diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/global_ns_arg.i b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/global_ns_arg.i
index 5b7b8bb12..3554fd814 100644
--- a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/global_ns_arg.i
+++ b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/global_ns_arg.i
@@ -8,4 +8,8 @@ typedef int Integer;
    return x;
 }
 
+::Integer bar() {
+   return 1;
+}
+
 %}
diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/python/global_ns_arg_runme.py b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/python/global_ns_arg_runme.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e597db5f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/python/global_ns_arg_runme.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from global_ns_arg import *
+
+a = foo(1)
+b = bar()
+
diff --git a/SWIG/Source/Modules/python.cxx b/SWIG/Source/Modules/python.cxx
index 080ecf791..9f586401f 100644
--- a/SWIG/Source/Modules/python.cxx
+++ b/SWIG/Source/Modules/python.cxx
@@ -1745,7 +1745,7 @@ public:
 	} else {
 	  if (noargs) {
 	    Printv(f->def, "SWIGINTERN PyObject *", wname,
-		   "(PyObject *SWIGUNUSEDPARM(self), PyObject *SWIGUNUSEDPARM(args)) {", NIL);
+		   "(PyObject *SWIGUNUSEDPARM(self), PyObject *args) {", NIL);
 	  } else {
 	    Printv(f->def, "SWIGINTERN PyObject *", wname,
 		   "(PyObject *SWIGUNUSEDPARM(self), PyObject *args) {", NIL);
@@ -1755,6 +1755,9 @@ public:
 	  } else if (!noargs) {
 	    Printf(parse_args,"if(!SWIG_Python_UnpackTuple(args,\"%s\",%d,%d,swig_obj)) SWIG_fail;\n", 
 		   iname, num_required, num_arguments);
+	  } else if (noargs) {
+	    Printf(parse_args,"if(!SWIG_Python_UnpackTuple(args,\"%s\",%d,%d,0)) SWIG_fail;\n", 
+		   iname, num_required, num_arguments);
 	  }
 	}
       } else {