diff --git a/src/Mod/Drawing/App/FeatureView.cpp b/src/Mod/Drawing/App/FeatureView.cpp
index 97014c672..7ba1879e0 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Drawing/App/FeatureView.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Drawing/App/FeatureView.cpp
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ namespace App {
 /// @cond DOXERR
 PROPERTY_SOURCE_TEMPLATE(Drawing::FeatureViewPython, Drawing::FeatureView)
 template<> const char* Drawing::FeatureViewPython::getViewProviderName(void) const {
-    return "DrawingGui::ViewProviderDrawingView";
+    return "DrawingGui::ViewProviderDrawingViewPython";
 }
 /// @endcond
 
diff --git a/src/Mod/Drawing/Gui/AppDrawingGui.cpp b/src/Mod/Drawing/Gui/AppDrawingGui.cpp
index f57c60bfe..01423052e 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Drawing/Gui/AppDrawingGui.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Drawing/Gui/AppDrawingGui.cpp
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ void DrawingGuiExport initDrawingGui()
 
     DrawingGui::ViewProviderDrawingPage::init();
     DrawingGui::ViewProviderDrawingView::init();
+    DrawingGui::ViewProviderDrawingViewPython::init();
     DrawingGui::ViewProviderDrawingClip::init();
 
     // add resources and reloads the translators
diff --git a/src/Mod/Drawing/Gui/ViewProviderView.cpp b/src/Mod/Drawing/Gui/ViewProviderView.cpp
index 2eb3b0ad8..60f91a702 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Drawing/Gui/ViewProviderView.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Drawing/Gui/ViewProviderView.cpp
@@ -127,6 +127,18 @@ void ViewProviderDrawingView::updateData(const App::Property*)
 {
 }
 
+// Python viewprovider -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace Gui {
+/// @cond DOXERR
+PROPERTY_SOURCE_TEMPLATE(DrawingGui::ViewProviderDrawingViewPython, DrawingGui::ViewProviderDrawingView)
+/// @endcond
+
+// explicit template instantiation
+template class DrawingGuiExport ViewProviderPythonFeatureT<DrawingGui::ViewProviderDrawingView>;
+}
+
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 PROPERTY_SOURCE(DrawingGui::ViewProviderDrawingClip, Gui::ViewProviderDocumentObjectGroup)
diff --git a/src/Mod/Drawing/Gui/ViewProviderView.h b/src/Mod/Drawing/Gui/ViewProviderView.h
index 43277bd9b..4a4c99d67 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Drawing/Gui/ViewProviderView.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Drawing/Gui/ViewProviderView.h
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ public:
     //@}
 };
 
+typedef Gui::ViewProviderPythonFeatureT<ViewProviderDrawingView> ViewProviderDrawingViewPython;
+
 class DrawingGuiExport ViewProviderDrawingClip : public Gui::ViewProviderDocumentObjectGroup
 {
     PROPERTY_HEADER(DrawingGui::ViewProviderDrawingClip);