diff --git a/src/Mod/Mesh/Gui/ViewProviderMeshPy.xml b/src/Mod/Mesh/Gui/ViewProviderMeshPy.xml
index 1dc409c969..c4af258e95 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Mesh/Gui/ViewProviderMeshPy.xml
+++ b/src/Mod/Mesh/Gui/ViewProviderMeshPy.xml
@@ -38,5 +38,12 @@
                 <UserDocu>Clear the selection</UserDocu>
             </Documentation>
         </Methode>
+        <Methode Name="highlightSegments">
+            <Documentation>
+                <UserDocu>Highlights the segments of a mesh with a given list of colors.
+The number of elements of this list must be equal to the number of mesh segments.
+                </UserDocu>
+            </Documentation>
+        </Methode>
     </PythonExport>
 </GenerateModel>
diff --git a/src/Mod/Mesh/Gui/ViewProviderMeshPyImp.cpp b/src/Mod/Mesh/Gui/ViewProviderMeshPyImp.cpp
index a8215fa589..7c4d546473 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Mesh/Gui/ViewProviderMeshPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Mesh/Gui/ViewProviderMeshPyImp.cpp
@@ -124,7 +124,19 @@ PyObject* ViewProviderMeshPy::clearSelection(PyObject *args)
     Py_Return;
 }
 
+PyObject* ViewProviderMeshPy::highlightSegments(PyObject *args)
+{
+    PyObject* list;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O", &list))
+        return 0;
 
+    App::PropertyColorList colors;
+    colors.setPyObject(list);
+
+    ViewProviderMesh* vp = getViewProviderMeshPtr();
+    vp->highlightSegments(colors.getValues());
+    Py_Return;
+}
 
 PyObject *ViewProviderMeshPy::getCustomAttributes(const char* /*attr*/) const
 {