diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/primitive_types.i b/Examples/test-suite/primitive_types.i
index 7ec8547a1..1ba2b3124 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/primitive_types.i
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/primitive_types.i
@@ -558,6 +558,21 @@ macro(size_t,             pfx, sizet)
 %}
 
 
+%inline
+%{
+    namespace DCTypes
+    {
+        typedef const unsigned int cuint;
+    }
+
+    namespace DCSystem
+    {
+        using namespace DCTypes;
+        unsigned int SetPos(cuint& x, cuint& y) {return x + y;}
+    }
+%}
+
+
 %apply SWIGTYPE* { char *};
   
 %include "carrays.i"
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/python/primitive_types_runme.py b/Examples/test-suite/python/primitive_types_runme.py
index 96c0aef74..bd357b528 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/python/primitive_types_runme.py
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/python/primitive_types_runme.py
@@ -353,3 +353,7 @@ s = char_foo(1,"hello")
 if s !="hello":
   raise RuntimeError, "bad char* typemap"
   
+
+v = SetPos(1,3)
+if v !=4:
+  raise RuntimeError, "bad int typemap"