diff --git a/h2o-py/h2o/model/dim_reduction.py b/h2o-py/h2o/model/dim_reduction.py
index 9d9c9bab865c..aae8c7956fee 100644
--- a/h2o-py/h2o/model/dim_reduction.py
+++ b/h2o-py/h2o/model/dim_reduction.py
@@ -7,4 +7,28 @@
 class H2ODimReductionModel(ModelBase):
 
     def __init__(self, dest_key, model_json):
-        super(H2ODimReductionModel, self).__init__(dest_key, model_json,H2ODimReductionModelMetrics)
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+        super(H2ODimReductionModel, self).__init__(dest_key, model_json,H2ODimReductionModelMetrics)
+
+    def screeplot(self, type="barplot", show=True):
+        """
+        Produce the scree plot
+        :param type: type of plot. "barplot" and "lines" currently supported
+        :param show: if False, the plot is not shown. matplotlib show method is blocking.
+        :return: None
+        """
+        # check for matplotlib. exit if absent.
+        try:
+            imp.find_module('matplotlib')
+            import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+        except ImportError:
+            print "matplotlib is required for this function!"
+            return
+
+        variances = [s**2 for s in self._model_json['output']['pc_importance'].cell_values[0][1:]]
+        plt.xlabel('Components')
+        plt.ylabel('Variances')
+        plt.title('Scree Plot')
+        plt.xticks(range(1,len(variances)+1))
+        if type == "barplot": plt.bar(range(1,len(variances)+1), variances)
+        elif type == "lines": plt.plot(range(1,len(variances)+1), variances, 'b--')
+        if show: plt.show()
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diff --git a/h2o-py/tests/testdir_misc/pyunit_screeplot.py b/h2o-py/tests/testdir_misc/pyunit_screeplot.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e38e556abb43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/h2o-py/tests/testdir_misc/pyunit_screeplot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import sys
+sys.path.insert(1, "../../")
+import h2o
+
+def screeplot_test(ip,port):
+    # Connect to h2o
+    h2o.init(ip,port)
+
+    australia = h2o.upload_file(h2o.locate("smalldata/pca_test/AustraliaCoast.csv"))
+    australia_pca = h2o.prcomp(x=australia[0:8], k = 4, transform = "STANDARDIZE")
+    australia_pca.screeplot(type="barplot", show=False)
+    australia_pca.screeplot(type="lines", show=False)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    h2o.run_test(sys.argv, screeplot_test)
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