diff --git a/src/ifcgeom/ConversionSettings.h b/src/ifcgeom/ConversionSettings.h
index 1a80ed4d32..46fb6b5f1d 100644
--- a/src/ifcgeom/ConversionSettings.h
+++ b/src/ifcgeom/ConversionSettings.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <optional>
 #include <variant>
+#include <vector>
 
 #include <boost/program_options.hpp>
 #include <boost/optional.hpp>
@@ -521,6 +522,11 @@ namespace ifcopenshell {
 				static constexpr const char* name = "std::vector<double>";
 			};
 
+			template <>
+			struct readable_name<std::vector<std::string>> {
+				static constexpr const char* name = "std::vector<std::string>";
+			};
+
 			template <>
 			struct readable_name<IteratorOutputOptions> {
 				static constexpr const char* name = "IteratorOutputOptions";
@@ -545,7 +551,9 @@ namespace ifcopenshell {
 		template <typename settings_t>
 		class SettingsContainer {
 		public:
-         typedef std::variant<bool, int, double, std::string, std::set<int>, std::set<std::string>, std::vector<double>, IteratorOutputOptions, FunctionStepMethod, OutputDimensionalityTypes, TriangulationMethod> value_variant_t;
+			typedef std::variant<bool, int, double, std::string, std::set<int>, std::set<std::string>,
+				std::vector<double>, std::vector<std::string>, IteratorOutputOptions, FunctionStepMethod,
+				OutputDimensionalityTypes, TriangulationMethod> value_variant_t;
 		private:
 			settings_t settings;
 
diff --git a/src/ifcwrap/IfcGeomWrapper.i b/src/ifcwrap/IfcGeomWrapper.i
index 0badfec930..ad1ff23490 100644
--- a/src/ifcwrap/IfcGeomWrapper.i
+++ b/src/ifcwrap/IfcGeomWrapper.i
@@ -515,12 +515,16 @@ assign_matrix_access(revolve);
 	void set_(const std::string& name, const std::set<int>& val) {
 		return $self->set(name, val);
 	}
-	void set_(const std::string& name, const std::set<std::string>& val) {
-		return $self->set(name, val);
-	}
-	void set_(const std::string& name, const std::vector<double>& val) {
-		return $self->set(name, val);
-	}
+	void set_(const std::string& name, const std::vector<double>& val) {
+		return $self->set(name, val);
+	}
+	void set_(const std::string& name, const std::vector<std::string>& val) {
+		// Python sequences cannot distinguish std::vector<std::string> from std::set<std::string>.
+		if ($self->get_type(name) == "std::set<std::string>") {
+			return $self->set(name, std::set<std::string>(val.begin(), val.end()));
+		}
+		return $self->set(name, val);
+	}
 	ifcopenshell::geometry::Settings::value_variant_t get_(const std::string& name) {
 		return $self->get(name);
 	}
diff --git a/src/ifcwrap/utils/type_conversion.i b/src/ifcwrap/utils/type_conversion.i
index 5efe0bea2d..1769e5dd42 100644
--- a/src/ifcwrap/utils/type_conversion.i
+++ b/src/ifcwrap/utils/type_conversion.i
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
 			} else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<std::remove_cv_t<std::remove_reference_t<T>>, std::set<std::string>>) {
                 std::vector<std::string> vs(t.begin(), t.end());
                 return pythonize_vector(vs);
-            } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<std::remove_cv_t<std::remove_reference_t<T>>, std::vector<double>>) {
+            } else if constexpr (is_std_vector_v<std::remove_cv_t<std::remove_reference_t<T>>>) {
                 return pythonize_vector(t);
             } else {
 				return pythonize(t);