diff --git a/plugins/script/interfaces/ShaderSystemInterface.cpp b/plugins/script/interfaces/ShaderSystemInterface.cpp
index a86066f704..b975a40d90 100644
--- a/plugins/script/interfaces/ShaderSystemInterface.cpp
+++ b/plugins/script/interfaces/ShaderSystemInterface.cpp
@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@ void ShaderSystemInterface::saveMaterial(const std::string& name)
 // IScriptInterface implementation
 void ShaderSystemInterface::registerInterface(py::module& scope, py::dict& globals)
 {
-	// Add the declaration for a Material object
+	// Add the declaration for a Material and Stage object
 	py::class_<ScriptMaterial> material(scope, "Material");
+	py::class_<ScriptMaterialStage> stage(scope, "MaterialStage");
 
     // Add the old name as alias
     scope.add_object("Shader", material);
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ void ShaderSystemInterface::registerInterface(py::module& scope, py::dict& globa
         .value("TRANSLUCENT", Material::MC_TRANSLUCENT)
         .export_values();
 
-    py::enum_<IShaderLayer::MapType>(material, "MapType")
+    py::enum_<IShaderLayer::MapType>(stage, "MapType")
         .value("Map", IShaderLayer::MapType::Map)
         .value("CubeMap", IShaderLayer::MapType::CubeMap)
         .value("CameraCubeMap", IShaderLayer::MapType::CameraCubeMap)
diff --git a/plugins/script/interfaces/ShaderSystemInterface.h b/plugins/script/interfaces/ShaderSystemInterface.h
index 056f01e568..f3d55277ef 100644
--- a/plugins/script/interfaces/ShaderSystemInterface.h
+++ b/plugins/script/interfaces/ShaderSystemInterface.h
@@ -9,6 +9,19 @@
 namespace script
 {
 
+class ScriptMaterialStage
+{
+private:
+    IShaderLayer::Ptr _layer;
+
+public:
+    ScriptMaterialStage(const IShaderLayer::Ptr& layer) :
+        _layer(layer)
+    {}
+
+
+};
+
 /**
  * This class represents a single Material as seen by the Python script.
  */
@@ -21,10 +34,6 @@ class ScriptMaterial
 		_material(material)
 	{}
 
-	operator const MaterialPtr&() const {
-		return _material;
-	}
-
 	std::string getName() {
 		return _material ? _material->getName() : "";
 	}