diff --git a/src/Mod/CAM/App/Command.cpp b/src/Mod/CAM/App/Command.cpp
index 5162b5f019..968159f843 100644
--- a/src/Mod/CAM/App/Command.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/CAM/App/Command.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ Command::Command(const char* name, const std::map<std::string, double>& paramete
     , Annotations()
 {}
 
+Command::Command(
+    const char* name,
+    const std::map<std::string, double>& parameters,
+    const std::map<std::string, std::variant<std::string, double>>& annotations
+)
+    : Name(name)
+    , Parameters(parameters)
+    , Annotations(annotations)
+{}
+
 Command::Command()
     : Annotations()
 {}
diff --git a/src/Mod/CAM/App/Command.h b/src/Mod/CAM/App/Command.h
index 6c7cc3c52f..f93ca2fbab 100644
--- a/src/Mod/CAM/App/Command.h
+++ b/src/Mod/CAM/App/Command.h
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ public:
     // constructors
     Command();
     Command(const char* name, const std::map<std::string, double>& parameters);
+    Command(
+        const char* name,
+        const std::map<std::string, double>& parameters,
+        const std::map<std::string, std::variant<std::string, double>>& annotations
+    );
     ~Command() override;
     // from base class
     unsigned int getMemSize() const override;
diff --git a/src/Mod/CAM/App/Command.pyi b/src/Mod/CAM/App/Command.pyi
index ac6d9747f3..7cf426a027 100644
--- a/src/Mod/CAM/App/Command.pyi
+++ b/src/Mod/CAM/App/Command.pyi
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ from Base.Placement import Placement
 @class_declarations("mutable Py::Dict parameters_copy_dict;")
 class Command(Persistence):
     """
-    Command([name],[parameters]): Represents a basic Gcode command
+    Command([name],[parameters],[annotations]): Represents a basic Gcode command
     name (optional) is the name of the command, ex. G1
     parameters (optional) is a dictionary containing string:number
     pairs, or a placement, or a vector
+    annotations (optional) is a dictionary containing string:string or string:number pairs
     """
 
     @constmethod
diff --git a/src/Mod/CAM/App/CommandPyImp.cpp b/src/Mod/CAM/App/CommandPyImp.cpp
index 53a9253727..81cc040d63 100644
--- a/src/Mod/CAM/App/CommandPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/CAM/App/CommandPyImp.cpp
@@ -71,9 +71,20 @@ PyObject* CommandPy::PyMake(struct _typeobject*, PyObject*, PyObject*)  // Pytho
 int CommandPy::PyInit(PyObject* args, PyObject* kwd)
 {
     PyObject* parameters = nullptr;
+    PyObject* annotations = nullptr;
     const char* name = "";
-    static const std::array<const char*, 3> kwlist {"name", "parameters", nullptr};
-    if (Base::Wrapped_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwd, "|sO!", kwlist, &name, &PyDict_Type, &parameters)) {
+    static const std::array<const char*, 4> kwlist {"name", "parameters", "annotations", nullptr};
+    if (Base::Wrapped_ParseTupleAndKeywords(
+            args,
+            kwd,
+            "|sO!O!",
+            kwlist,
+            &name,
+            &PyDict_Type,
+            &parameters,
+            &PyDict_Type,
+            &annotations
+        )) {
         std::string sname(name);
         boost::to_upper(sname);
         try {
@@ -112,16 +123,54 @@ int CommandPy::PyInit(PyObject* args, PyObject* kwd)
             }
             getCommandPtr()->Parameters[ckey] = cvalue;
         }
+
+        // Parse annotations
+        pos = 0;
+        while (annotations && PyDict_Next(annotations, &pos, &key, &value)) {
+            std::string ckey;
+            if (PyUnicode_Check(key)) {
+                ckey = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(key);
+            }
+            else {
+                PyErr_SetString(
+                    PyExc_TypeError,
+                    "The annotations dictionary can only contain string keys"
+                );
+                return -1;
+            }
+
+            if (PyUnicode_Check(value)) {
+                std::string cvalue = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(value);
+                getCommandPtr()->setAnnotation(ckey, cvalue);
+            }
+            else if (PyObject_TypeCheck(value, &(PyLong_Type))) {
+                double cvalue = (double)PyLong_AsLong(value);
+                getCommandPtr()->setAnnotation(ckey, cvalue);
+            }
+            else if (PyObject_TypeCheck(value, &(PyFloat_Type))) {
+                double cvalue = PyFloat_AsDouble(value);
+                getCommandPtr()->setAnnotation(ckey, cvalue);
+            }
+            else {
+                PyErr_SetString(
+                    PyExc_TypeError,
+                    "The annotations dictionary can only contain string or number values"
+                );
+                return -1;
+            }
+        }
+
         parameters_copy_dict.clear();
         return 0;
     }
     PyErr_Clear();  // set by PyArg_ParseTuple()
 
+    static const std::array<const char*, 3> kwlist_placement {"name", "parameters", nullptr};
     if (Base::Wrapped_ParseTupleAndKeywords(
             args,
             kwd,
             "|sO!",
-            kwlist,
+            kwlist_placement,
             &name,
             &(Base::PlacementPy::Type),
             &parameters