diff --git a/examples/foo.cc b/examples/foo.cc
index 7cecc58..c7ccb3c 100644
--- a/examples/foo.cc
+++ b/examples/foo.cc
@@ -37,3 +37,16 @@ int SomeObject::get_int (double from_float)
 {
     return (int) from_float;
 }
+
+
+class HiddenClass : public Bar
+{
+};
+
+
+Foo*
+get_hidden_subclass_pointer ()
+{
+    return new HiddenClass;
+}
+
diff --git a/examples/foo.h b/examples/foo.h
index 3bde1e1..19254db 100644
--- a/examples/foo.h
+++ b/examples/foo.h
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ public:
     virtual ~Bar() {}
 };
 
+// caller owns return
+Foo* get_hidden_subclass_pointer ();
 
 class Zbr
 {
diff --git a/examples/foomodulegen.py b/examples/foomodulegen.py
index ede106d..531d72d 100755
--- a/examples/foomodulegen.py
+++ b/examples/foomodulegen.py
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ def my_module_gen(out_file):
     Bar.add_method(CppMethod(ReturnValue.new('std::string'), 'Hooray', [], is_static=True))
     mod.add_class(Bar)
 
+    ## to test RTTI with a hidden subclass
+    mod.add_function(Function(ReturnValue.new('Foo*', caller_owns_return=True),
+                              'get_hidden_subclass_pointer', []))
+
 
     ## Zbr is a reference counted class
     Zbr = CppClass('Zbr', incref_method='Ref', decref_method='Unref')
diff --git a/examples/footest.py b/examples/footest.py
index 0124f18..ff7a0a9 100644
--- a/examples/footest.py
+++ b/examples/footest.py
@@ -133,5 +133,10 @@ class TestFoo(unittest.TestCase):
         foo2 = obj.get_foo_ptr()
         self.assertEqual(type(foo2), foo.Bar)
 
+    def test_type_narrowing_hidden_subclass(self):
+        """This test only works with GCC >= 3.0 (and not with other compilers)"""
+        obj = foo.get_hidden_subclass_pointer()
+        self.assertEqual(type(obj), foo.Bar)
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()