diff --git a/modules/seq/base/pymod/export_sequence.cc b/modules/seq/base/pymod/export_sequence.cc
index d613c24c03f2cd235c04fa9add92b76683743a1e..41e36d275df3348ab49c030daac56637967699bf 100644
--- a/modules/seq/base/pymod/export_sequence.cc
+++ b/modules/seq/base/pymod/export_sequence.cc
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ void export_sequence()
   class_<SequenceHandle, bases<ConstSequenceHandle> >("SequenceHandle", init<>())
     .def("SetSequenceOffset", &SequenceHandle::SetSequenceOffset)
     .def("AttachView", attach_one)
-    .def("AttachView", attach_two)         
+    .def("AttachView", attach_two)
+    .def("SetString", &SequenceHandle::SetString)
     .add_property("string",
                   make_function(&SequenceHandle::GetString,
                                 return_value_policy<copy_const_reference>()),