diff --git a/CHANGES.current b/CHANGES.current
index db28fbc2c..fda995085 100644
--- a/CHANGES.current
+++ b/CHANGES.current
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ See the RELEASENOTES file for a summary of changes in each release.
 Version 2.0.2 (in progress)
 ===========================
 
-2010-01-17: wsfulton
+2011-01-30: wsfulton
+            Fix overloading with const pointer reference (SWIGTYPE *const&) parameters for a
+            number of scripting languages.
+
+2011-01-17: wsfulton
             New warning for smart pointers if only some of the classes in the inheritance
             chain are marked as smart pointer, eg, %shared_ptr should be used for all classes
             in an inheritance hierarchy, so this new warning highlights code where this is
@@ -14,12 +18,12 @@ Version 2.0.2 (in progress)
               example.i:12: Warning 520: Base class 'A' of 'B' is not similarly marked as a smart pointer.
               example.i:16: Warning 520: Derived class 'C' of 'B' is not similarly marked as a smart pointer.
 
-2010-01-14: wsfulton
+2011-01-14: wsfulton
             Added some missing multi-argument typemaps: (char *STRING, size_t LENGTH) and 
             (char *STRING, int LENGTH). Documentation for this updated. Java patch from
             Volker Grabsch.
 
-2010-01-11: iant
+2011-01-11: iant
 	    Require Go version 7077 or later.
 
 2010-12-30: klickverbot
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/csharp/pointer_reference_runme.cs b/Examples/test-suite/csharp/pointer_reference_runme.cs
index d00555199..2b9f526af 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/csharp/pointer_reference_runme.cs
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/csharp/pointer_reference_runme.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ public class pointer_reference_runme {
     Struct ss = new Struct(20);
     pointer_reference.set(ss);
     if (Struct.instance.value != 20) throw new Exception("set test failed");
+
+    if (pointer_reference.overloading(1) != 111) throw new Exception("overload test 1 failed");
+    if (pointer_reference.overloading(ss) != 222) throw new Exception("overload test 2 failed");
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/java/pointer_reference_runme.java b/Examples/test-suite/java/pointer_reference_runme.java
index e8bd6800e..284951611 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/java/pointer_reference_runme.java
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/java/pointer_reference_runme.java
@@ -19,5 +19,8 @@ public class pointer_reference_runme {
     Struct ss = new Struct(20);
     pointer_reference.set(ss);
     if (Struct.getInstance().getValue() != 20) throw new RuntimeException("set test failed");
+
+    if (pointer_reference.overloading(1) != 111) throw new RuntimeException("overload test 1 failed");
+    if (pointer_reference.overloading(ss) != 222) throw new RuntimeException("overload test 2 failed");
   }
 }
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/lua/pointer_reference_runme.lua b/Examples/test-suite/lua/pointer_reference_runme.lua
index 959d5a2a3..428c76998 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/lua/pointer_reference_runme.lua
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/lua/pointer_reference_runme.lua
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ ss = pointer_reference.Struct(20);
 pointer_reference.set(ss);
 assert(pointer_reference.Struct_instance.value == 20)
 
+assert(pointer_reference.overloading(1) == 111)
+assert(pointer_reference.overloading(ss) == 222)
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/php/pointer_reference_runme.php b/Examples/test-suite/php/pointer_reference_runme.php
index 782760a37..52946177e 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/php/pointer_reference_runme.php
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/php/pointer_reference_runme.php
@@ -11,5 +11,8 @@ pointer_reference::set($ss);
 $i = Struct::instance();
 check::equal($i->value, 20, "pointer_reference::set() failed");
 
+check::equal(pointer_reference::overloading(1), 111, "overload test 1 failed");
+check::equal(pointer_reference::overloading($ss), 222, "overload test 2 failed");
+
 check::done();
 ?>
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/pointer_reference.i b/Examples/test-suite/pointer_reference.i
index c57a32374..b9e126fd4 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/pointer_reference.i
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/pointer_reference.i
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ void set(Struct *const& s) {
 Struct *const& get() {
   return Struct::pInstance;
 }
+int overloading(int i) {
+  return 111;
+}
+int overloading(Struct *const& s) {
+  return 222;
+}
 %}
 
 %{
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/python/pointer_reference_runme.py b/Examples/test-suite/python/pointer_reference_runme.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1a1a1f4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/python/pointer_reference_runme.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import pointer_reference
+
+s = pointer_reference.get()
+if s.value != 10:
+  raise RuntimeError, "get test failed"
+
+ss = pointer_reference.Struct(20)
+pointer_reference.set(ss)
+if pointer_reference.cvar.Struct_instance.value != 20:
+  raise RuntimeError, "set test failed"
+
+if pointer_reference.overloading(1) != 111:
+  raise RuntimeError, "overload test 1 failed"
+
+if pointer_reference.overloading(ss) != 222:
+  raise RuntimeError, "overload test 2 failed"
diff --git a/Lib/php/php.swg b/Lib/php/php.swg
index ed336d6d2..db3b3ed09 100644
--- a/Lib/php/php.swg
+++ b/Lib/php/php.swg
@@ -446,6 +446,12 @@
   _v = (SWIG_ConvertPtr(*$input, (void**)&tmp, $1_descriptor, 0) >= 0);
 }
 
+%typecheck(SWIG_TYPECHECK_POINTER) SWIGTYPE *const&
+{
+  void *tmp;
+  _v = (SWIG_ConvertPtr(*$input, (void**)&tmp, $*1_descriptor, 0) >= 0);
+}
+
 %typecheck(SWIG_TYPECHECK_VOIDPTR) void *
 {
   void *tmp;
diff --git a/Lib/typemaps/swigtype.swg b/Lib/typemaps/swigtype.swg
index f57766962..bd113e278 100644
--- a/Lib/typemaps/swigtype.swg
+++ b/Lib/typemaps/swigtype.swg
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
 
 %typemap(typecheck,precedence=SWIG_TYPECHECK_POINTER,noblock=1) SWIGTYPE *const& {
   void *vptr = 0;
-  int res = SWIG_ConvertPtr($input, &vptr, $descriptor, 0);
+  int res = SWIG_ConvertPtr($input, &vptr, $*descriptor, 0);
   $1 = SWIG_CheckState(res);
 }