diff --git a/CHANGES.current b/CHANGES.current
index 0b7de2539..df57de6e7 100644
--- a/CHANGES.current
+++ b/CHANGES.current
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ See the RELEASENOTES file for a summary of changes in each release.
 Version 2.0.6 (in progress)
 ===========================
 
+2012-04-25: wsfulton
+            [Lua] Fix uninitialised variable in SWIGTYPE **OUTPUT typemaps as reported by Jim Anderson.
+
diff --git a/Lib/lua/typemaps.i b/Lib/lua/typemaps.i
index 180d17fd6..63cb49a0d 100644
--- a/Lib/lua/typemaps.i
+++ b/Lib/lua/typemaps.i
@@ -557,7 +557,8 @@ ptr=nil -- the iMath* will be GC'ed as normal
 */
 
 %typemap(in,numinputs=0) SWIGTYPE** OUTPUT ($*ltype temp)
-%{  $1 = &temp; %}
+%{ temp = ($*ltype)0;
+   $1 = &temp; %}
 %typemap(argout) SWIGTYPE** OUTPUT
 %{SWIG_NewPointerObj(L,*$1,$*descriptor,1); SWIG_arg++; %}