diff --git a/python/gui/gui.sip b/python/gui/gui.sip
index c8eac02f047..1c5af49481e 100644
--- a/python/gui/gui.sip
+++ b/python/gui/gui.sip
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
 %Include qgssearchquerybuilder.sip
 %Include qgsshortcutsmanager.sip
 %Include qgsslider.sip
+%Include qgssourceselectdialog.sip
 %Include qgssublayersdialog.sip
 %Include qgssvgannotationitem.sip
 %Include qgstablewidgetitem.sip
diff --git a/python/gui/qgssourceselectdialog.sip b/python/gui/qgssourceselectdialog.sip
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb1a66ea012
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/gui/qgssourceselectdialog.sip
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/**
+ * Generic class listing layers available from a remote service.
+ */
+class QgsSourceSelectDialog : public QDialog //, protected Ui::QgsSourceSelectBase
+{
+%TypeHeaderCode
+#include "qgssourceselectdialog.h"
+%End
+
+  public:
+    /** Whether the dialog is for a map service or a feature service */
+    enum ServiceType { MapService, FeatureService };
+
+    /** Constructor */
+    QgsSourceSelectDialog( const QString& serviceName, ServiceType serviceType, QWidget* parent, Qt::WindowFlags fl );
+    /** Destructor */
+    ~QgsSourceSelectDialog();
+    /** Sets the current extent and CRS. Used to select an appropriate CRS and possibly to retreive data only in the current extent */
+    void setCurrentExtentAndCrs( const QgsRectangle& canvasExtent, const QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem& canvasCrs );
+
+  signals:
+    /** Emitted when a layer is added from the dialog */
+    void addLayer( QString uri, QString typeName );
+    /** Emitted when the connections for the service were changed */
+    void connectionsChanged();
+
+  protected:
+    /** To be implemented in the child class. Called when a new connection is initiated. */
+    virtual bool connectToService( const QgsOWSConnection& connection ) = 0;
+    /** May be implemented in child classes for services which support customized queries. */
+    virtual void buildQuery( const QgsOWSConnection&, const QModelIndex& );
+    /** To be implemented in the child class. Constructs an URI for the specified service layer. */
+    virtual QString getLayerURI( const QgsOWSConnection& connection,
+                                 const QString& layerTitle,
+                                 const QString& layerName,
+                                 const QString& crs = QString(),
+                                 const QString& filter = QString(),
+                                 const QgsRectangle& bBox = QgsRectangle() ) const = 0;
+    /** Updates the UI for the list of available image encodings from the specified list. */
+    void populateImageEncodings( const QStringList& availableEncodings );
+    /** Returns the selected image encoding. */
+    QString getSelectedImageEncoding() const;
+};
diff --git a/src/gui/qgssourceselectdialog.cpp b/src/gui/qgssourceselectdialog.cpp
index 517f315d17e..7f5b82f56a6 100644
--- a/src/gui/qgssourceselectdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/qgssourceselectdialog.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
 #include <QRadioButton>
 #include <QImageReader>
 
-/** Item delegate with tweaked sizeHint. */
+/** Item delegate with tweaked sizeHint.
+ * @note not available in Python bindings */
 class QgsSourceSelectItemDelegate : public QItemDelegate
 {
   public: