diff --git a/src/ifcwrap/IfcParseWrapper.i b/src/ifcwrap/IfcParseWrapper.i
index 4f1b457959..f070e2d8f6 100644
--- a/src/ifcwrap/IfcParseWrapper.i
+++ b/src/ifcwrap/IfcParseWrapper.i
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 // The IfcFile* returned by open() is to be freed by SWIG/Python
 %newobject open;
 %newobject read;
+%newobject parse_ifcxml;
 
 %inline %{
 	IfcParse::IfcFile* open(const std::string& fn) {
@@ -528,6 +529,10 @@ static IfcUtil::ArgumentType helper_fn_attribute_type(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseClas
 		return f;
 	}
 
+	IfcParse::IfcFile* parse_ifcxml(const std::string& fn) {
+		return IfcParse::parse_ifcxml(fn);
+	}
+
     IfcParse::IfcFile* read(const std::string& data) {
 		char* copiedData = new char[data.length()];
 		memcpy(copiedData, data.c_str(), data.length());