diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/java/Makefile.in b/Examples/test-suite/java/Makefile.in
index 310f1a773..3dc6555ef 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/java/Makefile.in
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/java/Makefile.in
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ CPP_TEST_CASES = \
 	java_director_assumeoverride \
 	java_director_exception_feature \
 	java_director_exception_feature_nspace \
+	java_director_ptrclass \
 	java_enums \
 	java_jnitypes \
 	java_lib_arrays_dimensionless \
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/java/java_director_ptrclass_runme.java b/Examples/test-suite/java/java_director_ptrclass_runme.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d78a8f2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/java/java_director_ptrclass_runme.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+
+import java_director_ptrclass.*;
+
+public class java_director_ptrclass_runme {
+
+  static {
+    try {
+      System.loadLibrary("java_director_ptrclass");
+    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
+      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load. See the chapter on Dynamic Linking Problems in the SWIG Java documentation for help.\n" + e);
+      System.exit(1);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void main(String argv[]) {
+    Foo f = new Foo();
+    Foo ft = new TouchingFoo(); 
+    Baz b = new Baz();
+    if (b.GetTouched()) {
+      throw new RuntimeException ( "Baz should not have been touched yet." );
+    }
+
+    Baz b2 = f.FinalMaybeTouch(b);
+
+    if (b2.GetTouched() || b.GetTouched()) {
+      throw new RuntimeException ( "Baz should not have been touched by Foo." );
+    }
+
+    Baz b3 = ft.FinalMaybeTouch(b);
+
+    if (!b.GetTouched() || !b3.GetTouched() || !b2.GetTouched()) {
+      throw new RuntimeException ( "Baz was not touched by TouchingFoo. This" +
+                                   " might mean the directorin typemap is not" +
+                                   " parsing the typemap(jstype, Bar) in its" +
+                                   " 'descriptor' kwarg correctly." );
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+class TouchingFoo extends Foo {
+  @Override
+  public Baz MaybeTouch(Baz baz_ptr) { 
+    baz_ptr.SetTouched();
+    return baz_ptr;
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/java_director_ptrclass.i b/Examples/test-suite/java_director_ptrclass.i
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b4fc1f08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/java_director_ptrclass.i
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+%module(directors="1") java_director_ptrclass
+
+// Tests that custom director typemaps can be used with C++ types that
+// represent a pointer, in such a way that Java perceives this class as
+// equivalent to the underlying type. In particular, this verifies that
+// a typemap lookup within a typemap kwarg, in this case
+// directorin:descriptor, works as expected.
+
+%{
+namespace bar {
+class Baz {
+public:
+	Baz() : touched(false) {}
+	void SetTouched() { touched = true; }
+	bool GetTouched() { return touched; }
+private:
+	bool touched;
+};
+
+template <typename T>
+class Ptr {
+public:
+	Ptr(T* b) : b_(b) {}
+        T* Get() const { return b_; }
+private:
+	T* b_;
+};
+
+class Foo {
+public:
+        // Calling FinalMaybeTouch from Java unambiguously goes through C++ to
+        // reach MaybeTouch.
