diff --git a/libvips/iofuncs/init.c b/libvips/iofuncs/init.c
index 84cb46f4..db153192 100644
--- a/libvips/iofuncs/init.c
+++ b/libvips/iofuncs/init.c
@@ -301,13 +301,15 @@ vips_leak( void )
 		vips_tracked_get_files() ) {
 		vips_buf_appendf( &buf, "memory: %d allocations, %zd bytes\n",
 			vips_tracked_get_allocs(), vips_tracked_get_mem() );
-		vips_buf_appendf( &buf, "memory: high-water mark " );
-		vips_buf_append_size( &buf, vips_tracked_get_mem_highwater() );
 		vips_buf_appendf( &buf, "\nfiles: %d open\n",
 			vips_tracked_get_files() );
-
-		fprintf( stderr, "%s", vips_buf_all( &buf ) );
 	}
+
+	vips_buf_appendf( &buf, "memory: high-water mark " );
+	vips_buf_append_size( &buf, vips_tracked_get_mem_highwater() );
+	vips_buf_appends( &buf, "\n" );
+
+	fprintf( stderr, "%s", vips_buf_all( &buf ) );
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/libvipsCC/VImage.cc b/libvipsCC/VImage.cc
index dff543a4..c40be8aa 100644
--- a/libvipsCC/VImage.cc
+++ b/libvipsCC/VImage.cc
@@ -444,6 +444,14 @@ void VImage::initdesc( int x, int y, int b,
 		verror();
 }
 
+// used to test SWIG wrappers with output args
+double VImage::test_member( double a, double b, double *c, double *d )
+{
+	*c = a + b;
+	*d = a - b;
+	return a * b;
+}
+
 // Create a Vargv from a name
 Vargv::Vargv( const char *name )
 {
diff --git a/libvipsCC/include/vips/VImage.h b/libvipsCC/include/vips/VImage.h
index b9d426c4..65303e34 100644
--- a/libvipsCC/include/vips/VImage.h
+++ b/libvipsCC/include/vips/VImage.h
@@ -288,6 +288,9 @@ public:
 	void initdesc( int, int, int, TBandFmt, TCoding, TType, 
 		float = 1.0, float = 1.0, int = 0, int = 0 ) throw( VError );
 
+	// test member for SWIG output args
+	double test_member( double a, double b, double *c, double *d );
+
 	/* Insert automatically generated headers.
 	 */
 #include "vipsc++.h"
diff --git a/swig/vipsCC/VImage.i b/swig/vipsCC/VImage.i
index 35ace859..cf840307 100644
--- a/swig/vipsCC/VImage.i
+++ b/swig/vipsCC/VImage.i
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 %include "std_except.i"
 %include "std_string.i"
 %include "cstring.i"
+%include "typemaps.i"
 
 %import "VError.i"
 %import "VMask.i"
@@ -79,6 +80,11 @@ struct VBuffer {
  */
 %include VImage.h
 
+/* Some operations return values though their params. We have to note these
+ * specially.
+ */
+extern double vips::VImage::maxpos_avg(double &OUTPUT, double &OUTPUT);
+
 %extend vips::VImage {
 public:
   VBuffer tobuffer () throw (VError)
diff --git a/swig/vipsCC/test.py b/swig/vipsCC/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50699254
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swig/vipsCC/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from vipsCC import * 
+
+a = VImage.VImage("/home/john/pics/shark.jpg")
+print a.maxpos_avg()