diff --git a/src/hmc5883l/pyupm_hmc5883l.i b/src/hmc5883l/pyupm_hmc5883l.i
index 999d1647..32992958 100644
--- a/src/hmc5883l/pyupm_hmc5883l.i
+++ b/src/hmc5883l/pyupm_hmc5883l.i
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 %module pyupm_hmc5883l
 %include "../upm.i"
+%include "../carrays_int16_t.i"
 
 %feature("autodoc", "3");
 
@@ -7,6 +8,10 @@
 %include "hmc5883l_doc.i"
 #endif
 
+%typemap(out) int16_t* {
+  $result = SWIG_NewPointerObj(SWIG_as_voidptr(result), SWIGTYPE_p_int16Array, 0 |  0 );
+}
+
 %include "hmc5883l.h"
 %{
     #include "hmc5883l.h"