=== modified file 'capturemock/pythonclient.py'
--- capturemock/pythonclient.py	2013-12-10 20:09:34 +0000
+++ capturemock/pythonclient.py	2013-12-11 07:14:39 +0000
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
             if "MRO" in str(e):
                 self.defineClassLocally(classDefStr.replace("InstanceProxy, ", ""))
             else:
+                print("*** TypeError while trying to exec classDefStr = %r" % (classDefStr,))
                 raise
         
     def __getitem__(self, name):
@@ -118,6 +119,15 @@
             metaClass = type(proxyTargetClass)
             if metaClass not in [ type, types.ClassType ]:
                 metaClassName = self.captureMockNameFinder.makeMetaClass(metaClass)
+        elif '(' in classDesc:
+            startIdx = classDesc.index('(') + 1
+            endIdx = classDesc.index(')')
+            subclassDesc = classDesc[startIdx:endIdx]
+            modName, subclassName = subclassDesc.split('.')
+            mod = __import__(modName)
+            subclass = getattr(mod, subclassName)
+            metaClass = type(subclass)
+            metaClassName = self.captureMockNameFinder.makeMetaClass(metaClass)
         return self.captureMockNameFinder.makeClass(classDesc, metaClassName)
         
     def captureMockCreateClassProxy(self, proxyName, proxyTarget, classDesc):