Index: subversion/bindings/swig/svn_ra.i
===================================================================
--- subversion/bindings/swig/svn_ra.i	(revision 19602)
+++ subversion/bindings/swig/svn_ra.i	(working copy)
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@
 };
 
 %apply apr_hash_t **PROPHASH { apr_hash_t **props };
+%apply apr_hash_t **DIRENTHASH { apr_hash_t **dirents };
 
 %apply const char *MAY_BE_NULL {
     const char *comment,
Index: subversion/bindings/swig/include/apr.swg
===================================================================
--- subversion/bindings/swig/include/apr.swg	(revision 19602)
+++ subversion/bindings/swig/include/apr.swg	(working copy)
@@ -146,14 +146,21 @@
 
 /* -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    create an OUTPUT argument defn for an apr_hash_t ** which is storing
+   dirent values
+*/
+%typemap(python,in,numinputs=0) apr_hash_t **DIRENTHASH = apr_hash_t **OUTPUT;
+%typemap(python,argout,fragment="t_output_helper") apr_hash_t **DIRENTHASH {
+    $result = t_output_helper($result, svn_swig_py_convert_hash(*$1, SWIGTYPE_p_svn_dirent_t, NULL));
+}
+
+/* -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+   create an OUTPUT argument defn for an apr_hash_t ** which is storing
    property values
 */
 
 %typemap(python,in,numinputs=0) apr_hash_t **PROPHASH = apr_hash_t **OUTPUT;
-%typemap(python,argout) apr_hash_t **PROPHASH {
-    /* toss prior result, get new result from the hash */
-    Py_DECREF($result);
-    $result = svn_swig_py_prophash_to_dict(*$1);
+%typemap(python,argout,fragment="t_output_helper") apr_hash_t **PROPHASH {
+	$result = t_output_helper($result, svn_swig_py_prophash_to_dict(*$1));
 }
 
 %typemap(perl5,in,numinputs=0) apr_hash_t **PROPHASH = apr_hash_t **OUTPUT;