diff --git a/python/core/qgspallabeling.sip b/python/core/qgspallabeling.sip
index 253ce75198dc..d6316d7583f8 100644
--- a/python/core/qgspallabeling.sip
+++ b/python/core/qgspallabeling.sip
@@ -1,3 +1,83 @@
+// QMap<QgsPalLayerSettings::DataDefinedProperties, QgsDataDefined*> is implemented as a Python dictionary.
+%MappedType QMap<QgsPalLayerSettings::DataDefinedProperties, QgsDataDefined*> /DocType="dict-of-QgsPalLayerSettings.DataDefinedProperties-QgsDataDefined*"/
+{
+%TypeHeaderCode
+#include <qmap.h>
+#include <qgspallabeling.h>
+#include <qgsdatadefined.h>
+%End
+%ConvertFromTypeCode
+    // Create the dictionary.
+    PyObject *d = PyDict_New();
+    if (!d)
+        return NULL;
+    // Set the dictionary elements.
+    QMap<QgsPalLayerSettings::DataDefinedProperties, QgsDataDefined*>::const_iterator i = sipCpp->constBegin();
+    while (i != sipCpp->constEnd())
+    {
+        QgsDataDefined *t = i.value();
+        PyObject *kobj = sipConvertFromEnum(i.key(), sipType_QgsPalLayerSettings_DataDefinedProperties);
+        PyObject *tobj = sipConvertFromType(t, sipType_QgsDataDefined, sipTransferObj);
+        if (kobj == NULL || tobj == NULL || PyDict_SetItem(d, kobj, tobj) < 0)
+        {
+            Py_DECREF(d);
+            if (kobj)
+            {
+                Py_DECREF(kobj);
+            }
+            if (tobj)
+            {
+                Py_DECREF(tobj);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                delete t;
+            }
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        Py_DECREF(kobj);
+        Py_DECREF(tobj);
+        ++i;
+    }
+    return d;
+%End
+%ConvertToTypeCode
+    PyObject *kobj, *tobj;
+    SIP_SSIZE_T i = 0;
+    // Check the type if that is all that is required.
+    if (sipIsErr == NULL)
+    {
+        if (!PyDict_Check(sipPy))
+            return 0;
+        while (PyDict_Next(sipPy, &i, &kobj, &tobj))
+            if (!sipCanConvertToType(tobj, sipType_QgsDataDefined, SIP_NOT_NONE))
+                return 0;
+        return 1;
+    }
+    QMap<QgsPalLayerSettings::DataDefinedProperties, QgsDataDefined*> *qm = new QMap<QgsPalLayerSettings::DataDefinedProperties, QgsDataDefined*>;
+
+    while (PyDict_Next(sipPy, &i, &kobj, &tobj))
+    {
+        int state, k = SIPLong_AsLong(kobj);
+        QgsDataDefined *t = reinterpret_cast<QgsDataDefined *>(sipConvertToType(tobj, sipType_QgsDataDefined, sipTransferObj, SIP_NOT_NONE, &state, sipIsErr));
+
+        if (*sipIsErr)
+        {
+            sipReleaseType(t, sipType_QgsDataDefined, state);
+            delete qm;
+            return 0;
+        }
+        qm->insert(QgsPalLayerSettings::DataDefinedProperties(k), t);
+        sipReleaseType(t, sipType_QgsDataDefined, state);
+    }
+
+    *sipCppPtr = qm;
+
+    return sipGetState(sipTransferObj);
+%End
+};
+
+
 class QgsPalLayerSettings
 {
 %TypeHeaderCode
@@ -361,12 +441,7 @@ class QgsPalLayerSettings
     /** Get a data defined property pointer
      * @note added in 1.9, helpful for Python access
      */
-    QgsDataDefined* dataDefinedProperty( DataDefinedProperties p );
-
-    /** Get current data defined properties
-     * @note added in 1.9, helpful for Python access
-     */
-    QList<QgsPalLayerSettings::DataDefinedProperties> dataDefinedPropertyList();
+    QgsDataDefined* dataDefinedProperty( QgsPalLayerSettings::DataDefinedProperties p );
 
     /** Set a property as data defined
      * @note added in 1.9, helpful for Python access
@@ -407,9 +482,9 @@ class QgsPalLayerSettings
      */
     bool dataDefinedUseExpression( QgsPalLayerSettings::DataDefinedProperties p ) const;
 
-    /**Stores field names for data defined layer properties*/
-    //! @note not available in python bindings
-    //QMap< QgsPalLayerSettings::DataDefinedProperties, QgsDataDefined* > dataDefinedProperties;
+    /** Map of current data defined properties
+     */
+    QMap< QgsPalLayerSettings::DataDefinedProperties, QgsDataDefined* > dataDefinedProperties;
 
 
     /** Calculates pixel size (considering output size should be in pixel or map units, scale factors and optionally oversampling)
diff --git a/src/core/qgspallabeling.cpp b/src/core/qgspallabeling.cpp
index ef8a27a917e4..3a45fcae1d18 100644
--- a/src/core/qgspallabeling.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgspallabeling.cpp
@@ -1170,11 +1170,6 @@ QgsDataDefined* QgsPalLayerSettings::dataDefinedProperty( DataDefinedProperties
   return 0;
 }
 
-QList<QgsPalLayerSettings::DataDefinedProperties> QgsPalLayerSettings::dataDefinedPropertyList()
-{
-  return dataDefinedProperties.keys();
-}
-
 QMap<QString, QString> QgsPalLayerSettings::dataDefinedMap( DataDefinedProperties p ) const
 {
   QMap<QString, QString> map;
diff --git a/src/core/qgspallabeling.h b/src/core/qgspallabeling.h
index 8549ecc7aafc..16a142ef4b18 100644
--- a/src/core/qgspallabeling.h
+++ b/src/core/qgspallabeling.h
@@ -415,12 +415,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsPalLayerSettings
     /** Get a data defined property pointer
      * @note added in 1.9, helpful for Python access
      */
-    QgsDataDefined* dataDefinedProperty( DataDefinedProperties p );
-
-    /** Get current data defined properties
-     * @note added in 1.9, helpful for Python access
-     */
-    QList<QgsPalLayerSettings::DataDefinedProperties> dataDefinedPropertyList();
+    QgsDataDefined* dataDefinedProperty( QgsPalLayerSettings::DataDefinedProperties p );
 
     /** Set a property as data defined
      * @note added in 1.9, helpful for Python access
@@ -461,8 +456,8 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsPalLayerSettings
      */
     bool dataDefinedUseExpression( QgsPalLayerSettings::DataDefinedProperties p ) const;
 
-    /**Stores field names for data defined layer properties*/
-    //! @note not available in python bindings
+    /** Map of current data defined properties
+     */
     QMap< QgsPalLayerSettings::DataDefinedProperties, QgsDataDefined* > dataDefinedProperties;