diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/java/java_lib_arrays_runme.java b/Examples/test-suite/java/java_lib_arrays_runme.java
index 299f4ffd5..9ee36210a 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/java/java_lib_arrays_runme.java
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/java/java_lib_arrays_runme.java
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ public class java_lib_arrays_runme {
     if (java_lib_arrays.extract_ptr(array_yet_another_struct, 0) != 222.333) throw new RuntimeException("extract_ptr 0 failed");
     if (java_lib_arrays.extract_ptr(array_yet_another_struct, 1) != 444.555) throw new RuntimeException("extract_ptr 1 failed");
 
+    java_lib_arrays.modifyYAS(array_yet_another_struct, array_yet_another_struct.length);
+    for (int i=0; i<2; ++i) {
+      if (array_yet_another_struct[i].getSimple().getDouble_field() != array_struct[i].getDouble_field() * 10.0)
+        throw new RuntimeException("modifyYAS failed ");
+    }
+
     java_lib_arrays.toestest(array_toe, array_toe, array_toe);
 
     // Now set the array members and check that they have been set correctly
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/java_lib_arrays.i b/Examples/test-suite/java_lib_arrays.i
index 4b99949af..0551cd100 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/java_lib_arrays.i
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/java_lib_arrays.i
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ struct YetAnotherStruct {
 double extract_ptr(struct YetAnotherStruct *yas, int index) {
   return yas[index].simple.double_field;
 }
+void modifyYAS(struct YetAnotherStruct yas[], int size) {
+  int i;
+  for (i=0; i<size; ++i) {
+    SimpleStruct ss;
+    ss.double_field = yas[i].simple.double_field * 10.0;
+    yas[i].simple = ss;
+  }
+}
 %}
 
 %apply ARRAYSOFENUMS[ANY] { toe[ANY] }