diff --git a/CHANGES.current b/CHANGES.current
index d36e76d62..913951fec 100644
--- a/CHANGES.current
+++ b/CHANGES.current
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ See the RELEASENOTES file for a summary of changes in each release.
 
 Version 2.0.9 (in progress)
 ===========================
+
+2012-11-09: vzeitlin
+            [Python] Fix overflow when passing values greater than LONG_MAX from Python 3 for parameters with unsigned long C type.
+
 2012-10-26: wsfulton
             Fix director typemap searching so that a typemap specified with a name will be correctly matched. Previously
             the name was ignored during the typemap search. Applies to the following list of typemaps: 
diff --git a/Lib/python/pyprimtypes.swg b/Lib/python/pyprimtypes.swg
index 290f9312f..3fbd86a21 100644
--- a/Lib/python/pyprimtypes.swg
+++ b/Lib/python/pyprimtypes.swg
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ SWIG_From_dec(unsigned long)(unsigned long value)
 SWIGINTERN int
 SWIG_AsVal_dec(unsigned long)(PyObject *obj, unsigned long *val) 
 {
+%#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03000000
   if (PyInt_Check(obj)) {
     long v = PyInt_AsLong(obj);
     if (v >= 0) {
@@ -117,7 +118,9 @@ SWIG_AsVal_dec(unsigned long)(PyObject *obj, unsigned long *val)
     } else {
       return SWIG_OverflowError;
     }
-  } else if (PyLong_Check(obj)) {
+  } else
+%#endif
+  if (PyLong_Check(obj)) {
     unsigned long v = PyLong_AsUnsignedLong(obj);
     if (!PyErr_Occurred()) {
       if (val) *val = v;