2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libshiboken/basewrapper.cpp b/libshiboken/basewrapper.cpp
index 2dda3a4bc..dc86fa831 100644
--- a/libshiboken/basewrapper.cpp
+++ b/libshiboken/basewrapper.cpp
@@ -196,6 +196,22 @@ void SbkBaseWrapper_clearReferences(SbkBaseWrapper* self)
     delete self->referredObjects;
 }
 
+bool importModule(const char* moduleName, PyTypeObject*** cppApiPtr)
+{
+    Shiboken::AutoDecRef module(PyImport_ImportModule(moduleName));
+    if (module.isNull())
+        return false;
+
+    Shiboken::AutoDecRef cppApi(PyObject_GetAttrString(module, "_Cpp_Api"));
+    if (cppApi.isNull())
+        return false;
+
+    if (PyCObject_Check(cppApi))
+        *cppApiPtr = reinterpret_cast<PyTypeObject**>(PyCObject_AsVoidPtr(cppApi));
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 // Wrapper metatype and base type ----------------------------------------------------------
 
 extern "C"
diff --git a/libshiboken/basewrapper.h b/libshiboken/basewrapper.h
index 7d834da0e..e8ea7cc1b 100644
--- a/libshiboken/basewrapper.h
+++ b/libshiboken/basewrapper.h
@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ void SbkBaseWrapper_Dealloc(PyObject* self)
 
 LIBSHIBOKEN_API PyAPI_FUNC(void) SbkBaseWrapper_Dealloc_PrivateDtor(PyObject* self);
 
+LIBSHIBOKEN_API bool importModule(const char* moduleName, PyTypeObject*** cppApiPtr);
+
 } // namespace Shiboken
 
 #endif // BASEWRAPPER_H