+        Ptr< bar::Baz > FinalMaybeTouch(Baz* b) {
+	  return MaybeTouch(Ptr< bar::Baz >(b));
+	}
+	virtual Ptr< bar::Baz > MaybeTouch(Ptr< bar::Baz > f) {
+	  return f; /* Don't touch */
+	}
+	virtual ~Foo() {}
+};
+}
+%}
+
+%feature("director") Foo;
+
+%typemap(jni) bar::Ptr< bar::Baz > "jlong"
+%typemap(jtype) bar::Ptr< bar::Baz > "long"
+%typemap(jstype) bar::Ptr< bar::Baz > "Baz"
+%typemap(in) bar::Ptr< bar::Baz > {
+  $1 = bar::Ptr< bar::Baz >(*( bar::Baz**)&$input);
+}
+%typemap(out) bar::Ptr< bar::Baz > {
+  const bar::Ptr< bar::Baz >& ptr = $1;
+  if (ptr.Get()) {
+    $result = ($typemap(jni, bar::Baz))ptr.Get();
+  } else {
+    $result = 0;
+  }
+}
+%typemap(javain) bar::Ptr< bar::Baz > "$typemap(jstype, bar::Baz).getCPtr($javainput)"
+%typemap(javaout) bar::Ptr< bar::Baz > {
+  long cPtr = $jnicall;
+  return (cPtr == 0) ? null : new $typemap(jstype, bar::Baz)(cPtr, false);
+}
+%typemap(directorin, descriptor="L$packagepath/$typemap(jstype, bar::Baz);") bar::Ptr< bar::Baz >
+%{ *((bar::Baz**)&$input) = ((bar::Ptr< bar::Baz >&)$1).Get(); %}
+%typemap(directorout) bar::Ptr< bar::Baz > {
+  $result = bar::Ptr< bar::Baz >(*( bar::Baz**)&$input);
+}
+%typemap(javadirectorin) bar::Ptr< bar::Baz > %{
+  ((long)$jniinput == 0) ? null : new $typemap(jstype, bar::Baz)($jniinput, false)
+%}
+%typemap(javadirectorout) bar::Ptr< bar::Baz > "$typemap(jstype, bar::Baz).getCPtr($javacall)"
+
+namespace bar {
+class Baz {
+public:
+        Baz() : touched(false) {}
+        void SetTouched() { touched = true; }
+        bool GetTouched() { return touched; }
+private:
+        bool touched;
+};
+
+template <typename T>
+class Ptr {
+public:
+        Ptr(T* b) : b_(b) {}
+        T* Get() { return b_; }
+private:
+        T* b_;
+};
+
+class Foo {
+public:
+        // Calling FinalMaybeTouch from Java unambiguously goes through C++ to
+        // reach MaybeTouch.
+	Ptr< bar::Baz > FinalMaybeTouch(Baz* b) {
+          return MaybeTouch(Ptr< bar::Baz >(b));
+        }
+        virtual Ptr< bar::Baz > MaybeTouch(Ptr< bar::Baz > f) {
+          return f; /* Don't touch */
+        }
+        virtual ~Foo() {}
+};
+}
+
diff --git a/Source/Swig/typemap.c b/Source/Swig/typemap.c
index 23b1e80e9..cee323fb9 100644
--- a/Source/Swig/typemap.c
+++ b/Source/Swig/typemap.c
@@ -1397,6 +1397,20 @@ static String *Swig_typemap_lookup_impl(const_String_or_char_ptr tmap_method, No
     String *value = Copy(Getattr(kw, "value"));
     String *kwtype = Getattr(kw, "type");
     char *ckwname = Char(Getattr(kw, "name"));
+    {
+      /* Expand variables and typemaps in kwargs. */
+      SwigType *ptype = Getattr(node, "type");
+      String *pname = Getattr(node, "name");
+      String *lname = Getattr(node, "lname");
+      SwigType *mtype = Getattr(node, "tmap:match");
+      SwigType *matchtype = mtype ? mtype : ptype;
+      ParmList *parm_sublist;
+      typemap_replace_vars(value, NULL, matchtype, ptype, pname, lname, 0);
+      parm_sublist = NewParmWithoutFileLineInfo(ptype, pname);
+      Setattr(parm_sublist, "lname", lname);
+      replace_embedded_typemap(value, parm_sublist, NULL, tm);
+      Delete(parm_sublist);
+    }
     if (kwtype) {
       String *mangle = Swig_string_mangle(kwtype);
       Append(value, mangle);
@@ -1569,6 +1583,20 @@ static void typemap_attach_kwargs(Hash *tm, const_String_or_char_ptr tmap_method
   while (kw) {
     String *value = Copy(Getattr(kw, "value"));
     String *type = Getattr(kw, "type");
+    {
+      /* Expand variables and typemaps in kwargs. */
+      SwigType *ptype = Getattr(p, "type");
+      String *pname = Getattr(p, "name");
+      String *lname = Getattr(p, "lname");
+      SwigType *mtype = Getattr(p, "tmap:match");
+      SwigType *matchtype = mtype ? mtype : ptype;
+      ParmList *parm_sublist;
+      typemap_replace_vars(value, NULL, matchtype, ptype, pname, lname, 0);
+      parm_sublist = NewParmWithoutFileLineInfo(ptype, pname);
+      Setattr(parm_sublist, "lname", lname);
+      replace_embedded_typemap(value, parm_sublist, NULL, tm);
+      Delete(parm_sublist);
+    }
     if (type) {
       Hash *v = NewHash();
       Setattr(v, "type", type);