diff --git a/src/App/DocumentObject.cpp b/src/App/DocumentObject.cpp
index cadeba482..daac1f756 100644
--- a/src/App/DocumentObject.cpp
+++ b/src/App/DocumentObject.cpp
@@ -71,23 +71,10 @@ DocumentObject::~DocumentObject(void)
     }
 }
 
-namespace App {
-class ObjectExecution
-{
-public:
-    ObjectExecution(DocumentObject* o) : obj(o)
-    { obj->StatusBits.set(3); }
-    ~ObjectExecution()
-    { obj->StatusBits.reset(3); }
-private:
-    DocumentObject* obj;
-};
-}
-
 App::DocumentObjectExecReturn *DocumentObject::recompute(void)
 {
     // set/unset the execution bit
-    ObjectExecution exe(this);
+    ObjectStatusLocker exe(App::Recompute, this);
     return this->execute();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/App/DocumentObject.h b/src/App/DocumentObject.h
index 3a9007c4d..f74785431 100644
--- a/src/App/DocumentObject.h
+++ b/src/App/DocumentObject.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ enum ObjectStatus {
     Recompute = 3,
     Restore = 4,
     Delete = 5,
+    PythonCall = 6,
     Expand = 16
 };
 
@@ -260,6 +261,18 @@ protected: // attributes
     const std::string *pcNameInDocument;
 };
 
+class AppExport ObjectStatusLocker
+{
+public:
+    ObjectStatusLocker(ObjectStatus s, DocumentObject* o) : status(s), obj(o)
+    { obj->setStatus(status, true); }
+    ~ObjectStatusLocker()
+    { obj->setStatus(status, false); }
+private:
+    ObjectStatus status;
+    DocumentObject* obj;
+};
+
 } //namespace App
 
 #endif // APP_DOCUMENTOBJECT_H
diff --git a/src/App/DocumentObjectPy.xml b/src/App/DocumentObjectPy.xml
index a3e30c9b5..7e774ff84 100644
--- a/src/App/DocumentObjectPy.xml
+++ b/src/App/DocumentObjectPy.xml
@@ -45,11 +45,16 @@
 				<UserDocu>Mark the object as unchanged</UserDocu>
 			</Documentation>
 		</Methode>
-                <Methode Name="setExpression">
-                        <Documentation>
-                                <UserDocu>Register an expression for a property</UserDocu>
-                        </Documentation>
-                </Methode>
+        <Methode Name="setExpression">
+            <Documentation>
+                <UserDocu>Register an expression for a property</UserDocu>
+            </Documentation>
+        </Methode>
+        <Methode Name="recompute">
+            <Documentation>
+                <UserDocu>Recomputes this object</UserDocu>
+            </Documentation>
+        </Methode>
     <Attribute Name="OutList" ReadOnly="true">
       <Documentation>
         <UserDocu>A list of all objects this object links to.</UserDocu>
diff --git a/src/App/DocumentObjectPyImp.cpp b/src/App/DocumentObjectPyImp.cpp
index 677f8b3e2..9951be09c 100644
--- a/src/App/DocumentObjectPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/App/DocumentObjectPyImp.cpp
@@ -256,6 +256,19 @@ PyObject*  DocumentObjectPy::setExpression(PyObject * args)
     Py_Return;
 }
 
+PyObject*  DocumentObjectPy::recompute(PyObject *args)
+{
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, ""))
+        return NULL;
+
+    try {
+        bool ok = getDocumentObjectPtr()->recomputeFeature();
+        return Py_BuildValue("O", (ok ? Py_True : Py_False));
+    }
+    catch (const Base::Exception& e) {
+        throw Py::RuntimeError(e.what());
+    }
+}
 
 PyObject *DocumentObjectPy::getCustomAttributes(const char* attr) const
 {
diff --git a/src/App/FeaturePython.cpp b/src/App/FeaturePython.cpp
index 77094557a..eff825605 100644
--- a/src/App/FeaturePython.cpp
+++ b/src/App/FeaturePython.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ FeaturePythonImp::~FeaturePythonImp()
  */
 bool FeaturePythonImp::execute()
 {
+    // avoid recursive calls of execute()
+    if (object->testStatus(App::PythonCall))
+        return false;
+
     // Run the execute method of the proxy object.
     Base::PyGILStateLocker lock;
     try {
@@ -59,6 +63,7 @@ bool FeaturePythonImp::execute()
             Py::Object feature = static_cast<PropertyPythonObject*>(proxy)->getValue();
             if (feature.hasAttr(std::string("execute"))) {
                 if (feature.hasAttr("__object__")) {
+                    ObjectStatusLocker exe(App::PythonCall, object);
                     Py::Callable method(feature.getAttr(std::string("execute")));
                     Py::Tuple args;
                     Py::Object res = method.apply(args);
@@ -67,6 +72,7 @@ bool FeaturePythonImp::execute()
                     return true;
                 }
                 else {
+                    ObjectStatusLocker exe(App::PythonCall, object);
                     Py::Callable method(feature.getAttr(std::string("execute")));
                     Py::Tuple args(1);
                     args.setItem(0, Py::Object(object->getPyObject(), true));