diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/typemap_template.i b/Examples/test-suite/typemap_template.i
index 221f821d2..9f283105b 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/typemap_template.i
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/typemap_template.i
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@ template<class T> struct Foo {};
   void this_works(Foo<int> f) {}
   void this_also_works(const Foo<int>& f) {}
   void this_also_also_works(Foo<double> f) {}
-  void this_fails(const Foo<double>& f) {}
+  void this_used_to_fail(const Foo<double>& f) {}
 %}
 
diff --git a/Source/CParse/parser.y b/Source/CParse/parser.y
index ee121abec..29e5705bf 100644
--- a/Source/CParse/parser.y
+++ b/Source/CParse/parser.y
@@ -2962,7 +2962,7 @@ template_directive: SWIGTEMPLATE LPAREN idstringopt RPAREN idcolonnt LESSTHAN va
                             Swig_cparse_template_expand(templnode,nname,temparms,tscope);
                             Setattr(templnode,"sym:name",nname);
 			    Delete(nname);
-                            Setattr(templnode,"feature:onlychildren", "typemap,typemapitem,typemapcopy,typedef,types,fragment");
+                            Setattr(templnode,"feature:onlychildren", "typemap,typemapitem,typemapcopy,typedef,types,fragment,apply");
 			    if ($3) {
 			      Swig_warning(WARN_PARSE_NESTED_TEMPLATE, cparse_file, cparse_line, "Named nested template instantiations not supported. Processing as if no name was given to %%template().\n");
 			    }