diff --git a/python/CMakeLists.txt b/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 158e4faad97..e218f3e770b 100644
--- a/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ ENDIF(WITH_QSCIAPI)
 SET(PY_FILES
   __init__.py
   utils.py
+  customwidgets.py
 )
 
 ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(pyutils ALL)
diff --git a/python/__init__.py b/python/__init__.py
index 31207a67ec3..37e0b29064a 100755
--- a/python/__init__.py
+++ b/python/__init__.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ __copyright__ = '(C) 2007, Martin Dobias'
 __revision__ = '$Format:%H$'
 
 import sip
+from customwidgets import referenceCustomWidgets
+
 try:
     apis = ["QDate", "QDateTime", "QString", "QTextStream", "QTime", "QUrl", "QVariant"]
     for api in apis:
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ except ValueError:
 
 from qgis.core import QgsFeature, QgsGeometry
 
+referenceCustomWidgets()
+
 try:
     # Add a __nonzero__ method onto QPyNullVariant so we can check for null values easier.
     #   >>> value = QPyNullVariant("int")
diff --git a/python/customwidgets.py b/python/customwidgets.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..45836d91b1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/customwidgets.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+***************************************************************************
+    customwidgets.py
+    ---------------------
+    Date                 : May 2014
+    Copyright            : (C) 2014 by Denis Rouzaud
+    Email                : denis.rouzaud@gmail.com
+***************************************************************************
+*                                                                         *
+*   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+*   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+*   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+*   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+*                                                                         *
+***************************************************************************
+"""
+
+import sys
+import qgis
+from qgis import gui
+
+"""
+	This allow to redirect the custom widget include header file to qgis.gui
+"""
+
+def referenceCustomWidgets():
+	sys.modules["qgscollapsiblegroupboxplugin"] = qgis.gui
+	sys.modules["qgsfieldcomboboxplugin"] = qgis.gui
+	sys.modules["qgsfieldexpressionwidgetplugin"] = qgis.gui
+	sys.modules["qgsmaplayercomboboxplugin"] = qgis.gui
+	sys.modules["qgsscalevisibilitywidgetplugin"] = qgis.gui
diff --git a/src/customwidgets/qgiscustomwidgets.cpp b/src/customwidgets/qgiscustomwidgets.cpp
index 69bfdeaeaec..26f17153f01 100644
--- a/src/customwidgets/qgiscustomwidgets.cpp
+++ b/src/customwidgets/qgiscustomwidgets.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@
 QgisCustomWidgets::QgisCustomWidgets( QObject *parent )
     : QObject( parent )
 {
+
+  // !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+  // do not forget to add the corresponding line in python/customwidgets.py
+  // to make the custom widget available from python
+  // !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+
   mWidgets.append( new QgsCollapsibleGroupBoxPlugin );
   mWidgets.append( new QgsFieldComboBoxPlugin );
   mWidgets.append( new QgsFieldExpressionWidgetPlugin );