diff --git a/modules/mol/base/pymod/export_chain_view.cc b/modules/mol/base/pymod/export_chain_view.cc
index 4ca48fe52dd099de69ca149ba8e7296cab88e48f..3587cc57294cbee62aeab82f9bbde471a56ff3e6 100644
--- a/modules/mol/base/pymod/export_chain_view.cc
+++ b/modules/mol/base/pymod/export_chain_view.cc
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ void export_ChainView()
     .def("RemoveResidue", &ChainView::RemoveResidue)
     .def("RemoveResidues", &ChainView::RemoveResidues)
     .def("InSequence", &ChainView::InSequence)
+    .def("GetResidueIndex", &ChainView::GetResidueIndex)
     .def("GetResidueByIndex", &ChainView::GetResidueByIndex)
     .def("GetAtomCount", &ChainView::GetAtomCount)
     .def("GetResidueCount", &ChainView::GetResidueCount)