diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 3c2e7dc..9a7b93d 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -6,56 +6,63 @@ use std::string::String;
 
 /// Generate the name of the swizzle function and what it returns.
 /// NOTE: This function assumes that variables are in ASCII format
-fn gen_swizzle_nth(variables: &'static str, mut i: usize) -> (String, String) {
+fn gen_swizzle_nth<'a>(variables: &'a str, mut i: usize) -> Option<(String, String)> {
+    debug_assert!(i > 0); // zeroth permutation is empty
     let mut swizzle_impl = String::new();
     let mut swizzle = String::new();
-    let n = variables.len();
-    for _ in 0..n {
-        let c = variables.as_bytes()[i%n] as char;
+    let n = variables.len()+1;
+    for _ in 0..variables.len() {
+        if i == 0 { break; }
+        if i % n == 0 { return None; }
+        let c = variables.as_bytes()[i%n - 1] as char;
         swizzle.push(c);
         swizzle_impl.push_str(&format!("self.{}, ", c));
         i = i/n;
     }
-    (swizzle, swizzle_impl)
+    Some((swizzle, swizzle_impl))
 }
 
-/// This script generates the swizzle operators that are included in macros.rs
 /// NOTE: This function assumes that variables are in ASCII format
 fn gen_swizzle_functions(variables: &'static str) -> String {
     let n = variables.len();
-    let vec_type = format!("$vector_type{}", n);
     let mut result = String::new();
-    let nn = n.pow(n as u32);
-    for i in 0..nn {
-        let (swizzle_name, swizzle_impl) = gen_swizzle_nth(variables, i);
-        result.push_str(
-            &format!("        #[inline] pub fn {0}(&self) -> {2}<$S> {{ {2}::new({1}) }}\n",
-            swizzle_name, swizzle_impl, vec_type));
+    let nn = (n+1).pow(n as u32);
+    for i in 1..nn {
+        if let Some((swizzle_name, swizzle_impl)) = gen_swizzle_nth(variables, i) {
+            let vec_type = format!("$vector_type{}", swizzle_name.len());
+            result.push_str(
+                &format!("        #[inline] pub fn {0}(&self) -> {2}<$S> {{ {2}::new({1}) }}\n",
+                swizzle_name, swizzle_impl, vec_type));
+        }
     }
     result
 }
 
+/// This script generates the macro for building swizzle operators for multidimensional
+/// vectors and points. This macro is included in macros.rs
 fn main() {
-    // The following scripts generates a macro for building swizzle operators for multidimensional
-    // vectors or points.
+    // save the file to output directory
     let out_dir = env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
     let swizzle_file_path = Path::new(&out_dir).join("swizzle_operator_macro.rs");
 
+    // This is the string representing the generated macro
     let data = format!(
 "/// Generate glm/glsl style swizzle operators
 macro_rules! impl_swizzle_functions {{
-    ($vector_type2:ident, $S:ident, xy) => {{
+    ($vector_type1:ident, $S:ident, x) => {{
+{x}
+    }};
+    ($vector_type1:ident, $vector_type2:ident, $S:ident, xy) => {{
 {xy}
     }};
-    ($vector_type2:ident, $vector_type3:ident, $S:ident, xyz) => {{
-        impl_swizzle_functions!($vector_type2, $S, xy);
+    ($vector_type1:ident, $vector_type2:ident, $vector_type3:ident, $S:ident, xyz) => {{
 {xyz}
     }};
-    ($vector_type2:ident, $vector_type3:ident, $vector_type4:ident, $S:ident, xyzw) => {{
-        impl_swizzle_functions!($vector_type2, $vector_type3, $S, xyz);
+    ($vector_type1:ident, $vector_type2:ident, $vector_type3:ident, $vector_type4:ident, $S:ident, xyzw) => {{
 {xyzw}
     }};
-}}", xy=gen_swizzle_functions("xy"),
+}}", x=gen_swizzle_functions("x"),
+     xy=gen_swizzle_functions("xy"),
      xyz=gen_swizzle_functions("xyz"),
      xyzw=gen_swizzle_functions("xyzw"));
     let mut f = File::create(swizzle_file_path)
diff --git a/src/point.rs b/src/point.rs
index 35550e3..9436c22 100644
--- a/src/point.rs
+++ b/src/point.rs
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ impl<S: BaseNum> Point1<S> {
     pub fn new(x: S) -> Point1<S> {
         Point1 { x: x }
     }
+
+    impl_swizzle_functions!(Point1, S, x);
 }
 
 impl<S: BaseNum> Point2<S> {
@@ -76,6 +78,8 @@ impl<S: BaseNum> Point2<S> {
     pub fn new(x: S, y: S) -> Point2<S> {
         Point2 { x: x, y: y }
     }
+
+    impl_swizzle_functions!(Point1, Point2, S, xy);
 }
 
 impl<S: BaseNum> Point3<S> {
@@ -83,6 +87,8 @@ impl<S: BaseNum> Point3<S> {
     pub fn new(x: S, y: S, z: S) -> Point3<S> {
         Point3 { x: x, y: y, z: z }
     }
+
+    impl_swizzle_functions!(Point1, Point2, Point3, S, xyz);
 }
 
 impl<S: BaseNum> Point3<S> {
diff --git a/src/vector.rs b/src/vector.rs
index 1b395d1..7ebf06c 100644
--- a/src/vector.rs
+++ b/src/vector.rs
@@ -605,6 +605,8 @@ impl<S: BaseNum> Vector1<S> {
     pub fn unit_x() -> Vector1<S> {
         Vector1::new(S::one())
     }
+
+    impl_swizzle_functions!(Vector1, S, x);
 }
 
 impl<S: BaseNum> Vector2<S> {
@@ -632,6 +634,8 @@ impl<S: BaseNum> Vector2<S> {
     pub fn extend(self, z: S) -> Vector3<S> {
         Vector3::new(self.x, self.y, z)
     }
+
+    impl_swizzle_functions!(Vector1, Vector2, S, xy);
 }
 
 impl<S: BaseNum> Vector3<S> {
@@ -674,6 +678,8 @@ impl<S: BaseNum> Vector3<S> {
     pub fn truncate(self) -> Vector2<S> {
         Vector2::new(self.x, self.y)
     }
+
+    impl_swizzle_functions!(Vector1, Vector2, Vector3, S, xyz);
 }
 
 impl<S: BaseNum> Vector4<S> {
@@ -718,6 +724,8 @@ impl<S: BaseNum> Vector4<S> {
             _ => panic!("{:?} is out of range", n),
         }
     }
+
+    impl_swizzle_functions!(Vector1, Vector2, Vector3, Vector4, S, xyzw);
 }
 
 /// Dot product of two vectors.