diff --git a/Lib/scilab/scirun.swg b/Lib/scilab/scirun.swg
index 7e2f85362e5..71641e0743b 100644
--- a/Lib/scilab/scirun.swg
+++ b/Lib/scilab/scirun.swg
@@ -66,11 +66,13 @@ static void SWIG_Scilab_SetApiContext(void *apiCtx) {
 
 #if SWIG_SCILAB_VERSION >= 540
 #define SWIG_CheckInputArgument(pvApiCtx, minInputArgument, maxInputArgument) CheckInputArgument(pvApiCtx, minInputArgument, maxInputArgument)
+#define SWIG_CheckInputArgumentAtLeast(pvApiCtx, minInputArgument) CheckInputArgumentAtLeast(pvApiCtx, minInputArgument)
 #define SWIG_CheckOutputArgument(pvApiCtx, minOutputArgument, maxOutputArgument) CheckOutputArgument(pvApiCtx, minOutputArgument, maxOutputArgument)
 #define SWIG_NbInputArgument(pvApiCtx) nbInputArgument(pvApiCtx)
 #define SWIG_AssignOutputArgument(pvApiCtx, outputArgumentPos, argumentPos) AssignOutputVariable(pvApiCtx, outputArgumentPos) = argumentPos
 #else
 #define SWIG_CheckInputArgument(pvApiCtx, minInputArgument, maxInputArgument) CheckRhs(minInputArgument, maxInputArgument)
+#define SWIG_CheckInputArgumentAtLeast(pvApiCtx, minInputArgument) CheckRhs(minInputArgument, 256)
 #define SWIG_CheckOutputArgument(pvApiCtx, minOutputArgument, maxOutputArgument) CheckLhs(minOutputArgument, maxOutputArgument)
 #define SWIG_NbInputArgument(pvApiCtx) Rhs
 #define SWIG_AssignOutputArgument(pvApiCtx, outputArgumentPos, argumentPos) LhsVar(outputArgumentPos) = argumentPos
diff --git a/Source/Modules/scilab.cxx b/Source/Modules/scilab.cxx
index 82389f4cd00..dd0645bd22e 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/scilab.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/scilab.cxx
@@ -346,14 +346,18 @@ class SCILAB:public Language {
     emit_attach_parmmaps(functionParamsList, wrapper);
     Setattr(node, "wrap:parms", functionParamsList);
 
-    /* Check arguments */
+    /* Check input/output arguments count */
     int maxInputArguments = emit_num_arguments(functionParamsList);
     int minInputArguments = emit_num_required(functionParamsList);
     int minOutputArguments = 0;
     int maxOutputArguments = 0;
 
-    /* Insert calls to CheckInputArgument and CheckOutputArgument */
-    Printf(wrapper->code, "SWIG_CheckInputArgument(pvApiCtx, $mininputarguments, $maxinputarguments);\n");
+    if (!emit_isvarargs(functionParamsList)) {
+      Printf(wrapper->code, "SWIG_CheckInputArgument(pvApiCtx, $mininputarguments, $maxinputarguments);\n");
+    }
+    else {
+      Printf(wrapper->code, "SWIG_CheckInputArgumentAtLeast(pvApiCtx, $mininputarguments-1);\n");
+    }
     Printf(wrapper->code, "SWIG_CheckOutputArgument(pvApiCtx, $minoutputarguments, $maxoutputarguments);\n");
 
     /* Set context */