diff --git a/src/Gui/View3DPy.cpp b/src/Gui/View3DPy.cpp
index 156fbc1a6c..9a053b99a8 100644
--- a/src/Gui/View3DPy.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/View3DPy.cpp
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ void View3DInventorPy::init_type()
         "'addFinishCallback','addStartCallback','addMotionCallback','addValueChangedCallback'\n");
     add_varargs_method("setActiveObject", &View3DInventorPy::setActiveObject, "setActiveObject(name,object)\nadd or set a new active object");
     add_varargs_method("getActiveObject", &View3DInventorPy::getActiveObject, "getActiveObject(name)\nreturns the active object for the given type");
+    add_varargs_method("getViewProvidersOfType", &View3DInventorPy::getViewProvidersOfType, "getViewProvidersOfType(name)\nreturns a list of view providers for the given type");
     add_varargs_method("redraw", &View3DInventorPy::redraw, "redraw(): renders the scene on screen (useful for animations)");
 
 }
@@ -2163,40 +2164,54 @@ Py::Object View3DInventorPy::removeDraggerCallback(const Py::Tuple& args)
 
 Py::Object View3DInventorPy::setActiveObject(const Py::Tuple& args)
 {
-	PyObject* docObject = 0;
-	char* name;
-	
-        //allow reset of active object by setting "None"
-        if( args.length() == 2 && args.back() == Py::None() ) {
-            PyArg_Parse(args.front().ptr(), "s", &name);
-            _view->setActiveObject(NULL, name);
-            return Py::None();
-        }
-        
-        if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args.ptr(), "sO!", &name, &App::DocumentObjectPy::Type, &docObject))
-		throw Py::Exception();
-                
+    PyObject* docObject = 0;
+    char* name;
 
-	if (docObject){
-		App::DocumentObject* obj = static_cast<App::DocumentObjectPy*>(docObject)->getDocumentObjectPtr();
-		_view->setActiveObject(obj, name);
-	}
-	return Py::None();
+    //allow reset of active object by setting "None"
+    if (args.length() == 2 && args.back() == Py::None()) {
+        PyArg_Parse(args.front().ptr(), "s", &name);
+        _view->setActiveObject(NULL, name);
+        return Py::None();
+    }
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args.ptr(), "sO!", &name, &App::DocumentObjectPy::Type, &docObject))
+        throw Py::Exception();
+
+    if (docObject){
+        App::DocumentObject* obj = static_cast<App::DocumentObjectPy*>(docObject)->getDocumentObjectPtr();
+        _view->setActiveObject(obj, name);
+    }
+    return Py::None();
 }
 
 Py::Object View3DInventorPy::getActiveObject(const Py::Tuple& args)
 {
     char* name;
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args.ptr(), "s", &name))
-                throw Py::Exception();
-    
+        throw Py::Exception();
+
     App::DocumentObject* obj = _view->getActiveObject<App::DocumentObject*>(name);
     if(!obj)
         return Py::None();
-    
+
     return Py::Object(obj->getPyObject());
 }
 
+Py::Object View3DInventorPy::getViewProvidersOfType(const Py::Tuple& args)
+{
+    char* name;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args.ptr(), "s", &name))
+        throw Py::Exception();
+
+    std::vector<ViewProvider*> vps = _view->getViewer()->getViewProvidersOfType(Base::Type::fromName(name));
+    Py::List list;
+    for (std::vector<ViewProvider*>::iterator it = vps.begin(); it != vps.end(); ++it) {
+        list.append(Py::asObject((*it)->getPyObject()));
+    }
+
+    return list;
+}
+
 Py::Object View3DInventorPy::redraw(const Py::Tuple& args)
 {
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args.ptr(), ""))
diff --git a/src/Gui/View3DPy.h b/src/Gui/View3DPy.h
index 5753903cb1..b1051db554 100644
--- a/src/Gui/View3DPy.h
+++ b/src/Gui/View3DPy.h
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ public:
     Py::Object removeDraggerCallback(const Py::Tuple&);
     Py::Object setActiveObject(const Py::Tuple&);
     Py::Object getActiveObject(const Py::Tuple&);
+    Py::Object getViewProvidersOfType(const Py::Tuple&);
     Py::Object redraw(const Py::Tuple&);
 
 private: