diff --git a/modules/mol/base/pymod/export_entity.cc b/modules/mol/base/pymod/export_entity.cc
index e1e3ac4094f192223bf18349d7c371098d0a036b..ca9e439f3f3ffe67741c28b85f157cde87cbbc02 100644
--- a/modules/mol/base/pymod/export_entity.cc
+++ b/modules/mol/base/pymod/export_entity.cc
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ PyObject* get_pos1(EntityHandle& entity)
 {
   return get_pos2(entity,true);
 }
+
+bool less_index(const mol::AtomHandle& a1, const mol::AtomHandle& a2)
+{
+  return a1.GetIndex()<a2.GetIndex();
+}
+
 #endif
 } // ns