diff --git a/bindings/python/src/fingerprint.cpp b/bindings/python/src/fingerprint.cpp
index b079ef3c5..1721abf17 100644
--- a/bindings/python/src/fingerprint.cpp
+++ b/bindings/python/src/fingerprint.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ void bind_fingerprint()
     using namespace boost::python;
     using namespace libtorrent;
 
+    def("generate_fingerprint", &generate_fingerprint);
+
 #ifndef TORRENT_NO_DEPRECATE
     class_<fingerprint>("fingerprint", no_init)
         .def(
diff --git a/bindings/python/test.py b/bindings/python/test.py
index 8aa6390c2..0dce7dfcd 100644
--- a/bindings/python/test.py
+++ b/bindings/python/test.py
@@ -230,6 +230,10 @@ class test_session(unittest.TestCase):
 		except KeyError as e:
 			print(e)
 
+	def test_fingerprint(self):
+		self.assertEqual(lt.generate_fingerprint('LT', 0, 1, 2, 3), '-LT0123-')
+		self.assertEqual(lt.generate_fingerprint('..', 10, 1, 2, 3), '-..A123-')
+
 	def test_deprecated_settings(self):
 
 		# this detects whether libtorrent was built with deprecated APIs