diff --git a/CHANGES.current b/CHANGES.current
index 726033532..df3bc7e0e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.current
+++ b/CHANGES.current
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ Version 2.0.2 (in progress)
 ===========================
 
 2011-02-13: wsfulton
-            Fix #1927852 #include directives don't preprocess the file passed to it. The fix is for
+            Apply patch #3171793 from szager - protected director methods failing when -fvirtual is used.
+
+2011-02-13: wsfulton
+            Fix #1927852 - #include directives don't preprocess the file passed to it. The fix is for
             #include with -importall or -includeall, %include and %import, for example:
               #define FILENAME "abc.h"
               %include FILENAME
diff --git a/Source/Modules/allocate.cxx b/Source/Modules/allocate.cxx
index 31f7c20ae..110a92939 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/allocate.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/allocate.cxx
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class Allocate:public Dispatcher {
 
 	      if (!most_base_covariant_type) {
 		// Eliminate the derived virtual method.
-		if (virtual_elimination_mode)
+		if (virtual_elimination_mode && !is_member_director(n))
 		  if (both_have_public_access)
 		    if (!is_non_public_base(inclass, b))
 		      if (!Swig_symbol_isoverloaded(n)) {