diff --git a/Lib/octave/std_list.i b/Lib/octave/std_list.i
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+// Lists
+
+%fragment("StdListTraits","header",fragment="StdSequenceTraits")
+%{
+  namespace swig {
+    template <class T >
+    struct traits_asptr<std::list<T> >  {
+      static int asptr(const octave_value& obj, std::list<T> **lis) {
+	return traits_asptr_stdseq<std::list<T> >::asptr(obj, lis);
+      }
+    };
+
+    template <class T>
+    struct traits_from<std::list<T> > {
+      static octave_value *from(const std::list<T> & vec) {
+	return traits_from_stdseq<std::list<T> >::from(vec);
+      }
+    };
+  }
+%}
+
+#define %swig_list_methods(Type...) %swig_sequence_methods(Type)
+#define %swig_list_methods_val(Type...) %swig_sequence_methods_val(Type);
+
+%include <std/std_list.i>
+