diff --git a/src/Mod/Draft/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Mod/Draft/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d87253aa5..ff65f9698b 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Draft/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Mod/Draft/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ SET(Draft_utilities
 
 SET(Draft_functions
     draftfunctions/__init__.py
+    draftfunctions/cut.py
     draftfunctions/draftify.py
     draftfunctions/fuse.py
     draftfunctions/heal.py
diff --git a/src/Mod/Draft/Draft.py b/src/Mod/Draft/Draft.py
index f778118fa9..7f793e869e 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Draft/Draft.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Draft/Draft.py
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ from draftutils.gui_utils import load_texture
 # Draft functions
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+from draftfunctions.cut import cut
+
 from draftfunctions.draftify import draftify
 
 from draftfunctions.fuse import fuse
@@ -516,22 +518,6 @@ def extrude(obj,vector,solid=False):
     return newobj
 
 
-def cut(object1,object2):
-    """cut(oject1,object2): returns a cut object made from
-    the difference of the 2 given objects."""
-    if not FreeCAD.ActiveDocument:
-        FreeCAD.Console.PrintError("No active document. Aborting\n")
-        return
-    obj = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::Cut","Cut")
-    obj.Base = object1
-    obj.Tool = object2
-    object1.ViewObject.Visibility = False
-    object2.ViewObject.Visibility = False
-    formatObject(obj, object1)
-    select(obj)
-
-    return obj
-
 def moveVertex(object, vertex_index, vector):
     points = object.Points
     points[vertex_index] = points[vertex_index].add(vector)
diff --git a/src/Mod/Draft/draftfunctions/cut.py b/src/Mod/Draft/draftfunctions/cut.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d48cb3673c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Mod/Draft/draftfunctions/cut.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# ***************************************************************************
+# *   Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 Yorik van Havre <yorik@uncreated.net>        *
+# *   Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 Ken Cline <cline@frii.com>                   *
+# *   Copyright (c) 2020 FreeCAD Developers                                 *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+# *   it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)    *
+# *   as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of     *
+# *   the License, or (at your option) any later version.                   *
+# *   for detail see the LICENCE text file.                                 *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
+# *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+# *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+# *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+# *   License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software   *
+# *   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  *
+# *   USA                                                                   *
+# *                                                                         *
+# ***************************************************************************
+"""This module provides the code for Draft cut function.
+"""
+## @package cut
+# \ingroup DRAFT
+# \brief This module provides the code for Draft cut function.
+
+import FreeCAD as App
+
+import draftutils.gui_utils as gui_utils
+
+
+def cut(object1,object2):
+    """cut(oject1,object2)
+    
+    Returns a cut object made from the difference of the 2 given objects.
+    """
+    if not App.ActiveDocument:
+        App.Console.PrintError("No active document. Aborting\n")
+        return
+    obj = App.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::Cut","Cut")
+    obj.Base = object1
+    obj.Tool = object2
+    object1.ViewObject.Visibility = False
+    object2.ViewObject.Visibility = False
+    if App.GuiUp:
+        gui_utils.format_object(obj, object1)
+        gui_utils.select(obj)
+
+    return obj