diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObjectPy.xml b/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObjectPy.xml
index 20f993e6a4..e0fc4ef408 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObjectPy.xml
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObjectPy.xml
@@ -242,6 +242,11 @@ If there is no such constraint an exception is raised.
         <UserDocu>add an array of size cols by rows where each element is a copy of the selected geometric objects displaced by a vector3d in the cols direction and by a vector perpendicular to it in the rows direction</UserDocu>
       </Documentation>
     </Methode>
+    <Methode Name="removeAxesAlignment">
+      <Documentation>
+        <UserDocu>modifies constraints so that the shape is not forced to be aligned with axes.</UserDocu>
+      </Documentation>
+    </Methode>
     <Methode Name="ExposeInternalGeometry">
       <Documentation>
         <UserDocu>Deprecated -- use exposeInternalGeometry</UserDocu>
diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObjectPyImp.cpp b/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObjectPyImp.cpp
index 7f9d330a40..2def994844 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObjectPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObjectPyImp.cpp
@@ -1293,6 +1293,35 @@ PyObject* SketchObjectPy::addRectangularArray(PyObject *args)
     throw Py::TypeError(error);
 }
 
+PyObject* SketchObjectPy::removeAxesAlignment(PyObject *args)
+{
+    PyObject *pcObj;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O", &pcObj))
+        return 0;
+
+    if (PyObject_TypeCheck(pcObj, &(PyList_Type)) ||
+             PyObject_TypeCheck(pcObj, &(PyTuple_Type))) {
+        std::vector<int> geoIdList;
+        Py::Sequence list(pcObj);
+        for (Py::Sequence::iterator it = list.begin(); it != list.end(); ++it) {
+            if (PyLong_Check((*it).ptr()))
+                geoIdList.push_back(PyLong_AsLong((*it).ptr()));
+        }
+
+        int ret = this->getSketchObjectPtr()->removeAxesAlignment(geoIdList) + 1;
+
+        if(ret == -1)
+            throw Py::TypeError("Operation unsuccessful!");
+
+        Py_Return;
+    }
+
+    std::string error = std::string("type must be list of GeoIds, not ");
+    error += pcObj->ob_type->tp_name;
+    throw Py::TypeError(error);
+}
+
 PyObject* SketchObjectPy::calculateAngleViaPoint(PyObject *args)
 {
     int GeoId1=0, GeoId2=0;