diff --git a/src/eigenpy.cpp b/src/eigenpy.cpp
index dd245f793d9dfb7d29459346e06f5c0b5490b1e9..25bd51aa3711056be27aabfdeda7265f712333f2 100644
--- a/src/eigenpy.cpp
+++ b/src/eigenpy.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ namespace eigenpy
     bp::def("setNumpyType",&NumpyType::setNumpyType,
             bp::arg("Numpy type (np.ndarray or np.matrix)"),
             "Change the type returned by the converters from an Eigen object.");
+            
+    bp::def("getNumpyType",&NumpyType::getNumpyType,
+            "Get the Numpy type returned by the converters from an Eigen object.");
     
     bp::def("switchToNumpyArray",&NumpyType::switchToNumpyArray,
             "Set the conversion from Eigen::Matrix to numpy.ndarray.");