diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/App/Part2DObjectPy.xml b/src/Mod/Part/App/Part2DObjectPy.xml
index 7172b2fb9..782e28c69 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/App/Part2DObjectPy.xml
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/App/Part2DObjectPy.xml
@@ -13,5 +13,10 @@
       <Author Licence="LGPL" Name="Juergen Riegel" EMail="FreeCAD@juergen-riegel.net" />
       <UserDocu>This object represents a 2D Shape in a 3D World</UserDocu>
     </Documentation>
+    <Methode Name="positionBySupport">
+      <Documentation>
+        <UserDocu>Reposition object based on Support, MapMode and MapPathParameter properties.</UserDocu>
+      </Documentation>
+    </Methode>
   </PythonExport>
 </GenerateModel>
diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/App/Part2DObjectPyImp.cpp b/src/Mod/Part/App/Part2DObjectPyImp.cpp
index ba7ceba8f..13ad5ef40 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/App/Part2DObjectPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/App/Part2DObjectPyImp.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "PreCompiled.h"
 
 #include "Mod/Part/App/Part2DObject.h"
+#include "OCCError.h"
 
 // inclusion of the generated files (generated out of Part2DObjectPy.xml)
 #include "Part2DObjectPy.h"
@@ -15,6 +16,23 @@ std::string Part2DObjectPy::representation(void) const
     return std::string("<Part::Part2DObject>");
 }
 
+PyObject* Part2DObjectPy::positionBySupport(PyObject *args)
+{
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, ""))
+        return 0;
+    try{
+        this->getPart2DObjectPtr()->positionBySupport();
+    } catch (Standard_Failure) {
+        Handle_Standard_Failure e = Standard_Failure::Caught();
+        PyErr_SetString(PartExceptionOCCError, e->GetMessageString());
+        return NULL;
+    } catch (Base::Exception &e) {
+        PyErr_SetString(Base::BaseExceptionFreeCADError, e.what());
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+    return Py_None;
+}
 
 
 PyObject *Part2DObjectPy::getCustomAttributes(const char* /*attr*/) const