diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/python/Makefile.in b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/python/Makefile.in
index 594b7e904..6951f0f90 100644
--- a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/python/Makefile.in
+++ b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/python/Makefile.in
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ CPP_TEST_CASES += \
 	complextest \
 	director_stl \
 	implicittest \
+	inplaceadd \
 	lib_std_vectora \
 	lib_std_map \
 	lib_std_wstring \
diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/python/inplaceadd.i b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/python/inplaceadd.i
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab64119ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/python/inplaceadd.i
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+%module inplaceadd
+
+
+%inline %{
+  struct A 
+  {
+    int val;
+    
+    A(int v): val(v)
+    {
+    }
+    
+    A& operator+=(int v) 
+    {
+      val += v;
+      return *this;
+    }
+
+    A& operator-=(int v) 
+    {
+      val -= v;
+      return *this;
+    }
+
+    A& operator*=(int v) 
+    {
+      val *= v;
+      return *this;
+    }
+  };
+%}
diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/python/inplaceadd_runme.py b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/python/inplaceadd_runme.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..743bb9203
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/python/inplaceadd_runme.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import inplaceadd
+a = inplaceadd.A(7)
+
+a += 5
+if a.val != 12:
+  raise RuntimeError
+
+if a.thisown != 1:
+  raise RuntimeError  
+
+a -= 5
+if a.val != 7:
+  raise RuntimeError
+
+a *= 2
+
+if a.val != 14:
+  raise RuntimeError