diff --git a/modules/mol/base/pymod/export_residue.cc b/modules/mol/base/pymod/export_residue.cc
index 12869d2e7500c8f5682efb2b9bd17b1b38b3d42b..127de00e2b5f62e3eabe6b9babe34ce113a6fa03 100644
--- a/modules/mol/base/pymod/export_residue.cc
+++ b/modules/mol/base/pymod/export_residue.cc
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ void export_Residue()
     .def("GetCenterOfMass", &ResidueHandle::GetCenterOfMass)
     .def("GetCenterOfAtoms", &ResidueHandle::GetCenterOfAtoms)
     .def("GetGeometricCenter", geom_center<ResidueHandle>)
+    .def("GetCentralAtom", &ResidueHandle::GetCentralAtom)
     .add_property("mass", &ResidueHandle::GetMass)
     .add_property("center_of_mass", &ResidueHandle::GetCenterOfMass)
     .add_property("center_of_atoms", &ResidueHandle::GetCenterOfAtoms)