diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/primitive_types.i b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/primitive_types.i
index 5aeb60f6a..fb57f4611 100644
--- a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/primitive_types.i
+++ b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/primitive_types.i
@@ -343,6 +343,47 @@ macro(size_t,             pfx, sizet)
 #endif
 
 %inline {
+  struct Foo
+  {
+    int _a;
+    
+    Foo (int a) : _a(a)
+    {
+    }
+    
+    Foo(const Foo&)
+    {
+    }
+    ;
+    
+    Foo copy(Foo x) 
+    {
+      return x;
+    }
+
+    const Foo copy_c(const Foo x) 
+    {
+      return x;
+    }
+
+    const Foo& copy_r(const Foo& x) 
+    {
+      return x;
+    }
+
+    Foo* this_p() 
+    {
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    Foo& this_r() 
+    {
+      return *this;
+    }
+    
+  };
+  
+  
  struct Test 
  {
    Test()
diff --git a/SWIG/Lib/python/pyswigtype.swg b/SWIG/Lib/python/pyswigtype.swg
index 2b0fd0069..ed9d0a195 100644
--- a/SWIG/Lib/python/pyswigtype.swg
+++ b/SWIG/Lib/python/pyswigtype.swg
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 %typemap(out) SWIGTYPE 
 {
   $&1_ltype resultptr;
-  resultptr = new $1_ltype(($1_ltype &) $1);
+  resultptr = new $1_ltype(static_cast<$1_type &>($1));
   $result = SWIG_NewPointerObj((void *)(resultptr), $&1_descriptor, 1);
 }
 #else