diff --git a/CHANGES.current b/CHANGES.current
index 22ba30fa7..22b00955e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.current
+++ b/CHANGES.current
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ See the RELEASENOTES file for a summary of changes in each release.
 Version 3.0.10 (in progress)
 ============================
 
+2016-05-31: wsfulton
+            Fix #690 - Smart pointer to %ignored class doesn't expose inherited methods.
+            Regression introduced in swig-3.0.9.
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/common.mk b/Examples/test-suite/common.mk
index efece0066..a6747a080 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/common.mk
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/common.mk
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ CPP_TEST_CASES += \
 	smart_pointer_const2 \
 	smart_pointer_const_overload \
 	smart_pointer_extend \
+	smart_pointer_ignore \
 	smart_pointer_member \
 	smart_pointer_multi \
 	smart_pointer_multi_typedef \
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/java/smart_pointer_ignore_runme.java b/Examples/test-suite/java/smart_pointer_ignore_runme.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f02bf536a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/java/smart_pointer_ignore_runme.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import smart_pointer_ignore.*;
+
+public class smart_pointer_ignore_runme {
+
+  static {
+    try {
+      System.loadLibrary("smart_pointer_ignore");
+    } 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[]) {
+    DerivedPtr d = smart_pointer_ignore.makeDerived();
+    d.base();
+    d.derived();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/smart_pointer_ignore.i b/Examples/test-suite/smart_pointer_ignore.i
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f369de782
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/smart_pointer_ignore.i
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+%module smart_pointer_ignore
+
+
+%ignore Derived;
+
+%inline %{
+class Base {
+  public:
+    void base() {}
+};
+
+class Derived : public Base {
+  public:
+    void derived() {}
+};
+
+template <class T>
+class Ptr {
+public:
+  Ptr(T *t) : ptr(t) {}
+  T * operator->() const { return ptr; }
+private:
+  T *ptr;
+};
+%}
+
+%template(DerivedPtr) Ptr<Derived>;
+
+%inline %{
+Ptr<Derived> makeDerived() {
+  return Ptr<Derived>(new Derived());
+}
+%}
diff --git a/Source/Modules/typepass.cxx b/Source/Modules/typepass.cxx
index 3b7083def..847f5b4f9 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/typepass.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/typepass.cxx
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class TypePass:private Dispatcher {
 	  if (tname)
 	    Delete(tname);
 	  if (!bcls) {
-	    if (!clsforward) {
+	    if (!clsforward && !GetFlag(cls, "feature:ignore")) {
 	      if (ispublic && !Getmeta(bname, "already_warned")) {
 		Swig_warning(WARN_TYPE_UNDEFINED_CLASS, Getfile(bname), Getline(bname), "Nothing known about base class '%s'. Ignored.\n", SwigType_namestr(bname));
 		if (Strchr(bname, '<')) {
@@ -503,8 +503,7 @@ class TypePass:private Dispatcher {
     /* Inherit type definitions into the class */
     if (name && !(GetFlag(n, "nested") && !checkAttribute(n, "access", "public") && 
       (GetFlag(n, "feature:flatnested") || Language::instance()->nestedClassesSupport() == Language::NCS_None))) {
-      if (!GetFlag(n, "feature:ignore"))
-	cplus_inherit_types(n, 0, nname ? nname : (fname ? fname : name));
+      cplus_inherit_types(n, 0, nname ? nname : (fname ? fname : name));
     }
 
     inclass = n;