diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/ConstraintPy.xml b/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/ConstraintPy.xml
index ec7bc24d08..4c264a2635 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/ConstraintPy.xml
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/ConstraintPy.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
       <Author Licence="LGPL" Name="Juergen Riegel" EMail="FreeCAD@juergen-riegel.net" />
       <UserDocu>With this object you can handle sketches</UserDocu>
     </Documentation>
+    <Attribute Name="Type" ReadOnly="true">
+        <Documentation>
+            <UserDocu>Get the constraint type</UserDocu>
+        </Documentation>
+        <Parameter Name="Type" Type="String"/>
+    </Attribute>
     <Attribute Name="First" ReadOnly="false">
       <Documentation>
         <UserDocu>First geometry index the Constraint refers to</UserDocu>
diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/ConstraintPyImp.cpp b/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/ConstraintPyImp.cpp
index 1a323fbfa1..33fce69462 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/ConstraintPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/ConstraintPyImp.cpp
@@ -528,6 +528,29 @@ std::string ConstraintPy::representation(void) const
     return result.str();
 }
 
+Py::String ConstraintPy::getType(void) const
+{
+    switch(this->getConstraintPtr()->Type) {
+        case None               : return Py::String("None");break;
+        case DistanceX          : return Py::String("DistanceX");break;
+        case DistanceY          : return Py::String("DistanceY");break;
+        case Coincident         : return Py::String("Coincident");break;
+        case Horizontal         : return Py::String("Horizontal");break;
+        case Vertical           : return Py::String("Vertical");break;
+        case Block              : return Py::String("Block");break;
+        case Radius             : return Py::String("Radius");break;
+        case Parallel           : return Py::String("Parallel");break;
+        case Tangent            : return Py::String("Tangent");break;
+        case Perpendicular      : return Py::String("Perpendicular");break;
+        case Distance           : return Py::String("Distance");break;
+        case Angle              : return Py::String("Angle");break;
+        case Symmetric          : return Py::String("Symmetric"); break;
+        case SnellsLaw          : return Py::String("SnellsLaw"); break;
+        case InternalAlignment  : return Py::String("InternalAlignment"); break;
+        default                 : return Py::String("Undefined");break;
+    }
+}
+
 Py::Long ConstraintPy::getFirst(void) const
 {
     return Py::Long(this->getConstraintPtr()->First);