diff --git a/src/App/DocumentObjectGroup.cpp b/src/App/DocumentObjectGroup.cpp
index 53b3eb1dd..3ab0151ea 100644
--- a/src/App/DocumentObjectGroup.cpp
+++ b/src/App/DocumentObjectGroup.cpp
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ namespace App {
 /// @cond DOXERR
 PROPERTY_SOURCE_TEMPLATE(App::DocumentObjectGroupPython, App::DocumentObjectGroup)
 template<> const char* App::DocumentObjectGroupPython::getViewProviderName(void) const {
-    return "Gui::ViewProviderDocumentObjectGroup";
+    return "Gui::ViewProviderDocumentObjectGroupPython";
 }
 /// @endcond
 
diff --git a/src/Gui/Application.cpp b/src/Gui/Application.cpp
index 2ce260bc3..d62c36b4e 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Application.cpp
@@ -1420,6 +1420,7 @@ void Application::initTypes(void)
     Gui::ViewProviderDocumentObject             ::init();
     Gui::ViewProviderFeature                    ::init();
     Gui::ViewProviderDocumentObjectGroup        ::init();
+    Gui::ViewProviderDocumentObjectGroupPython  ::init();
     Gui::ViewProviderGeometryObject             ::init();
     Gui::ViewProviderInventorObject             ::init();
     Gui::ViewProviderVRMLObject                 ::init();
diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProviderDocumentObjectGroup.cpp b/src/Gui/ViewProviderDocumentObjectGroup.cpp
index 14927fbc2..13b2be0f0 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProviderDocumentObjectGroup.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProviderDocumentObjectGroup.cpp
@@ -221,3 +221,15 @@ QIcon ViewProviderDocumentObjectGroup::getIcon() const
                         QIcon::Normal, QIcon::On);
     return groupIcon;
 }
+
+
+// Python feature -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace Gui {
+/// @cond DOXERR
+PROPERTY_SOURCE_TEMPLATE(Gui::ViewProviderDocumentObjectGroupPython, Gui::ViewProviderDocumentObjectGroup)
+/// @endcond
+
+// explicit template instantiation
+template class GuiExport ViewProviderPythonFeatureT<ViewProviderDocumentObjectGroup>;
+}
diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProviderDocumentObjectGroup.h b/src/Gui/ViewProviderDocumentObjectGroup.h
index 7157898e7..aab975750 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProviderDocumentObjectGroup.h
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProviderDocumentObjectGroup.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 
 #include "ViewProviderDocumentObject.h"
+#include "ViewProviderPythonFeature.h"
 
 namespace Gui {
 
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ private:
     std::vector<ViewProvider*> nodes;
 };
 
+typedef ViewProviderPythonFeatureT<ViewProviderDocumentObjectGroup> ViewProviderDocumentObjectGroupPython;
 
 } // namespace Gui