diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObjectPy.xml b/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObjectPy.xml
index 45b6db4c2..2f82a6403 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObjectPy.xml
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObjectPy.xml
@@ -162,6 +162,11 @@
             <UserDocu>Approximates the given geometry with a B-Spline</UserDocu>
         </Documentation>    
     </Methode>
+    <Methode Name="IncreaseBSplineDegree">
+        <Documentation>
+            <UserDocu>Increases the given BSpline Degree by a number of degrees</UserDocu>
+        </Documentation>
+    </Methode>
     <Methode Name="calculateAngleViaPoint">
       <Documentation>
         <UserDocu>
diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObjectPyImp.cpp b/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObjectPyImp.cpp
index 172387966..40c201d8c 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObjectPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/App/SketchObjectPyImp.cpp
@@ -1015,6 +1015,23 @@ PyObject* SketchObjectPy::ConvertToNURBS(PyObject *args)
     Py_Return;
 }
 
+PyObject* SketchObjectPy::IncreaseBSplineDegree(PyObject *args)
+{
+    int GeoId;
+    int incr = 1;
+    
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i|i", &GeoId, &incr))
+        return 0;
+    
+    if (this->getSketchObjectPtr()->IncreaseBSplineDegree(GeoId, incr)==false) {
+        std::stringstream str;
+        str << "Degree increase failed for: " << GeoId;
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, str.str().c_str());
+        return 0;
+    }
+    
+    Py_Return;
+}
 
 Py::Int SketchObjectPy::getConstraintCount(void) const
 {