diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/python/std_map/example.i b/SWIG/Examples/python/std_map/example.i
index eb5794a57..1dcf8a536 100644
--- a/SWIG/Examples/python/std_map/example.i
+++ b/SWIG/Examples/python/std_map/example.i
@@ -24,3 +24,6 @@ namespace std {
 %template(halfd) half_map<std::string,double>;
 %template(halfi) half_map<std::string,int>;
 
+
+%template() std::pair<swig::PyObject_ptr, swig::PyObject_ptr>;
+%template(pymap) std::map<swig::PyObject_ptr, swig::PyObject_ptr>;
diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/python/std_map/runme.py b/SWIG/Examples/python/std_map/runme.py
index 39a77a9d6..b521c9c9c 100644
--- a/SWIG/Examples/python/std_map/runme.py
+++ b/SWIG/Examples/python/std_map/runme.py
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 import example
 
+pmap = example.pymap()
+pmap["hi"] = 1
+pmap["hello"] = 2
+
+
+
+
 dmap = {}
 dmap["hello"] = 1.0
 dmap["hi"] = 2.0