diff -r ab162f925761 Lib/ctypes/_endian.py
--- a/Lib/ctypes/_endian.py	Mon Jul 11 01:39:35 2011 +0200
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/_endian.py	Mon Jul 11 19:27:20 2011 -0700
@@ -7,14 +7,18 @@
     """Return the type with the 'other' byte order.  Simple types like
     c_int and so on already have __ctype_be__ and __ctype_le__
     attributes which contain the types, for more complicated types
-    only arrays are supported.
+    arrays and structures are supported.
     """
-    try:
+    # check _OTHER_ENDIAN attribute (present if typ is primitive type)
+    if hasattr(typ, _OTHER_ENDIAN):
         return getattr(typ, _OTHER_ENDIAN)
-    except AttributeError:
-        if type(typ) == _array_type:
-            return _other_endian(typ._type_) * typ._length_
-        raise TypeError("This type does not support other endian: %s" % typ)
+    # if typ is array
+    if type(typ) == _array_type:
+        return _other_endian(typ._type_) * typ._length_
+    # if typ is structure
+    if issubclass(typ, Structure):
+        return typ
+    raise TypeError("This type does not support other endian: %s" % typ)
 
 class _swapped_meta(type(Structure)):
     def __setattr__(self, attrname, value):
diff -r ab162f925761 Lib/ctypes/test/test_byteswap.py
--- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_byteswap.py	Mon Jul 11 01:39:35 2011 +0200
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_byteswap.py	Mon Jul 11 19:27:20 2011 -0700
@@ -184,20 +184,6 @@
                 pass
             self.assertRaises(TypeError, setattr, T, "_fields_", [("x", typ)])
 
-    def test_struct_struct(self):
-        # Nested structures with different byte order not (yet) supported
-        if sys.byteorder == "little":
-            base = BigEndianStructure
-        else:
-            base = LittleEndianStructure
-
-        class T(Structure):
-            _fields_ = [("a", c_int),
-                        ("b", c_int)]
-        class S(base):
-            pass
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, setattr, S, "_fields_", [("s", T)])
-
     def test_struct_fields_2(self):
         # standard packing in struct uses no alignment.
         # So, we have to align using pad bytes.