diff --git a/autotests/pythontest.py b/autotests/pythontest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b09f366
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autotests/pythontest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import sys
+
+sys.path.append(sys.argv[1])
+
+from PyQt5 import QtCore
+from PyQt5 import QtWidgets
+
+from PyKF5 import KItemViews
+
+def main():
+    app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
+
+    model = QtCore.QStringListModel(("1", "2", "3"))
+
+    proxy = QtCore.QSortFilterProxyModel()
+    proxy.setSourceModel(model)
+
+    assert(proxy.rowCount() == 3)
+
+    filterLine = KItemViews.KFilterProxySearchLine()
+    filterLine.setProxy(proxy)
+
+    filterLine.setText("1");
+
+    print(proxy.rowCount(), proxy.filterRegExp())
+
+    assert(proxy.rowCount() == 1)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index ad116f5..0f1eb00 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,57 +1,80 @@
 
 ecm_create_qm_loader(kitemviews_QM_LOADER kitemviews5_qt)
 
 set(kitemviews_SRCS
   kcategorizedsortfilterproxymodel.cpp
   kcategorizedview.cpp
   kcategorydrawer.cpp
   kextendableitemdelegate.cpp
   kfilterproxysearchline.cpp
   klistwidgetsearchline.cpp
   ktreewidgetsearchline.cpp
   ktreewidgetsearchlinewidget.cpp
   kwidgetitemdelegate.cpp
   kwidgetitemdelegatepool.cpp
   ${kitemviews_QM_LOADER}
 )
 
 add_library(KF5ItemViews ${kitemviews_SRCS})
 generate_export_header(KF5ItemViews BASE_NAME KItemViews)
 add_library(KF5::ItemViews ALIAS KF5ItemViews)
 
 
 target_include_directories(KF5ItemViews INTERFACE "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${KDE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR_KF5}/KItemViews>")
 
 target_link_libraries(KF5ItemViews PUBLIC Qt5::Widgets)
 
 set_target_properties(KF5ItemViews PROPERTIES VERSION   ${KITEMVIEWS_VERSION_STRING}
                                               SOVERSION ${KITEMVIEWS_SOVERSION}
                                               EXPORT_NAME ItemViews
 )
 
 ecm_generate_headers(KItemViews_HEADERS
   HEADER_NAMES
   KCategorizedSortFilterProxyModel
   KCategorizedView
   KCategoryDrawer
   KExtendableItemDelegate
   KFilterProxySearchLine
   KListWidgetSearchLine
   KTreeWidgetSearchLine
   KTreeWidgetSearchLineWidget
   KWidgetItemDelegate
 
   REQUIRED_HEADERS KItemViews_HEADERS
 )
 
+find_package(PythonModuleGeneration)
+
+if (PythonModuleGeneration_FOUND)
+  ecm_generate_python_binding(
+    TARGET KF5::ItemViews
+    PYTHONNAMESPACE PyKF5
+    MODULENAME KItemViews
+    INSTALL_DIR_SUFFIX ${KDE_INSTALL_PYTHONBINDINGSDIR}
+    SIP_DEPENDS
+      QtWidgets/QtWidgetsmod.sip
+    HEADERS
+      kcategorizedsortfilterproxymodel.h
+      kcategorizedview.h
+      kcategorydrawer.h
+      kextendableitemdelegate.h
+      kfilterproxysearchline.h
+      klistwidgetsearchline.h
+      ktreewidgetsearchline.h
+      ktreewidgetsearchlinewidget.h
+      kwidgetitemdelegate.h
+  )
+endif()
+
 install(TARGETS KF5ItemViews EXPORT KF5ItemViewsTargets ${KF5_INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS})
 
 install(FILES
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/kitemviews_export.h
   ${KItemViews_HEADERS}
   DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR_KF5}/KItemViews COMPONENT Devel
 )
 
 include(ECMGeneratePriFile)
 ecm_generate_pri_file(BASE_NAME KItemViews LIB_NAME KF5ItemViews DEPS "widgets" FILENAME_VAR PRI_FILENAME INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR ${KDE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR_KF5}/KItemViews)
 install(FILES ${PRI_FILENAME} DESTINATION ${ECM_MKSPECS_INSTALL_DIR})