diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/python/director_profile.i b/Examples/test-suite/python/director_profile.i
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03407d3f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/python/director_profile.i
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+%module(directors="1") director_profile
+
+%feature("director") B;
+
+
+%inline %{
+
+  class A  {
+  public:
+    A() {}
+  };
+
+  class B
+  { 
+    A aa;
+  public: 
+    B() {}
+
+    virtual A fn(const A* a) {
+      return *a;
+    }
+
+    virtual int vfi(int a) {
+      return a + 1;
+    }
+
+    int fi(int a) {
+      return vfi(a);
+    }
+
+    int fj(const A* a) {
+      return 10;
+    }
+
+    B* fk(int i) {
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    const char* fl(int i) {
+      return "hello";
+    }
+
+    virtual ~B()
+    {
+    }
+
+    static B* get_self(B *b) 
+    {
+      return b;
+    }
+    
+  };
+
+%}
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/python/director_profile_runme.py b/Examples/test-suite/python/director_profile_runme.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f67481f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/python/director_profile_runme.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import director_profile
+
+class MyB(director_profile.B):
+    def vfi(self, a):
+        return a+3
+
+
+
+a = director_profile.A()
+myb = MyB()
+b = director_profile.B.get_self(myb)
+
+
+fi = b.fi
+i = 50000
+a = 1
+while i:
+  a = fi(a) #1
+  a = fi(a) #2
+  a = fi(a) #3
+  a = fi(a) #4
+  a = fi(a) #5
+  a = fi(a) #6
+  a = fi(a) #7
+  a = fi(a) #8
+  a = fi(a) #9
+  a = fi(a) #10
+  a = fi(a) #1
+  a = fi(a) #2
+  a = fi(a) #3
+  a = fi(a) #4
+  a = fi(a) #5
+  a = fi(a) #6
+  a = fi(a) #7
+  a = fi(a) #8
+  a = fi(a) #9
+  a = fi(a) #20
+  i -= 1
+
+print a
+