diff --git a/src/App/Metadata.cpp b/src/App/Metadata.cpp
index 10106d9006..05c61b35b8 100644
--- a/src/App/Metadata.cpp
+++ b/src/App/Metadata.cpp
@@ -228,7 +228,11 @@ Meta::Version Metadata::freecadmin() const
 
 Meta::Version Metadata::freecadmax() const
 {
-    return _freecadmax;
+    return _freecadmax; }
+
+Meta::Version Metadata::pythonmin() const 
+{ 
+    return _pythonmin; 
 }
 
 std::multimap<std::string, Metadata> Metadata::content() const
@@ -343,6 +347,11 @@ void Metadata::setFreeCADMin(const Meta::Version& version)
     _freecadmin = version;
 }
 
+void Metadata::setPythonMin(const Meta::Version &version) 
+{ 
+    _pythonmin = version;
+}
+
 void Metadata::setFreeCADMax(const Meta::Version& version)
 {
     _freecadmax = version;
@@ -687,8 +696,11 @@ void Metadata::appendToElement(DOMElement* root) const
     if (_freecadmin != Meta::Version())
         appendSimpleXMLNode(root, "freecadmin", _freecadmin.str());
 
-    if (_freecadmax != Meta::Version())
-        appendSimpleXMLNode(root, "freecadmax", _freecadmin.str());
+    if (_freecadmax != Meta::Version()) 
+        appendSimpleXMLNode(root, "freecadmax", _freecadmax.str());
+
+    if (_pythonmin != Meta::Version()) 
+        appendSimpleXMLNode(root, "pythonmin", _pythonmin.str());
 
     for (const auto& url : _url) {
         auto element = appendSimpleXMLNode(root, "url", url.location);
@@ -784,6 +796,8 @@ void Metadata::parseVersion1(const DOMNode* startNode)
             _freecadmin = Meta::Version(StrXUTF8(element->getTextContent()).str);
         else if (tagString == "freecadmax")
             _freecadmax = Meta::Version(StrXUTF8(element->getTextContent()).str);
+        else if (tagString == "pythonmin")
+            _pythonmin = Meta::Version(StrXUTF8(element->getTextContent()).str);
         else if (tagString == "url")
             _url.emplace_back(element);
         else if (tagString == "author")
diff --git a/src/App/Metadata.h b/src/App/Metadata.h
index 4b338941dc..dc3828b53f 100644
--- a/src/App/Metadata.h
+++ b/src/App/Metadata.h
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ namespace App {
         std::vector<boost::filesystem::path> file() const; //< Arbitrary files associated with this package or content item.
         Meta::Version freecadmin() const; //< The minimum FreeCAD version.
         Meta::Version freecadmax() const; //< The maximum FreeCAD version.
+        Meta::Version pythonmin() const; //< The minimum Python version.
 
         /**
          * Access the metadata for the content elements of this package
@@ -274,7 +275,8 @@ namespace App {
         void addFile(const boost::filesystem::path &path);
         void addContentItem(const std::string &tag, const Metadata &item);
         void setFreeCADMin(const Meta::Version& version);
-        void setFreeCADMax(const Meta::Version& version);
+        void setFreeCADMax(const Meta::Version &version);
+        void setPythonMin(const Meta::Version &version);
         void addGenericMetadata(const std::string &tag, const Meta::GenericMetadata &genericMetadata);
 
         // Deleters
@@ -337,6 +339,7 @@ namespace App {
         std::vector<boost::filesystem::path> _file;
         Meta::Version _freecadmin;
         Meta::Version _freecadmax;
+        Meta::Version _pythonmin;
 
         std::multimap<std::string, Metadata> _content;
 
diff --git a/src/App/MetadataPy.xml b/src/App/MetadataPy.xml
index 23f3197089..e4a35530b2 100644
--- a/src/App/MetadataPy.xml
+++ b/src/App/MetadataPy.xml
@@ -184,6 +184,14 @@ If unset it will be 0.0.0.</UserDocu>
             <Parameter Name="FreeCADMax" Type="Object" />
         </Attribute>
 
+        <Attribute Name="PythonMin">
+            <Documentation>
+                <UserDocu>String representing the minimum version of Python needed for this item.
+If unset it will be 0.0.0.</UserDocu>
+            </Documentation>
+            <Parameter Name="PythonMin" Type="Object" />
+        </Attribute>
+
         <Methode Name="getLastSupportedFreeCADVersion">
             <Documentation>
                 <UserDocu>getLastSupportedFreeCADVersion() -> str or None\n
diff --git a/src/App/MetadataPyImp.cpp b/src/App/MetadataPyImp.cpp
index b0330a9097..fd701d1e4c 100644
--- a/src/App/MetadataPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/App/MetadataPyImp.cpp
@@ -864,6 +864,21 @@ void MetadataPy::setFreeCADMax(Py::Object args)
         getMetadataPtr()->setFreeCADMax(App::Meta::Version());
 }
 
+Py::Object MetadataPy::getPythonMin() const
+{
+    return Py::String(getMetadataPtr()->pythonmin().str());
+}
+
+void MetadataPy::setPythonMin(Py::Object args)
+{
+    char *version = nullptr;
+    PyObject *p = args.ptr();
+    if (!PyArg_Parse(p, "z", &version)) throw Py::Exception();
+    if (version) getMetadataPtr()->setPythonMin(App::Meta::Version(version));
+    else
+        getMetadataPtr()->setPythonMin(App::Meta::Version());
+}
+
 PyObject *MetadataPy::getFirstSupportedFreeCADVersion(PyObject *p)
 {
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(p, ""))