diff --git a/CHANGES.current b/CHANGES.current
index a27b73de2..11f364f5c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.current
+++ b/CHANGES.current
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ See the RELEASENOTES file for a summary of changes in each release.
 Version 3.0.11 (in progress)
 ============================
 
+2016-09-26: smarchetto
+            [Scilab] mlists that map pointers can be given a custom type name.
+
 2016-09-25: wsfulton
             Patch #793 from q-p to expand exception handling to include std::bad_cast
             in std_except.i.
diff --git a/Lib/scilab/scipointer.swg b/Lib/scilab/scipointer.swg
index 8d0526d4d..94ca4ef37 100644
--- a/Lib/scilab/scipointer.swg
+++ b/Lib/scilab/scipointer.swg
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 }
 
 %fragment("SWIG_NewPointerObj", "header") {
-#define SWIG_NewPointerObj(pointer, pointerDescriptor, flags) SwigScilabPtrFromObject(pvApiCtx, SWIG_Scilab_GetOutputPosition(), pointer, pointerDescriptor, flags)
+#define SWIG_NewPointerObj(pointer, pointerDescriptor, flags) SwigScilabPtrFromObject(pvApiCtx, SWIG_Scilab_GetOutputPosition(), pointer, pointerDescriptor, flags, NULL)
 }
 
 /*
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 }
 
 %fragment("SWIG_NewFunctionPtrObj", "header") {
-#define SWIG_NewFunctionPtrObj(pointer, pointerDescriptor) SwigScilabPtrFromObject(pvApiCtx, SWIG_Scilab_GetOutputPosition(), pointer, pointerDescriptor, 0)
+#define SWIG_NewFunctionPtrObj(pointer, pointerDescriptor) SwigScilabPtrFromObject(pvApiCtx, SWIG_Scilab_GetOutputPosition(), pointer, pointerDescriptor, 0, NULL)
 }
 // No fragment used here, the functions "SwigScilabPtrToObject" and "SwigScilabPtrFromObject" are defined in sciruntime.swg
 
diff --git a/Lib/scilab/scirun.swg b/Lib/scilab/scirun.swg
index 58c313df7..3b8289199 100644
--- a/Lib/scilab/scirun.swg
+++ b/Lib/scilab/scirun.swg
@@ -142,10 +142,10 @@ SwigScilabCheckPtr(void *pvApiCtx, int iVar, swig_type_info *descriptor, char *f
     if (descriptor) {
       swig_cast_info *cast = SWIG_TypeCheck(SWIG_TypeName((swig_type_info*)pvTypeinfo), descriptor);
       return (cast != NULL);
-    } 
+    }
     else {
       return SWIG_ERROR;
-    }    
+    }
   }
   else {
     return (iType == sci_pointer);
@@ -232,12 +232,11 @@ SwigScilabPtrToObject(void *pvApiCtx, int iVar, void **pvObj, swig_type_info *de
 }
 
 SWIGRUNTIMEINLINE int
-SwigScilabPtrFromObject(void *pvApiCtx, int iVarOut, void *pvObj, swig_type_info *descriptor, int flags) {
+SwigScilabPtrFromObject(void *pvApiCtx, int iVarOut, void *pvObj, swig_type_info *descriptor, int flags, const char *pstTypeName) {
   SciErr sciErr;
 
   if (descriptor) {
     int *piMListAddr = NULL;
-    const char *pstString;
 
     sciErr = createMList(pvApiCtx, SWIG_NbInputArgument(pvApiCtx) + iVarOut, 3, &piMListAddr);
     if (sciErr.iErr) {
@@ -245,8 +244,11 @@ SwigScilabPtrFromObject(void *pvApiCtx, int iVarOut, void *pvObj, swig_type_info
       return SWIG_ERROR;
     }
 
-    pstString = SWIG_TypeName(descriptor);
-    sciErr = createMatrixOfStringInList(pvApiCtx, SWIG_NbInputArgument(pvApiCtx) + iVarOut, piMListAddr, 1, 1, 1, &pstString);
+    if (pstTypeName == NULL) {
+       pstTypeName = SWIG_TypeName(descriptor);
+    }
+
+    sciErr = createMatrixOfStringInList(pvApiCtx, SWIG_NbInputArgument(pvApiCtx) + iVarOut, piMListAddr, 1, 1, 1, &pstTypeName);
     if (sciErr.iErr) {
       printError(&sciErr, 0);
       return SWIG_ERROR;
@@ -451,7 +453,7 @@ int SWIG_ptr(SWIG_GatewayParameters) {
     }
     SWIG_Scilab_SetOutputPosition(1);
     return SWIG_Scilab_SetOutput(pvApiCtx,
-      SwigScilabPtrFromObject(pvApiCtx, 1, (void *) (uintptr_t)dValue, NULL, 0));
+      SwigScilabPtrFromObject(pvApiCtx, 1, (void *) (uintptr_t)dValue, NULL, 0, NULL));
   }
   else {
     return SWIG_ERROR;