diff --git a/include/boost/python/object/function.hpp b/include/boost/python/object/function.hpp
index e44ca5b2..f29d3448 100644
--- a/include/boost/python/object/function.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/python/object/function.hpp
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ struct BOOST_PYTHON_DECL function : PyObject
     void doc(object const& x);
     
     object const& name() const;
+
+    object const& get_namespace() const { return m_namespace; }
     
  private: // helper functions
     object signature(bool show_return_type=false) const;
diff --git a/src/object/function.cpp b/src/object/function.cpp
index 98c7c966..9328e014 100644
--- a/src/object/function.cpp
+++ b/src/object/function.cpp
@@ -670,11 +670,26 @@ extern "C"
     {
         return python::incref(upcast<PyObject>(&PyCFunction_Type));
     }
+
+    static PyObject* function_get_module(PyObject* op, void*)
+    {
+        function* f = downcast<function>(op);
+        object const& ns = f->get_namespace();
+        if (!ns.is_none()) {
+            return python::incref(ns.ptr());
+        }
+        PyErr_SetString(
+            PyExc_AttributeError, const_cast<char*>(
+                "Boost.Python function __module__ unknown."));
+        return 0;
+    }
 }
 
 static PyGetSetDef function_getsetlist[] = {
     {const_cast<char*>("__name__"), (getter)function_get_name, 0, 0, 0 },
     {const_cast<char*>("func_name"), (getter)function_get_name, 0, 0, 0 },
+    {const_cast<char*>("__module__"), (getter)function_get_module, 0, 0, 0 },
+    {const_cast<char*>("func_module"), (getter)function_get_module, 0, 0, 0 },
     {const_cast<char*>("__class__"), (getter)function_get_class, 0, 0, 0 },    // see note above
     {const_cast<char*>("__doc__"), (getter)function_get_doc, (setter)function_set_doc, 0, 0},
     {const_cast<char*>("func_doc"), (getter)function_get_doc, (setter)function_set_doc, 0, 0},
diff --git a/test/pytype_function.py b/test/pytype_function.py
index 7927629b..83674632 100755
--- a/test/pytype_function.py
+++ b/test/pytype_function.py
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 >>> print func.__doc__.splitlines()[1]
 func( (A)arg1) -> A :
 
+>>> print func.__module__
+pytype_function_ext
+
+>>> print func.__name__
+func
 """
 def run(args = None):
     import sys