diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/App/GeometrySurfacePy.xml b/src/Mod/Part/App/GeometrySurfacePy.xml
index 3492d28b32..3090e5cb00 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/App/GeometrySurfacePy.xml
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/App/GeometrySurfacePy.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@
 				</UserDocu>
 			</Documentation>
 		</Methode>
+		<Attribute Name="Continuity" ReadOnly="true">
+			<Documentation>
+				<UserDocu>
+					Returns the global continuity of the surface.
+				</UserDocu>
+			</Documentation>
+			<Parameter Name="Continuity" Type="String"/>
+		</Attribute>
 		<Methode Name="isUPeriodic">
 			<Documentation>
 				<UserDocu>Returns true if this patch is periodic in the given parametric direction.</UserDocu>
diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/App/GeometrySurfacePyImp.cpp b/src/Mod/Part/App/GeometrySurfacePyImp.cpp
index d2772205db..d8dc416264 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/App/GeometrySurfacePyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/App/GeometrySurfacePyImp.cpp
@@ -311,6 +311,40 @@ PyObject* GeometrySurfacePy::VPeriod(PyObject * args)
     }
 }
 
+Py::String GeometrySurfacePy::getContinuity(void) const
+{
+    GeomAbs_Shape c = Handle_Geom_Surface::DownCast
+        (getGeometryPtr()->handle())->Continuity();
+    std::string str;
+    switch (c) {
+    case GeomAbs_C0:
+        str = "C0";
+        break;
+    case GeomAbs_G1:
+        str = "G1";
+        break;
+    case GeomAbs_C1:
+        str = "C1";
+        break;
+    case GeomAbs_G2:
+        str = "G2";
+        break;
+    case GeomAbs_C2:
+        str = "C2";
+        break;
+    case GeomAbs_C3:
+        str = "C3";
+        break;
+    case GeomAbs_CN:
+        str = "CN";
+        break;
+    default:
+        str = "Unknown";
+        break;
+    }
+    return Py::String(str);
+}
+
 PyObject* GeometrySurfacePy::toBSpline(PyObject * args)
 {
     double tol3d;