diff --git a/gdb/cp-valprint.c b/gdb/cp-valprint.c
index a96a81a..efc13e5 100644
--- a/gdb/cp-valprint.c
+++ b/gdb/cp-valprint.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "valprint.h"
 #include "cp-support.h"
 #include "language.h"
+#include "python/python.h"
 
 /* Controls printing of vtbl's */
 static void
@@ -155,16 +156,33 @@ cp_print_value_fields (struct type *type, struct type *real_type,
   int i, len, n_baseclasses;
   char *last_dont_print = obstack_next_free (&dont_print_statmem_obstack);
   int fields_seen = 0;
+  int result = 0;
+  struct type *baseclass;
 
   CHECK_TYPEDEF (type);
 
-  fprintf_filtered (stream, "{");
   len = TYPE_NFIELDS (type);
   n_baseclasses = TYPE_N_BASECLASSES (type);
 
+  /* Attempt to run the Python pretty-printers on the base class of
+  the derived class. */
+  if (!options->raw)
+    if (n_baseclasses > 0)
+      {  
+	
+	baseclass = check_typedef (TYPE_BASECLASS (type,0));
+	result = apply_val_pretty_printer (baseclass, valaddr, offset,
+					   address, stream, recurse, options,
+					   current_language);
+
+	if (result)
+	  return;
+      }
+
   /* First, print out baseclasses such that we don't print
      duplicates of virtual baseclasses.  */
 
+  fprintf_filtered (stream, "{");
   if (n_baseclasses > 0)
     cp_print_value (type, real_type, valaddr, offset, address, stream,
 		    recurse + 1, options, dont_print_vb);