diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/li_std_container_typemaps.i b/Examples/test-suite/li_std_container_typemaps.i
index 3a6a6b74a..ac12ed448 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/li_std_container_typemaps.i
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/li_std_container_typemaps.i
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ namespace std {
 }
 %}
 
-%define instantiate_containers_templates(TYPE...)
+%define %instantiate_containers_templates(TYPE...)
 namespace std
 {
   %template(TYPE ## _vector) std::vector<TYPE>;
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ namespace std
 }
 %enddef
 
-%define instantiate_containers_functions(TYPE...)
+%define %instantiate_containers_functions(TYPE...)
 namespace std
 {
   %template(ret_ ## TYPE ## _vector) ret_container<TYPE, std::vector<TYPE> >;
@@ -115,14 +115,14 @@ namespace std
 }
 %enddef
 
-instantiate_containers_templates(int);
-instantiate_containers_templates(double);
-instantiate_containers_templates(bool);
-instantiate_containers_templates(string);
-instantiate_containers_templates(ClassAPtr);
+%define %instantiate_containers_templates_and_functions(TYPE...)
+  %instantiate_containers_templates(TYPE);
+  %instantiate_containers_functions(TYPE);
+%enddef
 
-instantiate_containers_functions(int);
-instantiate_containers_functions(double);
-instantiate_containers_functions(bool);
-instantiate_containers_functions(string);
-instantiate_containers_functions(ClassAPtr);
+%instantiate_containers_templates_and_functions(int);
+%instantiate_containers_templates_and_functions(double);
+%instantiate_containers_templates_and_functions(float);
+%instantiate_containers_templates_and_functions(bool);
+%instantiate_containers_templates_and_functions(string);
+%instantiate_containers_templates_and_functions(ClassAPtr);
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/scilab/li_std_container_typemaps_runme.sci b/Examples/test-suite/scilab/li_std_container_typemaps_runme.sci
index d50338a28..52112829a 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/scilab/li_std_container_typemaps_runme.sci
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/scilab/li_std_container_typemaps_runme.sci
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ endfunction
 function testContainer(container)
   testContainerType(container, "int", 1, 2, [1, 2], 3);
   testContainerType(container, "double", 2., 3., [2., 3.], 5.);
+  testContainerType(container, "float", 2., 3., [2., 3.], 5.);
   testContainerType(container, "string", "a", "b", ["a", "b"], "ab");
   testContainerType(container, "bool", %F, %T, [%F, %T], %T);
   testContainerPtr("vector", 1, 3, 4);
diff --git a/Lib/scilab/scisequence.swg b/Lib/scilab/scisequence.swg
index 407db60c2..092879ecd 100644
--- a/Lib/scilab/scisequence.swg
+++ b/Lib/scilab/scisequence.swg
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 %include <scisequencepointer.swg>
 %include <scisequenceint.swg>
 %include <scisequencedouble.swg>
+%include <scisequencefloat.swg>
 %include <scisequencestring.swg>
 %include <scisequencebool.swg>
 
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ namespace swig {
 
 %add_traits_sequence(int, int);
 %add_traits_sequence(double, double);
+%add_traits_sequence(float, float);
 %add_traits_sequence(std::string, char*);
 %add_traits_sequence(bool, int);