diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProviderPy.xml b/src/Gui/ViewProviderPy.xml
index 9b34564dee..e44d383d78 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProviderPy.xml
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProviderPy.xml
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@
 			</Documentation>
 			<Parameter Name="Annotation" Type="Object" />
 		</Attribute>
+    <Attribute Name="Icon" ReadOnly="true">
+      <Documentation>
+        <UserDocu>The icon of this ViewProvider</UserDocu>
+      </Documentation>
+      <Parameter Name="Icon" Type="Object" />
+    </Attribute>
     <Attribute Name="RootNode" ReadOnly="false">
       <Documentation>
         <UserDocu>A pivy Separator with the root of this ViewProvider</UserDocu>
diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProviderPyImp.cpp b/src/Gui/ViewProviderPyImp.cpp
index c01223ea22..0f00442dd0 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProviderPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProviderPyImp.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include "PreCompiled.h"
 #ifndef _PreComp_
 # include <Inventor/nodes/SoSeparator.h>
+# include <QByteArray>
+# include <QDataStream>
 #endif
 
 #include <Inventor/SoDB.h>
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <Inventor/nodes/SoSeparator.h>
 
 #include "ViewProvider.h"
+#include "WidgetFactory.h"
 
 // inclusion of the generated files (generated out of ViewProviderPy2.xml)
 #include "ViewProviderPy.h"
@@ -232,3 +235,19 @@ Py::String ViewProviderPy::getIV(void) const
     SbString buf = buffer_writeaction(getViewProviderPtr()->getRoot());
     return Py::String(buf.getString());
 }
+
+Py::Object ViewProviderPy::getIcon(void) const
+{
+#if 0
+    QByteArray ba;
+    QDataStream str(&ba, QIODevice::WriteOnly);
+    QIcon icon = getViewProviderPtr()->getIcon();
+    str << icon;
+    return Py::String(ba.constData(), ba.size());
+#else
+    PythonWrapper wrap;
+    wrap.loadGuiModule();
+    QIcon icon = getViewProviderPtr()->getIcon();
+    return wrap.fromQIcon(new QIcon(icon));
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/src/Gui/WidgetFactory.cpp b/src/Gui/WidgetFactory.cpp
index a82ab2eafb..cc5dfa7475 100644
--- a/src/Gui/WidgetFactory.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/WidgetFactory.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 # undef _POSIX_C_SOURCE
 # undef _XOPEN_SOURCE
 # include <basewrapper.h>
+# include <conversions.h>
 # include <sbkmodule.h>
 # include <typeresolver.h>
 # include <shiboken.h>
@@ -179,6 +180,16 @@ QObject* PythonWrapper::toQObject(const Py::Object& pyobject)
     return 0;
 }
 
+Py::Object PythonWrapper::fromQIcon(const QIcon* icon)
+{
+#if defined (HAVE_SHIBOKEN) && defined(HAVE_PYSIDE)
+    PyObject* pyobj = Shiboken::createWrapper<QIcon>(icon, true);
+    if (pyobj)
+        return Py::asObject(pyobj);
+#endif
+    throw Py::RuntimeError("Failed to wrap icon");
+}
+
 Py::Object PythonWrapper::fromQWidget(QWidget* widget, const char* className)
 {
 #if defined (HAVE_SHIBOKEN) && defined(HAVE_PYSIDE)
diff --git a/src/Gui/WidgetFactory.h b/src/Gui/WidgetFactory.h
index 9fda8dd653..50c8e11c28 100644
--- a/src/Gui/WidgetFactory.h
+++ b/src/Gui/WidgetFactory.h
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ public:
     bool toCString(const Py::Object&, std::string&);
     QObject* toQObject(const Py::Object&);
     Py::Object fromQWidget(QWidget*, const char* className=0);
+    /*!
+      Create a Python wrapper for the icon. The icon must be created on the heap
+      and the Python wrapper takes ownership of it.
+     */
+    Py::Object fromQIcon(const QIcon*);
     static void createChildrenNameAttributes(PyObject* root, QObject* object);
     static void setParent(PyObject* pyWdg, QObject* parent);
 };