diff --git a/src/Base/RotationPy.xml b/src/Base/RotationPy.xml
index 16b492004ecf..9e30199cf673 100644
--- a/src/Base/RotationPy.xml
+++ b/src/Base/RotationPy.xml
@@ -110,6 +110,12 @@
 			</Documentation>
 			<Parameter Name="Axis" Type="Object" />
 		</Attribute>
+		<Attribute Name="RawAxis" ReadOnly="true">
+			<Documentation>
+				<UserDocu>The rotation axis without normalization</UserDocu>
+			</Documentation>
+			<Parameter Name="RawAxis" Type="Object" />
+		</Attribute>
 		<Attribute Name="Angle" ReadOnly="false">
 			<Documentation>
 				<UserDocu>The rotation angle of the quaternion</UserDocu>
diff --git a/src/Base/RotationPyImp.cpp b/src/Base/RotationPyImp.cpp
index 9c16034275d2..f144a5716f4f 100644
--- a/src/Base/RotationPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Base/RotationPyImp.cpp
@@ -320,6 +320,13 @@ void RotationPy::setQ(Py::Tuple arg)
     this->getRotationPtr()->setValue(q0,q1,q2,q3);
 }
 
+Py::Object RotationPy::getRawAxis(void) const
+{
+    Base::Vector3d axis; double angle;
+    this->getRotationPtr()->getRawValue(axis, angle);
+    return Py::Vector(axis);
+}
+
 Py::Object RotationPy::getAxis(void) const
 {
     Base::Vector3d axis; double angle;