diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in b/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
index 99a5c45fdf..260505ef47 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
@@ -1769,6 +1769,24 @@ int virConnectCompareCPU(virConnectPtr conn,
                          unsigned int flags);
 
 
+/**
+ * virConnectBaselineCPU:
+ *
+ * @conn: virConnect connection
+ * @ncpus: number of CPUs in xmlCPUs
+ * @xmlCPUs: array of XML descriptions of host CPUs
+ * @flags: fine-tuning flags
+ *
+ * Computes the most feature-rich CPU which is compatible with all given
+ * host CPUs.
+ *
+ * Returns XML description of the computed CPU or NULL on error.
+ */
+char *virConnectBaselineCPU(virConnectPtr conn,
+                            const char **xmlCPUs,
+                            unsigned int ncpus,
+                            unsigned int flags);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/python/generator.py b/python/generator.py
index 4182219781..37c0169ec4 100755
--- a/python/generator.py
+++ b/python/generator.py
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ skip_impl = (
     'virEventRegisterImpl',
     'virNodeListDevices',
     'virNodeDeviceListCaps',
+    'virConnectBaselineCPU',
 )
 
 
diff --git a/python/libvirt-override-api.xml b/python/libvirt-override-api.xml
index 3d8f46cf30..76a6fd5fce 100644
--- a/python/libvirt-override-api.xml
+++ b/python/libvirt-override-api.xml
@@ -231,5 +231,12 @@
       <arg name='conn' type='virConnectPtr' info='pointer to the hypervisor connection'/>
       <return type='str *' info='the list of Names of None in case of error'/>
     </function>
+    <function name='virConnectBaselineCPU' file='python'>
+      <info>Computes the most feature-rich CPU which is compatible with all given host CPUs.</info>
+      <return type='char *' info='XML description of the computed CPU or NULL on error.'/>
+      <arg name='conn' type='virConnectPtr' info='virConnect connection'/>
+      <arg name='xmlCPUs' type='const char **' info='array of XML descriptions of host CPUs'/>
+      <arg name='flags' type='unsigned int' info='fine-tuning flags, currently unused, pass 0.'/>
+    </function>
   </symbols>
 </api>
diff --git a/python/libvirt-override.c b/python/libvirt-override.c
index d90a763e6c..a71766a593 100644
--- a/python/libvirt-override.c
+++ b/python/libvirt-override.c
@@ -2019,6 +2019,57 @@ libvirt_virConnectListDefinedInterfaces(PyObject *self ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     return(py_retval);
 }
 
+
+static PyObject *
+libvirt_virConnectBaselineCPU(PyObject *self ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                              PyObject *args) {
+    PyObject *pyobj_conn;
+    PyObject *list;
+    virConnectPtr conn;
+    unsigned int flags;
+    const char **xmlcpus = NULL;
+    int ncpus = 0;
+    char *base_cpu;
+    PyObject *pybase_cpu;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, (char *)"OOi:virConnectBaselineCPU",
+                          &pyobj_conn, &list, &flags))
+        return(NULL);
+    conn = (virConnectPtr) PyvirConnect_Get(pyobj_conn);
+
+    if (PyList_Check(list)) {
+        int i;
+
+        ncpus = PyList_Size(list);
+        if ((xmlcpus = malloc(ncpus * sizeof(*xmlcpus))) == NULL)
+            return VIR_PY_INT_FAIL;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < ncpus; i++) {
+            xmlcpus[i] = PyString_AsString(PyList_GetItem(list, i));
+            if (xmlcpus[i] == NULL)
+                return VIR_PY_INT_FAIL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    LIBVIRT_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS;
+    base_cpu = virConnectBaselineCPU(conn, xmlcpus, ncpus, flags);
+    LIBVIRT_END_ALLOW_THREADS;
+
+    free(xmlcpus);
+
+    if (base_cpu == NULL)
+        return VIR_PY_INT_FAIL;
+
+    pybase_cpu = PyString_FromString(base_cpu);
+    free(base_cpu);
+
+    if (pybase_cpu == NULL)
+        return VIR_PY_INT_FAIL;
+
+    return pybase_cpu;
+}
+
+
 /*******************************************
  * Helper functions to avoid importing modules
  * for every callback
@@ -2734,6 +2785,7 @@ static PyMethodDef libvirtMethods[] = {
     {(char *) "virSecretSetValue", libvirt_virSecretSetValue, METH_VARARGS, NULL},
     {(char *) "virConnectListInterfaces", libvirt_virConnectListInterfaces, METH_VARARGS, NULL},
     {(char *) "virConnectListDefinedInterfaces", libvirt_virConnectListDefinedInterfaces, METH_VARARGS, NULL},
+    {(char *) "virConnectBaselineCPU", libvirt_virConnectBaselineCPU, METH_VARARGS, NULL},
     {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}
 };
 
diff --git a/src/libvirt_public.syms b/src/libvirt_public.syms
index aa062e4532..152aae4ce5 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_public.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_public.syms
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ LIBVIRT_0.7.7 {
     global:
         virDomainAttachDeviceFlags;
         virDomainDetachDeviceFlags;
+        virConnectBaselineCPU;
 } LIBVIRT_0.7.5;
 
 # .... define new API here using predicted next version number ....