diff --git a/src/Base/VectorPy.xml b/src/Base/VectorPy.xml
index 6286e4b27..81cd9b005 100644
--- a/src/Base/VectorPy.xml
+++ b/src/Base/VectorPy.xml
@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@
 				</UserDocu>
 			</Documentation>
 		</Methode>
+		<Methode Name="distanceToPoint" Const="true">
+			<Documentation>
+				<UserDocu>
+					distanceToPoint(Vector)
+					returns the distance to another point
+				</UserDocu>
+			</Documentation>
+		</Methode>
 		<Methode Name="distanceToLine" Const="true">
 			<Documentation>
 				<UserDocu>distanceToLine(Vector,Vector)
diff --git a/src/Base/VectorPyImp.cpp b/src/Base/VectorPyImp.cpp
index 4a1bae849..830ec386e 100644
--- a/src/Base/VectorPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Base/VectorPyImp.cpp
@@ -380,6 +380,20 @@ PyObject*  VectorPy::projectToPlane(PyObject *args)
     return Py::new_reference_to(this);
 }
 
+PyObject*  VectorPy::distanceToPoint(PyObject *args)
+{
+    PyObject *pnt;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!",&(VectorPy::Type),&pnt))
+        return 0;
+
+    VectorPy* base_vec = static_cast<VectorPy*>(pnt);
+    VectorPy::PointerType this_ptr = reinterpret_cast<VectorPy::PointerType>(_pcTwinPointer);
+    VectorPy::PointerType base_ptr = reinterpret_cast<VectorPy::PointerType>(base_vec->_pcTwinPointer);
+
+    Py::Float dist(Base::Distance(*this_ptr, *base_ptr));
+    return Py::new_reference_to(dist);
+}
+
 PyObject*  VectorPy::distanceToLine(PyObject *args)
 {
     PyObject *base, *line;