diff --git a/src/Mod/ReverseEngineering/App/AppReverseEngineering.cpp b/src/Mod/ReverseEngineering/App/AppReverseEngineering.cpp
index 47d48f77f..40fa74d35 100644
--- a/src/Mod/ReverseEngineering/App/AppReverseEngineering.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/ReverseEngineering/App/AppReverseEngineering.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,24 @@
 #include <pcl/point_types.h>
 #endif
 
+/*
+Dependency of pcl components:
+common: none
+features: common, kdtree, octree, search, (range_image)
+filters: common, kdtree, octree, sample_consenus, search
+geomety: common
+io: common, octree
+kdtree: common
+keypoints: common, features, filters, kdtree, octree, search, (range_image)
+octree: common
+recognition: common, features, search
+registration: common, features, kdtree, sample_consensus
+sample_consensus: common
+search: common, kdtree, octree
+segmentation: common, kdtree, octree, sample_consensus, search
+surface: common, kdtree, octree, search
+*/
+
 using namespace Reen;
 
 namespace Reen {
@@ -95,6 +113,9 @@ public:
         add_keyword_method("filterVoxelGrid",&Module::filterVoxelGrid,
             "filterVoxelGrid(dim)."
         );
+        add_keyword_method("normalEstimation",&Module::normalEstimation,
+            "normalEstimation(Points)."
+        );
 #endif
 #if defined(HAVE_PCL_SEGMENTATION)
         add_keyword_method("regionGrowingSegmentation",&Module::regionGrowingSegmentation,
@@ -589,6 +610,35 @@ Mesh.show(m)
         return Py::asObject(new Points::PointsPy(points_sample));
     }
 #endif
+#if defined(HAVE_PCL_FILTERS)
+    Py::Object Module::normalEstimation(const Py::Tuple& args, const Py::Dict& kwds)
+    {
+        PyObject *pts;
+        int ksearch=0;
+        double searchRadius=0;
+
+        static char* kwds_normals[] = {"Points", "KSearch", "SearchRadius", NULL};
+        if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args.ptr(), kwds.ptr(), "O!|id", kwds_normals,
+                                        &(Points::PointsPy::Type), &pts,
+                                        &ksearch, &searchRadius))
+            throw Py::Exception();
+
+        Points::PointKernel* points = static_cast<Points::PointsPy*>(pts)->getPointKernelPtr();
+
+        std::vector<Base::Vector3d> normals;
+        NormalEstimation estimate(*points);
+        estimate.setKSearch(ksearch);
+        estimate.setSearchRadius(searchRadius);
+        estimate.perform(normals);
+
+        Py::List list;
+        for (std::vector<Base::Vector3d>::iterator it = normals.begin(); it != normals.end(); ++it) {
+            list.append(Py::Vector(*it));
+        }
+
+        return list;
+    }
+#endif
 #if defined(HAVE_PCL_SEGMENTATION)
     Py::Object regionGrowingSegmentation(const Py::Tuple& args, const Py::Dict& kwds)
     {
diff --git a/src/Mod/ReverseEngineering/App/Segmentation.cpp b/src/Mod/ReverseEngineering/App/Segmentation.cpp
index 0dd2b84c8..2abbaf8d3 100644
--- a/src/Mod/ReverseEngineering/App/Segmentation.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/ReverseEngineering/App/Segmentation.cpp
@@ -27,16 +27,23 @@
 #include <Mod/Points/App/Points.h>
 #include <Base/Exception.h>
 
+#if defined(HAVE_PCL_FILTERS)
+#include <pcl/filters/extract_indices.h>
+#include <pcl/filters/passthrough.h>
+#include <pcl/features/normal_3d.h>
+#endif
+
+#if defined(HAVE_PCL_SAMPLE_CONSENSUS)
+#include <pcl/sample_consensus/method_types.h>
+#include <pcl/sample_consensus/model_types.h>
+#endif
+
 #if defined(HAVE_PCL_SEGMENTATION)
 #include <pcl/ModelCoefficients.h>
 #include <pcl/io/pcd_io.h>
 #include <pcl/point_types.h>
-#include <pcl/filters/extract_indices.h>
-#include <pcl/filters/passthrough.h>
-#include <pcl/features/normal_3d.h>
-#include <pcl/sample_consensus/method_types.h>
-#include <pcl/sample_consensus/model_types.h>
 #include <pcl/segmentation/sac_segmentation.h>
+#endif
 
 using namespace std;
 using namespace Reen;
@@ -44,6 +51,7 @@ using pcl::PointXYZ;
 using pcl::PointNormal;
 using pcl::PointCloud;
 
