diff --git a/CHANGES.current b/CHANGES.current
index 8dadc3662..e722d1346 100644
--- a/CHANGES.current
+++ b/CHANGES.current
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ See the RELEASENOTES file for a summary of changes in each release.
 Version 3.0.6 (in progress)
 ===========================
 
+2015-05-07: wsfulton
+	    [Python] Deal with an integer as the default value of a typedef to bool
+	    parameter in the C++ prototype.  See #327. Regression from 3.0.0 onwards.
+
 2015-05-19: olly
 	    [Python] Fix warning when compiling generated code with MSVC.
 	    (Fixes https://sourceforge.net/p/swig/patches/351/ reported by
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/default_arg_values.i b/Examples/test-suite/default_arg_values.i
index ca82d1af4..f2fc57c9b 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/default_arg_values.i
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/default_arg_values.i
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ struct Display {
   float draw2(float *v = 0) { return v ? *v : 0; }
   bool bool0(bool x = 0) { return x; }
   bool bool1(bool x = 1) { return x; }
+
+  typedef bool mybool;
+  bool mybool0(mybool x = 0) { return x; }
+  bool mybool1(mybool x = 1) { return x; }
 };
 float* createPtr(float v) { static float val; val = v; return &val; }
 %}
@@ -18,5 +22,9 @@ struct Display {
   float draw2(float *v = NULL) { return v ? *v : 0; }
   bool bool0(bool x = 0) { return x; }
   bool bool1(bool x = 1) { return x; }
+
+  typedef bool mybool;
+  bool mybool0(mybool x = 0) { return x; }
+  bool mybool1(mybool x = 1) { return x; }
 };
 float* createPtr(float v) { static float val; val = v; return &val; }
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/python/default_arg_values_runme.py b/Examples/test-suite/python/default_arg_values_runme.py
index 7ed52a65b..73a738866 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/python/default_arg_values_runme.py
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/python/default_arg_values_runme.py
@@ -20,3 +20,9 @@ if d.bool0() != False or type(d.bool0()) != type(False):
 
 if d.bool1() != True or type(d.bool1()) != type(True):
     raise RuntimeError
+
+if d.mybool0() != False or type(d.mybool0()) != type(False):
+    raise RuntimeError
+
+if d.mybool1() != True or type(d.mybool1()) != type(True):
+    raise RuntimeError
diff --git a/Source/Modules/python.cxx b/Source/Modules/python.cxx
index 753cc301a..d5b920bf8 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/python.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/python.cxx
@@ -1824,20 +1824,6 @@ public:
     return doc;
   }
 
-  /* ------------------------------------------------------------
-   * isPointerType()
-   *   Return true if the given type is a pointer after resolving
-   *   it if it's a typedef. This should be typically used instead
-   *   of SwigType_ispointer(), unless the type is already resolved.
-   * ------------------------------------------------------------ */
-  static bool isPointerType(SwigType* t) {
-    SwigType* const full_type = SwigType_typedef_resolve_all(t);
-    bool ispointer = SwigType_ispointer(full_type) ? true : false;
-    Delete(full_type);
-
-    return ispointer;
-  }
-
   /* ------------------------------------------------------------
    *  convertDoubleValue()
    *    Check if the given string looks like a decimal floating point constant
@@ -1886,11 +1872,12 @@ public:
    *    Check if string v can be a Python value literal or a
    *    constant. Return NIL if it isn't.
    * ------------------------------------------------------------ */
-  String *convertValue(String *v, SwigType *t) {
+  String *convertValue(String *v, SwigType *type) {
     const char *const s = Char(v);
     char *end;
     String *result = NIL;
     bool fail = false;
+    SwigType *resolved_type = 0;
 
     // Check if this is a number in any base.
     long value = strtol(s, &end, 0);
@@ -1932,7 +1919,8 @@ public:
 
 	if (!fail) {
 	  // Allow integers as the default value for a bool parameter.
-	  if (Cmp(t, "bool") == 0) {
+	  resolved_type = SwigType_typedef_resolve_all(type);
+	  if (Cmp(resolved_type, "bool") == 0) {
 	    result = NewString(value ? "True" : "False");
 	  } else {
 	    // Deal with the values starting with 0 first as they can be octal or
@@ -1941,7 +1929,7 @@ public:
 	      if (Len(v) == 1) {
 		// This is just a lone 0, but it needs to be represented differently
 		// in Python depending on whether it's a zero or a null pointer.
-		if (isPointerType(t))
+		if (SwigType_ispointer(resolved_type))
 		  result = NewString("None");
 		else
 		  result = v;
@@ -1979,8 +1967,11 @@ public:
 	  result = NewString("True");
 	else if (Strcmp(v, "false") == 0 || Strcmp(v, "FALSE") == 0)
 	  result = NewString("False");
-	else if (Strcmp(v, "NULL") == 0 || Strcmp(v, "nullptr") == 0)
-	  result = isPointerType(t) ? NewString("None") : NewString("0");
+	else if (Strcmp(v, "NULL") == 0 || Strcmp(v, "nullptr") == 0) {
+	  if (!resolved_type)
+	    resolved_type = SwigType_typedef_resolve_all(type);
+	  result = SwigType_ispointer(resolved_type) ? NewString("None") : NewString("0");
+	}
 
 	// This could also be an enum type, default value of which could be
 	// representable in Python if it doesn't include any scope (which could,
@@ -1995,6 +1986,7 @@ public:
       }
     }
 
+    Delete(resolved_type);
     return result;
   }