diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_numbers.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_numbers.py
index c22688d..c098be1 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_numbers.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_numbers.py
@@ -90,15 +90,31 @@
     def test_floats(self):
         # c_float and c_double can be created from
         # Python int, long and float
+        class FloatLike(object):
+            def __float__(self):
+                return 2.0
+        f = FloatLike()
         for t in float_types:
             self.failUnlessEqual(t(2.0).value, 2.0)
             self.failUnlessEqual(t(2).value, 2.0)
             self.failUnlessEqual(t(2L).value, 2.0)
+            self.failUnlessEqual(t(f).value, 2.0)
 
     def test_integers(self):
-        # integers cannot be constructed from floats
+        class FloatLike(object):
+            def __float__(self):
+                return 2.0
+        f = FloatLike()
+        class IntLike(object):
+            def __int__(self):
+                return 2
+        i = IntLike()
+        # integers cannot be constructed from floats,
+        # but from integer-like objects
         for t in signed_types + unsigned_types:
             self.assertRaises(TypeError, t, 3.14)
+            self.assertRaises(TypeError, t, f)
+            self.failUnlessEqual(t(i).value, 2)
 
     def test_sizes(self):
         for t in signed_types + unsigned_types + float_types:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index eb23c09..46d3f66 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- The ctypes int types did not accept objects implementing
+  __int__() in the constructor.
+
 - #1189216: Fix the zipfile module to work on archives with headers
   past the 2**31 byte boundary.
 
diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/cfield.c b/Modules/_ctypes/cfield.c
index 0fd82bc..d310ac5 100644
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/cfield.c
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/cfield.c
@@ -355,10 +355,9 @@
 get_long(PyObject *v, long *p)
 {
 	long x;
-	if (!PyInt_Check(v) && !PyLong_Check(v)) {
-		PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
-			     "int expected instead of %s instance",
-			     v->ob_type->tp_name);
+	if (PyFloat_Check(v)) {
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+				"int expected instead of float");
 		return -1;
 	}
 	x = PyInt_AsUnsignedLongMask(v);
@@ -374,10 +373,9 @@
 get_ulong(PyObject *v, unsigned long *p)
 {
 	unsigned long x;
-	if (!PyInt_Check(v) && !PyLong_Check(v)) {
-		PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
-			     "int expected instead of %s instance",
-			     v->ob_type->tp_name);
+	if (PyFloat_Check(v)) {
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+				"int expected instead of float");
 		return -1;
 	}
 	x = PyInt_AsUnsignedLongMask(v);
@@ -395,11 +393,10 @@
 get_longlong(PyObject *v, PY_LONG_LONG *p)
 {
 	PY_LONG_LONG x;
-	if (!PyInt_Check(v) && !PyLong_Check(v)) {
-		PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
-			     "int expected instead of %s instance",
-			     v->ob_type->tp_name);
-		return -1;
+	if (PyFloat_Check(v)) {
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+				"int expected instead of float");
+ 		return -1;
 	}
 	x = PyInt_AsUnsignedLongLongMask(v);
 	if (x == -1 && PyErr_Occurred())
@@ -414,12 +411,11 @@
 get_ulonglong(PyObject *v, unsigned PY_LONG_LONG *p)
 {
 	unsigned PY_LONG_LONG x;
-	if (!PyInt_Check(v) && !PyLong_Check(v)) {
-		PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
-			     "int expected instead of %s instance",
-			     v->ob_type->tp_name);
-		return -1;
-	}
+	if (PyFloat_Check(v)) {
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+				"int expected instead of float");
+ 		return -1;
+ 	}
 	x = PyInt_AsUnsignedLongLongMask(v);
 	if (x == -1 && PyErr_Occurred())
 		return -1;