+#if defined(HAVE_PCL_SEGMENTATION)
 Segmentation::Segmentation(const Points::PointKernel& pts, std::list<std::vector<int> >& clusters)
   : myPoints(pts)
   , myClusters(clusters)
@@ -87,7 +95,7 @@ void Segmentation::perform(int ksearch)
     // Estimate point normals
     ne.setSearchMethod (tree);
     ne.setInputCloud (cloud_filtered);
-    ne.setKSearch (50);
+    ne.setKSearch (ksearch);
     ne.compute (*cloud_normals);
 
     // Create the segmentation object for the planar model and set all the parameters
@@ -146,3 +154,52 @@ void Segmentation::perform(int ksearch)
 
 #endif // HAVE_PCL_SEGMENTATION
 
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#if defined (HAVE_PCL_FILTERS)
+NormalEstimation::NormalEstimation(const Points::PointKernel& pts)
+  : myPoints(pts)
+  , kSearch(0)
+  , searchRadius(0)
+{
+}
+
+void NormalEstimation::perform(std::vector<Base::Vector3d>& normals)
+{
+    // Copy the points
+    pcl::PointCloud<PointXYZ>::Ptr cloud (new pcl::PointCloud<PointXYZ>);
+    cloud->reserve(myPoints.size());
+    for (Points::PointKernel::const_iterator it = myPoints.begin(); it != myPoints.end(); ++it) {
+        cloud->push_back(pcl::PointXYZ(it->x, it->y, it->z));
+    }
+
+    cloud->width = int (cloud->points.size ());
+    cloud->height = 1;
+
+    // Build a passthrough filter to remove spurious NaNs
+    pcl::PointCloud<PointXYZ>::Ptr cloud_filtered (new pcl::PointCloud<PointXYZ>);
+    pcl::PassThrough<PointXYZ> pass;
+    pass.setInputCloud (cloud);
+    pass.setFilterFieldName ("z");
+    pass.setFilterLimits (0, 1.5);
+    pass.filter (*cloud_filtered);
+
+    // Estimate point normals
+    pcl::PointCloud<pcl::Normal>::Ptr cloud_normals (new pcl::PointCloud<pcl::Normal>);
+    pcl::search::KdTree<PointXYZ>::Ptr tree (new pcl::search::KdTree<PointXYZ> ());
+    pcl::NormalEstimation<PointXYZ, pcl::Normal> ne;
+    ne.setSearchMethod (tree);
+    ne.setInputCloud (cloud_filtered);
+    if (kSearch > 0)
+        ne.setKSearch (kSearch);
+    if (searchRadius > 0)
+        ne.setRadiusSearch (searchRadius);
+    ne.compute (*cloud_normals);
+
+    normals.reserve(cloud_normals->size());
+    for (pcl::PointCloud<pcl::Normal>::const_iterator it = cloud_normals->begin(); it != cloud_normals->end(); ++it) {
+        normals.push_back(Base::Vector3d(it->normal_x, it->normal_y, it->normal_z));
+    }
+}
+
+#endif // HAVE_PCL_FILTERS
diff --git a/src/Mod/ReverseEngineering/App/Segmentation.h b/src/Mod/ReverseEngineering/App/Segmentation.h
index 4e55362c4..e2df4a6d6 100644
--- a/src/Mod/ReverseEngineering/App/Segmentation.h
+++ b/src/Mod/ReverseEngineering/App/Segmentation.h
@@ -46,6 +46,37 @@ private:
     std::list<std::vector<int> >& myClusters;
 };
 
+class NormalEstimation
+{
+public:
+    NormalEstimation(const Points::PointKernel&);
+    /** \brief Set the number of k nearest neighbors to use for the feature estimation.
+      * \param[in] k the number of k-nearest neighbors
+      */
+    inline void
+    setKSearch (int k) { kSearch = k; }
+
+    /** \brief Set the sphere radius that is to be used for determining the nearest neighbors used for the feature
+      * estimation.
+      * \param[in] radius the sphere radius used as the maximum distance to consider a point a neighbor
+      */
+    inline void
+    setSearchRadius (double radius)
+    {
+        searchRadius = radius;
+    }
+
+    /** \brief Perform the normal estimation.
+      * \param[out] the estimated normals
+      */
+    void perform(std::vector<Base::Vector3d>& normals);
+
+private:
+    const Points::PointKernel& myPoints;
+    int kSearch;
+    double searchRadius;
+};
+
 } // namespace Reen
 
 #endif // REEN_SEGMENTATION_H