diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/java/li_boost_intrusive_ptr_runme.java b/Examples/test-suite/java/li_boost_intrusive_ptr_runme.java
index 530008a87..750ec5067 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/java/li_boost_intrusive_ptr_runme.java
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/java/li_boost_intrusive_ptr_runme.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class li_boost_intrusive_ptr_runme {
     // Change loop count to run for a long time to monitor memory
     final int loopCount = 5000; //5000;
     for (int i=0; i<loopCount; i++) {
-      new li_boost_intrusive_ptr_runme().runtest();
+      new li_boost_intrusive_ptr_runme().runtest(i);
       System.gc();
       System.runFinalization();
       try {
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ public class li_boost_intrusive_ptr_runme {
       System.out.println("Finished");
   }
 
-  private void runtest() {
+  private int loopCount = 0;
+  private void runtest(int loopCount) {
+    this.loopCount = loopCount;
     // simple shared_ptr usage - created in C++
     {
       Klass k = new Klass("me oh my");
@@ -671,36 +673,36 @@ private void toIgnore() {
   }
   private void verifyValue(String expected, String got) {
     if (!expected.equals(got))
-      throw new RuntimeException("verify value failed. Expected: " + expected + " Got: " + got);
+      throw new RuntimeException("verify value failed. Expected: " + expected + " Got: " + got + " loopCount: " + loopCount);
   }
   private void verifyCount(int expected, Klass k) {
     int got = li_boost_intrusive_ptr.use_count(k);
     if (expected != got)
-      throw new RuntimeException("verify use_count failed. Expected: " + expected + " Got: " + got);
+      throw new RuntimeException("verify use_count failed. Expected: " + expected + " Got: " + got + " loopCount: " + loopCount);
   }
   private void verifyCount(int expected, KlassDerived kd) {
       int got = li_boost_intrusive_ptr.use_count(kd);
       if (expected != got)
-        throw new RuntimeException("verify use_count failed. Expected: " + expected + " Got: " + got);
+        throw new RuntimeException("verify use_count failed. Expected: " + expected + " Got: " + got + " loopCount: " + loopCount);
   }
   private void verifyCount(int expected, KlassDerivedDerived kdd) {
       int got = li_boost_intrusive_ptr.use_count(kdd);
       if (expected != got)
-        throw new RuntimeException("verify use_count failed. Expected: " + expected + " Got: " + got);
+        throw new RuntimeException("verify use_count failed. Expected: " + expected + " Got: " + got + " loopCount: " + loopCount);
   }
   private void verifyIntrusiveCount(int expected, Klass k) {
     int got = k.use_count();
     if (expected != got)
-      throw new RuntimeException("verify use_count failed. Expected: " + expected + " Got: " + got);
+      throw new RuntimeException("verify use_count failed. Expected: " + expected + " Got: " + got + " loopCount: " + loopCount);
   }
   private void verifyIntrusiveCount(int expected, KlassDerived kd) {
       int got = kd.use_count();
       if (expected != got)
-        throw new RuntimeException("verify use_count failed. Expected: " + expected + " Got: " + got);
+        throw new RuntimeException("verify use_count failed. Expected: " + expected + " Got: " + got + " loopCount: " + loopCount);
   }
   private void verifyIntrusiveCount(int expected, KlassDerivedDerived kdd) {
       int got = kdd.use_count();
       if (expected != got)
-        throw new RuntimeException("verify use_count failed. Expected: " + expected + " Got: " + got);
+        throw new RuntimeException("verify use_count failed. Expected: " + expected + " Got: " + got + " loopCount: " + loopCount);
   }
 }
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/li_boost_intrusive_ptr.i b/Examples/test-suite/li_boost_intrusive_ptr.i
index 01613be0e..c3b211208 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/li_boost_intrusive_ptr.i
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/li_boost_intrusive_ptr.i
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 // count the instances of intrusive_ptr. Uncomment the INTRUSIVE_PTR_WRAPPER macro to turn this on.
 //
 // Also note the debug_shared flag  which can be set from the target language.
+//
+// Usage of intrusive_ptr_add_ref and intrusive_ptr_release based on boost testing:
+// http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_36_0/libs/smart_ptr/test/intrusive_ptr_test.cpp
 
 %module li_boost_intrusive_ptr
 
@@ -13,14 +16,14 @@
 %warnfilter(SWIGWARN_LANG_SMARTPTR_MISSING) KlassDerived;
 %warnfilter(SWIGWARN_LANG_SMARTPTR_MISSING) KlassDerivedDerived;
 
+%ignore intrusive_ptr_add_ref;
+%ignore intrusive_ptr_release;
+
 %{
 #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
 #include <boost/intrusive_ptr.hpp>
 #include <boost/detail/atomic_count.hpp>
 
-template<typename T> void intrusive_ptr_add_ref(const T* r) { r->addref(); }
-template<typename T> void intrusive_ptr_release(const T* r) { r->release(); }
-
 // Uncomment macro below to turn on intrusive_ptr memory leak checking as described above
 //#define INTRUSIVE_PTR_WRAPPER
 
@@ -132,6 +135,8 @@ struct Klass {
   void release(void) const { if (--count == 0) delete this; }
   int use_count(void) const { return count; }
   static long getTotal_count() { return total_count; }
+  friend void intrusive_ptr_add_ref(const Klass* r) { r->addref(); }
+  friend void intrusive_ptr_release(const Klass* r) { r->release(); }
 
 private:
   static void increment() { ++total_count; if (debug_shared) cout << "      ++xxxxx Klass::increment tot: " << total_count << endl;}
@@ -177,6 +182,8 @@ struct IgnoredRefCountingBase {
   void addref(void) const { ++count; }
   void release(void) const { if (--count == 0) delete this; }
   int use_count(void) const { return count; }
+  inline friend void intrusive_ptr_add_ref(const IgnoredRefCountingBase* r) { r->addref(); }
+  inline friend void intrusive_ptr_release(const IgnoredRefCountingBase* r) { r->release(); }
   static long getTotal_count() { return total_count; }
   
  private:
@@ -414,6 +421,8 @@ template <class T1, class T2> struct Base {
   void addref(void) const { count++; }
   void release(void) const { if (--count == 0) delete this; }
   int use_count(void) const { return count; }
+  inline friend void intrusive_ptr_add_ref(const Base<T1, T2>* r) { r->addref(); }
+  inline friend void intrusive_ptr_release(const Base<T1, T2>* r) { r->release(); }
 };
 %}