diff --git a/src/Gui/View3DViewerPy.cpp b/src/Gui/View3DViewerPy.cpp
index 17ed6dc24f..472d2fd68d 100644
--- a/src/Gui/View3DViewerPy.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/View3DViewerPy.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ void View3DInventorViewerPy::init_type()
         "getPickRadius(): returns radius of confusion in pixels for picking objects on screen (selection).");
     add_varargs_method("setPickRadius", &View3DInventorViewerPy::setPickRadius,
         "setPickRadius(new_radius): sets radius of confusion in pixels for picking objects on screen (selection).");
+    add_varargs_method("setRedirectToSceneGraph", &View3DInventorViewerPy::setRedirectToSceneGraph,
+        "setRedirectToSceneGraph(bool): enables or disables to redirect events directly to the scene graph.");
+    add_varargs_method("isRedirectedToSceneGraph", &View3DInventorViewerPy::isRedirectedToSceneGraph,
+        "isRedirectedToSceneGraph() -> bool: check whether event redirection is enabled.");
     add_varargs_method("setEnabledNaviCube", &View3DInventorViewerPy::setEnabledNaviCube,
         "setEnabledNaviCube(bool): enables or disables the navi cube of the viewer.");
     add_varargs_method("isEnabledNaviCube", &View3DInventorViewerPy::isEnabledNaviCube,
@@ -359,6 +363,23 @@ Py::Object View3DInventorViewerPy::setPickRadius(const Py::Tuple& args)
     }
 }
 
+Py::Object View3DInventorViewerPy::setRedirectToSceneGraph(const Py::Tuple& args)
+{
+    PyObject* m=Py_False;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args.ptr(), "O!", &PyBool_Type, &m))
+        throw Py::Exception();
+    _viewer->setRedirectToSceneGraph(PyObject_IsTrue(m) ? true : false);
+    return Py::None();
+}
+
+Py::Object View3DInventorViewerPy::isRedirectedToSceneGraph(const Py::Tuple& args)
+{
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args.ptr(), ""))
+        throw Py::Exception();
+    bool ok = _viewer->isRedirectedToSceneGraph();
+    return Py::Boolean(ok);
+}
+
 Py::Object View3DInventorViewerPy::setEnabledNaviCube(const Py::Tuple& args)
 {
     PyObject* m=Py_False;
diff --git a/src/Gui/View3DViewerPy.h b/src/Gui/View3DViewerPy.h
index ba6b169eac..aa09adba0a 100644
--- a/src/Gui/View3DViewerPy.h
+++ b/src/Gui/View3DViewerPy.h
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ public:
     Py::Object getPickRadius(const Py::Tuple& args);
     Py::Object setPickRadius(const Py::Tuple& args);
 
+    Py::Object setRedirectToSceneGraph(const Py::Tuple& args);
+    Py::Object isRedirectedToSceneGraph(const Py::Tuple& args);
+
     // NaviCube handling
     Py::Object setEnabledNaviCube(const Py::Tuple& args);
     Py::Object isEnabledNaviCube(const Py::Tuple& args);