diff --git a/SWIG/Source/Modules/csharp.cxx b/SWIG/Source/Modules/csharp.cxx
index 9f0541c1c..922da3de7 100644
--- a/SWIG/Source/Modules/csharp.cxx
+++ b/SWIG/Source/Modules/csharp.cxx
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ class CSHARP : public Language {
    * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
   void proxyClassFunctionHandler(Node *n) {
-    SwigType  *t = Getattr(n,"type");
+    SwigType  *t = Getattr(n,"virtual:type") ?  Getattr(n,"virtual:type") : Getattr(n,"type"); 
     ParmList  *l = Getattr(n,"parms");
     String    *intermediary_function_name = Getattr(n,"imfuncname");
     String    *proxy_function_name = Getattr(n,"proxyfuncname");
diff --git a/SWIG/Source/Modules/java.cxx b/SWIG/Source/Modules/java.cxx
index 9c3e2fe15..d150164ea 100644
--- a/SWIG/Source/Modules/java.cxx
+++ b/SWIG/Source/Modules/java.cxx
@@ -1583,7 +1583,7 @@ class JAVA : public Language {
    * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
   void proxyClassFunctionHandler(Node *n) {
-    SwigType  *t = Getattr(n,"type");
+    SwigType  *t = Getattr(n,"virtual:type") ?  Getattr(n,"virtual:type") : Getattr(n,"type"); 
     ParmList  *l = Getattr(n,"parms");
     String    *intermediary_function_name = Getattr(n,"imfuncname");
     String    *proxy_function_name = Getattr(n,"proxyfuncname");