diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/java/java_lib_various_runme.java b/Examples/test-suite/java/java_lib_various_runme.java
index bf0d41211..e7bd86978 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/java/java_lib_various_runme.java
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/java/java_lib_various_runme.java
@@ -39,6 +39,30 @@ public class java_lib_various_runme {
       if ( !langs[i].equals(langscheck[i]) )
         throw new RuntimeException("Languages read failed " + i + " " + langs[i] + "|" + langscheck[i]);
 
+    // STRING_RET test
+    {
+      String stringOutArray[] = { "" };
+      java_lib_various.char_ptr_ptr_out(stringOutArray);
+      if (!stringOutArray[0].equals("returned string"))
+        throw new RuntimeException("Test failed: expected: returned string. got: " + stringOutArray[0]);
+    }
+
+    // STRING_RET null array test. Check that exception is thrown.
+    try {
+      String stringOutArray[] = null;
+      java_lib_various.char_ptr_ptr_out(stringOutArray);
+      throw new RuntimeException("Test failed: null array");
+    } catch (NullPointerException e) {
+    }
+
+    // STRING_RET empty array test. Check that exception is thrown.
+    try {
+      String stringOutArray[] = {};
+      java_lib_various.char_ptr_ptr_out(stringOutArray);
+      throw new RuntimeException("Test failed: empty array");
+    } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
+    }
+
     // BYTE typemap check
     byte b[] = new byte[20];
     java_lib_various.charout(b);
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/java_lib_various.i b/Examples/test-suite/java_lib_various.i
index a320be4d5..f522a8a1e 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/java_lib_various.i
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/java_lib_various.i
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 %apply char **STRING_ARRAY { char **get_names };
 %apply char **STRING_ARRAY { char **languages };
 %apply char *BYTE { char *chars };
+%apply char **STRING_OUT { char **string_ptr };
 
 %{
 char *langs[] = { "Hungarian", "Afrikaans", "Norwegian", 0 };
@@ -41,5 +42,10 @@ void charout(char *chars) {
         sprintf(chars, "by jove");
 }
 
+void char_ptr_ptr_out(char **string_ptr) {
+    static char ret[] = "returned string";
+    *string_ptr = ret;
+}
+
 %}