diff --git a/native/dispatch.c b/native/dispatch.c
index a79d688b..755c2316 100644
--- a/native/dispatch.c
+++ b/native/dispatch.c
@@ -1150,6 +1150,9 @@ fromNativeTypeMapped(JNIEnv* env, jobject from_native, void* resp, ffi_type* typ
       if (type->type != FFI_TYPE_POINTER) {
         extract_value(env, obj, result, type->size, JNI_TRUE);
       }
+      else {
+        *(jobject*)result = obj;
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/native/testlib.c b/native/testlib.c
index e4078982..24df5a74 100644
--- a/native/testlib.c
+++ b/native/testlib.c
@@ -158,6 +158,14 @@ returnInt32Argument(int32_t arg) {
   return arg;
 }
 
+EXPORT int*
+returnPoint(int x, int y) {
+  int *p = malloc(2 * sizeof(int));
+  p[0] = x;
+  p[1] = y;
+  return p;
+}
+
 EXPORT int64_t  
 returnInt64Zero() {
   int64_t value = 0;
diff --git a/src/com/sun/jna/DefaultTypeMapper.java b/src/com/sun/jna/DefaultTypeMapper.java
index 70999bb4..b46311e2 100644
--- a/src/com/sun/jna/DefaultTypeMapper.java
+++ b/src/com/sun/jna/DefaultTypeMapper.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public class DefaultTypeMapper implements TypeMapper {
     /** Add a {@link TypeConverter} to provide bidirectional mapping between
      * a native and Java type.  
      */
-    protected void addTypeConverter(Class cls, TypeConverter converter) {
+    public void addTypeConverter(Class cls, TypeConverter converter) {
         addFromNativeConverter(cls, converter);
         addToNativeConverter(cls, converter);
     }
diff --git a/test/com/sun/jna/DirectTypeMapperTest.java b/test/com/sun/jna/DirectTypeMapperTest.java
index 034b5727..cd79f9eb 100644
--- a/test/com/sun/jna/DirectTypeMapperTest.java
+++ b/test/com/sun/jna/DirectTypeMapperTest.java
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@
 
 package com.sun.jna;
 
-import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
-import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
-import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
-import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
@@ -156,6 +152,42 @@ public class DirectTypeMapperTest extends TestCase {
         assertFalse("Failed to convert integer return to boolean FALSE", 
                     lib.returnInt32Argument(false));
     }
+    public static class PointTestClass {
+        public static TypeMapper TYPE_MAPPER;
+        int x, y;
+    }
+    public static class DirectTypeMappedResultTypeTestLibrary {
+        public native PointTestClass returnPoint(int x, int y);
+        static {
+            Map options = new HashMap();
+            DefaultTypeMapper mapper = new DefaultTypeMapper();
+            mapper.addTypeConverter(PointTestClass.class, new TypeConverter() {
+                public Object fromNative(Object value, FromNativeContext context) {
+                    Pointer p = (Pointer) value;
+                    PointTestClass pc = new PointTestClass();
+                    pc.x = p.getInt(0);
+                    pc.y = p.getInt(4);
+                    Native.free(Pointer.nativeValue(p));
+                    return pc;
+                }
+                public Object toNative(Object value, ToNativeContext context) {
+                    return Pointer.NULL; // dummy implementation (not called)
+                }
+                public Class nativeType() { 
+                    return Pointer.class;
+                }
+            });
+            options.put(Library.OPTION_TYPE_MAPPER, mapper);
+            PointTestClass.TYPE_MAPPER = mapper;
+            Native.register(NativeLibrary.getInstance("testlib", options));
+        }
+    }
+    public void testTypeMapperResultTypeConversion() throws Exception {
+        DirectTypeMappedResultTypeTestLibrary lib = new DirectTypeMappedResultTypeTestLibrary();
+        PointTestClass p = lib.returnPoint(1234, 5678);
+        assertEquals("Failed to convert int* return to java.awt.Point", 1234, p.x);
+        assertEquals("Failed to convert int* return to java.awt.Point", 5678, p.y);
+    }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         junit.textui.TestRunner.run(DirectTypeMapperTest.class);