diff --git a/src/Base/TypePy.xml b/src/Base/TypePy.xml
index c05be1940f..ccccd1253b 100644
--- a/src/Base/TypePy.xml
+++ b/src/Base/TypePy.xml
@@ -64,6 +64,16 @@ namespace Base {
         <UserDocu>Returns all descendants</UserDocu>
       </Documentation>
     </Methode>
+    <Methode Name="createInstance">
+      <Documentation>
+        <UserDocu>Creates an instance of this type</UserDocu>
+      </Documentation>
+    </Methode>
+    <Methode Name="createInstanceByName" Static="true">
+      <Documentation>
+        <UserDocu>Creates an instance of the named type</UserDocu>
+      </Documentation>
+    </Methode>
     <Attribute Name="Name" ReadOnly="true">
       <Documentation>
         <UserDocu>The name of the type id</UserDocu>
diff --git a/src/Base/TypePyImp.cpp b/src/Base/TypePyImp.cpp
index 69806d32ae..9cec3ce344 100644
--- a/src/Base/TypePyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Base/TypePyImp.cpp
@@ -167,6 +167,37 @@ PyObject*  TypePy::getAllDerived(PyObject *args)
     return Py::new_reference_to(res);
 }
 
+PyObject* TypePy::createInstance (PyObject *args)
+{
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, ""))
+        return nullptr;
+
+    Base::BaseClass* base = static_cast<Base::BaseClass*>(getBaseTypePtr()->createInstance());
+    if (!base) {
+        Py_Return;
+    }
+
+    //TODO: At the moment "base" will never be destroyed and causes a memory leak
+    return base->getPyObject();
+}
+
+PyObject* TypePy::createInstanceByName (PyObject *args)
+{
+    const char* type;
+    PyObject* load = Py_False;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s|O!", &type, &PyBool_Type, &load))
+        return nullptr;
+
+    Base::BaseClass* base = static_cast<Base::BaseClass*>
+                                (Base::Type::createInstanceByName(type, PyObject_IsTrue(load) ? true : false));
+    if (!base) {
+        Py_Return;
+    }
+
+    //TODO: At the moment "base" will never be destroyed and causes a memory leak
+    return base->getPyObject();
+}
+
 Py::String TypePy::getName(void) const
 {
     return Py::String(std::string(getBaseTypePtr()->getName()));