diff --git a/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 26f707ada8..cfaf5cba91 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ include_directories(
     ${XercesC_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
 
+generate_from_xml(SpreadsheetViewPy)
+
+# The XML files
+set(SpreadsheetGui_XML_SRCS
+    SpreadsheetViewPy.xml
+)
+
 set(SpreadsheetGui_LIBS
     Spreadsheet
     FreeCADGui
@@ -54,6 +61,7 @@ endif()
 
 SET(SpreadsheetGui_SRCS
     ${SpreadsheetGui_QRC_SRCS}
+    ${SpreadsheetGui_XML_SRCS}
     AppSpreadsheetGui.cpp
     Command.cpp
     LineEdit.h
@@ -63,6 +71,7 @@ SET(SpreadsheetGui_SRCS
     Resources/Spreadsheet.qrc
     SpreadsheetView.cpp
     SpreadsheetView.h
+    SpreadsheetViewPyImp.cpp
     SpreadsheetDelegate.h
     SpreadsheetDelegate.cpp
     SheetTableView.cpp
diff --git a/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SpreadsheetView.cpp b/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SpreadsheetView.cpp
index cac8a3a8f6..1bd97d7af6 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SpreadsheetView.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SpreadsheetView.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include "qtcolorpicker.h"
 
 #include "SpreadsheetView.h"
+#include "SpreadsheetViewPy.h"
 #include "SpreadsheetDelegate.h"
 #include "ui_Sheet.h"
 
@@ -444,7 +445,11 @@ QModelIndex SheetView::currentIndex() const
 
 PyObject *SheetView::getPyObject()
 {
-    return Gui::MDIView::getPyObject();
+    if (!pythonObject)
+        pythonObject = new SpreadsheetViewPy(this);
+
+    Py_INCREF(pythonObject);
+    return pythonObject;
 }
 
 void SheetView::deleteSelf()
diff --git a/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SpreadsheetViewPy.xml b/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SpreadsheetViewPy.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..618ddfa7b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SpreadsheetViewPy.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<GenerateModel xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="generateMetaModel_Module.xsd">
+  <PythonExport
+      Father="PyObjectBase"
+      Name="SpreadsheetViewPy" 
+      Twin="SheetView" 
+      TwinPointer="SheetView" 
+      Include="Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SpreadsheetView.h" 
+      Namespace="SpreadsheetGui"
+      FatherInclude="Base/PyObjectBase.h"
+      FatherNamespace="Base">
+    <Documentation>
+      <Author Licence="LGPL" Name="openBrain" EMail="" />
+      <UserDocu>SpreadsheetView object</UserDocu>
+    </Documentation>
+    <Methode Name="getSheet">
+      <Documentation>
+        <UserDocu>returns the sheet being displayed</UserDocu>
+      </Documentation>
+    </Methode>
+    <CustomAttributes />
+  </PythonExport>
+</GenerateModel>
diff --git a/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SpreadsheetViewPyImp.cpp b/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SpreadsheetViewPyImp.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4a6c0e9e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SpreadsheetViewPyImp.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#include "PreCompiled.h"
+
+#include "SpreadsheetViewPy.h"
+#include "SpreadsheetViewPy.cpp"
+
+#include <Mod/Spreadsheet/App/SheetPy.h>
+
+using namespace SpreadsheetGui;
+
+PyObject*  SpreadsheetViewPy::getSheet(PyObject *args)
+{
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, ""))
+        return nullptr;
+    return new Spreadsheet::SheetPy(getSheetViewPtr()->getSheet());
+}
+
+// returns a string which represents the object e.g. when printed in python
+std::string SpreadsheetViewPy::representation(void) const
+{
+    return std::string("<SheetView object>");
+}
+
+PyObject *SpreadsheetViewPy::getCustomAttributes(const char* /*attr*/) const
+{
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int SpreadsheetViewPy::setCustomAttributes(const char* /*attr*/, PyObject* /*obj*/)
+{
+    return 0; 
+}