diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/python/swigobject.i b/Examples/test-suite/python/swigobject.i
index 760b64025..cd802cf38 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/python/swigobject.i
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/python/swigobject.i
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
   const char* pointer_str(A *a){
     static char result[1024];
-    sprintf(result,"%x",a);
+    sprintf(result,"%p",a);
     return result;
   }
 
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/python/swigobject_runme.py b/Examples/test-suite/python/swigobject_runme.py
index c8fda5c21..7c2992dff 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/python/swigobject_runme.py
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/python/swigobject_runme.py
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ if a1.this != a2.this:
   
 
 lthis = long(a.this)
-xstr1 = "%x" % (lthis,)
+xstr1 = "0x%x" % (lthis,)
 xstr2 = pointer_str(a)
 
+print hex(lthis)
 if xstr1 != xstr2:
+  print  xstr1, xstr2
   raise RuntimeError
 
 s = str(a.this)
diff --git a/Lib/python/pyrun.swg b/Lib/python/pyrun.swg
index be910835b..ffb9043e3 100644
--- a/Lib/python/pyrun.swg
+++ b/Lib/python/pyrun.swg
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ SWIGRUNTIME PyObject *
 PySwigObject_hex(PySwigObject *v)
 {
   char buf[100];
-  PyOS_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "0x%lx", (unsigned long)v->ptr);
+  PyOS_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%p", v->ptr);
   return PyString_FromString(buf);
 }