diff --git a/src/Base/PlacementPy.xml b/src/Base/PlacementPy.xml
index 3ccb012a32..9a78c23671 100644
--- a/src/Base/PlacementPy.xml
+++ b/src/Base/PlacementPy.xml
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ Placement(Base, Axis, Angle) -- define position and rotation
 				</UserDocu>
 			</Documentation>
 		</Methode>
+		<Methode Name="isNull">
+			<Documentation>
+				<UserDocu>
+					isNull() -> Bool
+					returns True if the placement has no displacement and no rotation
+				</UserDocu>
+			</Documentation>
+		</Methode>
 		<Attribute Name="Base" ReadOnly="false">
 			<Documentation>
 				<UserDocu>Vector to the Base Position of the Placement</UserDocu>
diff --git a/src/Base/PlacementPyImp.cpp b/src/Base/PlacementPyImp.cpp
index 7e1dece97c..6a3f7956e9 100644
--- a/src/Base/PlacementPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Base/PlacementPyImp.cpp
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ int PlacementPy::PyInit(PyObject* args, PyObject* /*kwd*/)
     PyObject* d;
     double angle;
     if (PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!O!d", &(Base::VectorPy::Type), &o,
-                                        &(Base::VectorPy::Type), &d, &angle)) {
-        // NOTE: The first parameter defines the translation, the second the rotation axis
-        // and the last parameter defines the rotation angle in degree.
+                                        &(Base::VectorPy::Type), &d, &angle)) {
+        // NOTE: The first parameter defines the translation, the second the rotation axis
+        // and the last parameter defines the rotation angle in degree.
         Base::Rotation rot(static_cast<Base::VectorPy*>(d)->value(), angle/180.0*D_PI);
         *getPlacementPtr() = Base::Placement(static_cast<Base::VectorPy*>(o)->value(),rot);
         return 0;
@@ -145,13 +145,13 @@ PyObject* PlacementPy::multVec(PyObject * args)
     getPlacementPtr()->multVec(pnt, pnt);
     return new VectorPy(new Vector3d(pnt));
 }
-
-PyObject* PlacementPy::copy(PyObject * args)
-{
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, ""))
-        return NULL;
-    return new PlacementPy(new Placement(*getPlacementPtr()));
-}
+
+PyObject* PlacementPy::copy(PyObject * args)
+{
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, ""))
+        return NULL;
+    return new PlacementPy(new Placement(*getPlacementPtr()));
+}
 
 PyObject* PlacementPy::toMatrix(PyObject * args)
 {
@@ -169,6 +169,19 @@ PyObject* PlacementPy::inverse(PyObject * args)
     return new PlacementPy(new Placement(p));
 }
 
+PyObject* PlacementPy::isNull(PyObject *args)
+{
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, ""))
+        return NULL;
+    Base::Vector3d pos = getPlacementPtr()->getPosition();
+    Base::Rotation rot = getPlacementPtr()->getRotation();
+    Base::Vector3d nullvec(0,0,0);
+    Base::Rotation nullrot(0,0,0,1);
+    Base::Rotation nullrotinv(0,0,0,-1);
+    bool null = (pos == nullvec) & ((rot == nullrot) | (rot == nullrotinv));
+    return Py_BuildValue("O", (null ? Py_True : Py_False));
+}
+
 Py::Object PlacementPy::getBase(void) const
 {
     return Py::Vector(getPlacementPtr()->getPosition());