diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/common.mk b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/common.mk
index 71ecc994e..228ea2529 100644
--- a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/common.mk
+++ b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/common.mk
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ DYNAMIC_LIB_PATH = $(RUNTIMEDIR):.
 
 # Broken C++ test cases. (Can be run individually using make testcase.cpptest.)
 CPP_TEST_BROKEN += \
+	typedef_class \
 	array_typedef_memberin \
 	exception_order \
 	template_default_arg \
diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/python/typedef_class_runme.py b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/python/typedef_class_runme.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71436b399
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/python/typedef_class_runme.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import typedef_class
+
+a = typedef_class.RealA() 
+a.a = 3 
+ 
+b = typedef_class.B() 
+b.testA(a) 
diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/typedef_class.i b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/typedef_class.i
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1c1f600b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/typedef_class.i
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+%module typedef_class
+
+%inline %{ 
+class RealA 
+{ 
+ public: 
+   int a; 
+}; 
+ 
+class B 
+{ 
+ public: 
+   typedef RealA A2; 
+   int testA (const A2& a) {return a.a;} 
+}; 
+ 
+%}