diff --git a/example/issues.cpp b/example/issues.cpp
index 1a4fc31..c9f9e8b 100644
--- a/example/issues.cpp
+++ b/example/issues.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,25 @@
 
 #include "example.h"
 
+struct Base {
+    virtual void dispatch(void) const = 0;
+};
 
+struct DispatchIssue : Base {
+    virtual void dispatch(void) const {
+        PYBIND11_OVERLOAD_PURE(void, Base, dispatch);
+    }
+};
+
+void dispatch_issue_go(const Base * b) { b->dispatch(); }
+
+PYBIND11_PLUGIN(mytest)
+{
+    pybind11::module m("mytest", "A test");
+
+
+    return m.ptr();
+}
 void init_issues(py::module &m) {
     py::module m2 = m.def_submodule("issues");
 
@@ -18,4 +36,12 @@
 
     // #150: char bindings broken
     m2.def("print_char", [](char c) { std::cout << c << std::endl; });
+
+    // #159: virtual function dispatch has problems with similar-named functions
+    pybind11::class_<DispatchIssue> base(m2, "DispatchIssue");
+    base.alias<Base>()
+        .def(pybind11::init<>())
+        .def("dispatch", &Base::dispatch);
+
+    m2.def("dispatch_issue_go", &dispatch_issue_go);
 }
diff --git a/example/issues.py b/example/issues.py
index 8628439..84752b0 100644
--- a/example/issues.py
+++ b/example/issues.py
@@ -4,6 +4,25 @@
 sys.path.append('.')
 
 from example.issues import print_cchar, print_char
+from example.issues import DispatchIssue, dispatch_issue_go
 
 print_cchar("const char *")
 print_char('c')
+
+
+class PyClass1(DispatchIssue):
+    def dispatch(self):
+        print("Yay..")
+
+
+class PyClass2(DispatchIssue):
+    def dispatch(self):
+        try:
+            super(PyClass2, self).dispatch()
+        except Exception as e:
+            print("Failed as expected: " + str(e))
+        p = PyClass1()
+        dispatch_issue_go(p)
+
+b = PyClass2()
+dispatch_issue_go(b)
diff --git a/example/issues.ref b/example/issues.ref
index 4e02121..55cbdda 100644
--- a/example/issues.ref
+++ b/example/issues.ref
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 const char *
 c
+Failed as expected: Tried to call pure virtual function "dispatch"
+Yay..