diff --git a/include/eigenpy/details.hpp b/include/eigenpy/details.hpp
index 63fa01e38b8661e361f69ae41336543923c2ed4c..65b2103cf4f602ee158ef701388c5f609af6f697 100644
--- a/include/eigenpy/details.hpp
+++ b/include/eigenpy/details.hpp
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ namespace eigenpy
       static NP_TYPE np_type;
       return np_type;
     }
+    
+    static bp::object getNumpyType()
+    {
+      return getInstance().CurrentNumpyType;
+    }
 
   protected:
     NumpyType()