diff --git a/python/py_doc.cpp b/python/py_doc.cpp
index 106a1f67a..d4582b4aa 100644
--- a/python/py_doc.cpp
+++ b/python/py_doc.cpp
@@ -1410,3 +1410,11 @@ const char *__doc_igl_writeOBJ = R"igl_Qu8mg5v7(// Write a mesh in an ascii obj
   //
   // Known issues: Horrifyingly, this does not have the same order of
   // parameters as readOBJ.)igl_Qu8mg5v7";
+const char *__doc_igl_writePLY = R"igl_Qu8mg5v7(// Write a mesh in an ascii ply file
+  // Inputs:
+  //   str  path to outputfile
+  //   V  #V by 3 mesh vertex positions
+  //   F  #F by 3 mesh indices into V
+  //   N  #V by 3 normal vectors
+  //   UV #V by 2 texture coordinates
+  // Returns true on success, false on error)igl_Qu8mg5v7";
diff --git a/python/py_doc.h b/python/py_doc.h
index b4c1ba603..878dc3125 100644
--- a/python/py_doc.h
+++ b/python/py_doc.h
@@ -116,3 +116,4 @@ extern const char *__doc_igl_winding_number_3;
 extern const char *__doc_igl_winding_number_2;
 extern const char *__doc_igl_writeMESH;
 extern const char *__doc_igl_writeOBJ;
+extern const char *__doc_igl_writePLY;
diff --git a/python/py_igl.cpp b/python/py_igl.cpp
index 335417582..74f0cfc9b 100644
--- a/python/py_igl.cpp
+++ b/python/py_igl.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
 #include <igl/winding_number.h>
 #include <igl/writeMESH.h>
 #include <igl/writeOBJ.h>
+#include <igl/writePLY.h>
 
 
 void python_export_igl(py::module &m)
@@ -187,5 +188,6 @@ void python_export_igl(py::module &m)
 #include "py_igl/py_winding_number.cpp"
 #include "py_igl/py_writeMESH.cpp"
 #include "py_igl/py_writeOBJ.cpp"
+#include "py_igl/py_writePLY.cpp"
 
 }
diff --git a/python/py_igl/py_writePLY.cpp b/python/py_igl/py_writePLY.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4069670f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/py_igl/py_writePLY.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+m.def("writePLY", []
+(
+  const std::string str,
+  const Eigen::MatrixXd& V,
+  const Eigen::MatrixXi& F,
+  const Eigen::MatrixXd& N,
+  const Eigen::MatrixXd& UV
+)
+{
+  return igl::writePLY(str,V,F,N,UV);
+}, __doc_igl_writePLY,
+py::arg("str"), py::arg("V"), py::arg("F"), py::arg("N"), py::arg("UV"));
+
+m.def("writePLY", []
+(
+  const std::string str,
+  const Eigen::MatrixXd& V,
+  const Eigen::MatrixXi& F
+)
+{
+  return igl::writePLY(str,V,F);
+}, __doc_igl_writePLY,
+py::arg("str"), py::arg("V"), py::arg("F"));
diff --git a/python/python_shared.cpp b/python/python_shared.cpp
index 4e4aaf45b..ce57278ca 100644
--- a/python/python_shared.cpp
+++ b/python/python_shared.cpp
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ PYBIND11_PLUGIN(pyigl) {
            winding_number
            writeMESH
            writeOBJ
+           writePLY
 
     )pyigldoc");