argument-array-shape/--no-derive-argument-array-shape', default=False,
               help="Recursively derive explicit shape dimension for argument arrays")
 def convert(
         mode, config, build, source, header, cpp, directive, include, define, omni_include, xmod,
         data_offload, remove_openmp, assume_deviceptr, frontend, trim_vector_sections,
-        global_var_offload, remove_derived_args, inline_members, derive_argument_array_shape
+        global_var_offload, remove_derived_args, inline_members, fix_scalar_syntax,
+        derive_argument_array_shape
 ):
     """
     Batch-processing mode for Fortran-to-Fortran transformations that
@@ -207,7 +210,8 @@ def convert(
     if mode in ['scc', 'scc-hoist', 'scc-stack']:
         # Apply the basic SCC transformation set
         scheduler.process( SCCBaseTransformation(
-            horizontal=horizontal, directive=directive, inline_members=inline_members
+            horizontal=horizontal, directive=directive,
+            inline_members=inline_members, fix_scalar_syntax=fix_scalar_syntax
         ))
         scheduler.process( SCCDevectorTransformation(
             horizontal=horizontal, trim_vector_sections=trim_vector_sections
diff --git a/transformations/transformations/single_column_coalesced.py b/transformations/transformations/single_column_coalesced.py
index 77712e0fc..d1ac75bde 100644
--- a/transformations/transformations/single_column_coalesced.py
+++ b/transformations/transformations/single_column_coalesced.py
@@ -40,12 +40,13 @@ class methods can be called directly.
         Enable full source-inlining of member subroutines; default: False.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, horizontal, directive=None, inline_members=False):
+    def __init__(self, horizontal, directive=None, inline_members=False, fix_scalar_syntax=False):
         self.horizontal = horizontal
 
         assert directive in [None, 'openacc']
         self.directive = directive
 
+        self.fix_scalar_syntax = fix_scalar_syntax
         self.inline_members = inline_members
 
     @classmethod
@@ -291,7 +292,9 @@ def process_kernel(self, routine):
         # Find the iteration index variable for the specified horizontal
         v_index = self.get_integer_variable(routine, name=self.horizontal.index)
 
-        fix_scalar_syntax(routine)
+        # Transform arrays passed with scalar syntax to array syntax
+        if self.fix_scalar_syntax:
+            fix_scalar_syntax(routine)
 
         # Perform full source-inlining for member subroutines if so requested
         if self.inline_members: