diff --git a/src/Gui/CommandDoc.cpp b/src/Gui/CommandDoc.cpp
index 46c5f5681..b9d0ea68b 100644
--- a/src/Gui/CommandDoc.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/CommandDoc.cpp
@@ -294,9 +294,6 @@ void StdCmdMergeProjects::activated(int iMsg)
             return;
         }
 
-        QString dir1 = proj.absoluteDir().filePath(proj.baseName());
-        QString dir2 = info.absoluteDir().filePath(info.baseName());
-
         Base::FileInfo fi((const char*)project.toUtf8());
         Base::ifstream str(fi, std::ios::in | std::ios::binary);
         MergeDocuments md(doc);
diff --git a/src/Gui/DocumentPy.xml b/src/Gui/DocumentPy.xml
index 75ac71a54..c76e101cf 100644
--- a/src/Gui/DocumentPy.xml
+++ b/src/Gui/DocumentPy.xml
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@
       <Documentation>
         <UserDocu>Send a message to all views of the document</UserDocu>
       </Documentation>
+  </Methode>
+  <Methode Name="mergeProject">
+      <Documentation>
+        <UserDocu>Merges this document with another project file</UserDocu>
+      </Documentation>
   </Methode>
 	<Attribute Name="ActiveObject" ReadOnly="false">
 	  <Documentation>
diff --git a/src/Gui/DocumentPyImp.cpp b/src/Gui/DocumentPyImp.cpp
index 4d30e7cc5..67b66f36a 100644
--- a/src/Gui/DocumentPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/DocumentPyImp.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <App/Document.h>
 
 #include "Document.h"
+#include "MergeDocuments.h"
 #include "ViewProviderExtern.h"
 
 // inclusion of the generated files (generated out of DocumentPy.xml)
@@ -234,6 +235,22 @@ PyObject*  DocumentPy::sendMsgToViews(PyObject *args)
     } PY_CATCH;
 }
 
+PyObject* DocumentPy::mergeProject(PyObject *args)
+{
+    char* filename;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s", &filename))     // convert args: Python->C 
+        return NULL;                             // NULL triggers exception 
+
+    PY_TRY {
+        Base::FileInfo fi(filename);
+        Base::ifstream str(fi, std::ios::in | std::ios::binary);
+        App::Document* doc = getDocumentPtr()->getDocument();
+        MergeDocuments md(doc);
+        md.importObjects(str);
+        Py_Return;
+    } PY_CATCH;
+}
+
 Py::Object DocumentPy::getActiveObject(void) const
 {
     App::DocumentObject *object = getDocumentPtr()->getDocument()->getActiveObject();