diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/perl5/global_vars_runme.pl b/Examples/test-suite/perl5/global_vars_runme.pl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8d7c780a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/perl5/global_vars_runme.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use global_vars;
+
+
+$an = new global_vars::A();
+$global_vars::ap = $an;
+
diff --git a/Lib/perl5/perltypemaps.swg b/Lib/perl5/perltypemaps.swg
index c3a9ef0d6..85052a325 100644
--- a/Lib/perl5/perltypemaps.swg
+++ b/Lib/perl5/perltypemaps.swg
@@ -82,3 +82,19 @@
 /* Include the unified typemap library */
 %include <typemaps/swigtypemaps.swg>
 
+/*  ------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Perl extra typemaps
+ * ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+%typemap(varout,type="$1_descriptor") SWIGTYPE *, SWIGTYPE []  
+    "sv_setiv(SvRV($result),(IV) $1);"; 
+
+%typemap(varout,type="$1_descriptor") SWIGTYPE &
+    "sv_setiv(SvRV($result),(IV) &$1);"; 
+
+%typemap(varout,type="$&1_descriptor") SWIGTYPE
+    "sv_setiv(SvRV($result), (IV) &$1);";
+
+%typemap(varout,type="$1_descriptor") SWIGTYPE (CLASS::*) {
+  SWIG_MakePackedObj($result, (void *) &$1, sizeof($1_type), $1_descriptor);
+}
diff --git a/Source/Modules/perl5.cxx b/Source/Modules/perl5.cxx
index 554580f36..7f2a2f08c 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/perl5.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/perl5.cxx
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ public:
 	   "fail:\n",
 	   cleanup,
 	   "croak(Nullch);\n"
-	   "XSRETURN(0); }\n"
+	   "}\n"
 	   "}\n",
 	   NIL);
 	   
@@ -801,7 +801,6 @@ public:
   /* ------------------------------------------------------------
    * variableWrapper()
    * ------------------------------------------------------------ */
-
   virtual int variableWrapper(Node *n) {
     String *name  = Getattr(n,"name");
     String *iname = Getattr(n,"sym:name");
@@ -809,8 +808,8 @@ public:
     Wrapper  *getf, *setf;
     String  *tm;
 
-    String *set_name = Swig_name_set(iname);
-    String *val_name = Swig_name_get(iname);
+    String *set_name = Swig_name_wrapper(Swig_name_set(iname));
+    String *val_name = Swig_name_wrapper(Swig_name_get(iname));
 
     if (!addSymbol(iname,n)) return SWIG_ERROR;
 
@@ -853,7 +852,6 @@ public:
 
     int addfail = 0;
     if ((tm = Swig_typemap_lookup_new("varout",n,name,0))) {
-      SwigType *t = Getattr(n,"type");
       Replaceall(tm,"$target","sv");
       Replaceall(tm,"$result","sv");
       Replaceall(tm,"$source",name);