diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 115899dba..46aaee513 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ if (OPM_ENABLE_PYTHON)
 
   add_custom_command(OUTPUT python/python/opm/libopmcommon_python.so
                      DEPENDS
+                     python/cxx/unit_system.cpp
                      python/cxx/connection.cpp
                      python/cxx/converters.hpp
                      python/cxx/deck.cpp
diff --git a/python/cxx/deck.cpp b/python/cxx/deck.cpp
index 27c0dc0ca..d6024fc16 100644
--- a/python/cxx/deck.cpp
+++ b/python/cxx/deck.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <opm/parser/eclipse/Deck/Deck.hpp>
+#include <opm/parser/eclipse/Units/UnitSystem.hpp>
 
 #include <pybind11/pybind11.h>
 #include "converters.hpp"
@@ -48,6 +49,15 @@ void python::common::export_Deck(py::module &module) {
         .def( "__getitem__", &getKeyword_string, ref_internal)
         .def( "__getitem__", &getKeyword_tuple, ref_internal)
         .def( "__str__", &str<Deck>)
+
+        .def("active_unit_system", [](const Deck& deck) -> const UnitSystem& {
+               return deck.getActiveUnitSystem();
+           } )
+
+        .def("default_unit_system", [](const Deck& deck) -> const UnitSystem& {
+               return deck.getDefaultUnitSystem();
+           } )
+
         .def( "count", &count )
       ;
 }
diff --git a/python/cxx/export.cpp b/python/cxx/export.cpp
index ec8289fed..7a9eee1fa 100644
--- a/python/cxx/export.cpp
+++ b/python/cxx/export.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 
 void python::common::export_all(py::module& module) {
+    export_UnitSystem(module);
     export_ParseContext(module);
     export_Parser(module);
     export_Deck(module);
diff --git a/python/cxx/export.hpp b/python/cxx/export.hpp
index e8019f9ad..18833ec2e 100644
--- a/python/cxx/export.hpp
+++ b/python/cxx/export.hpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const py::return_value_policy move         = py::return_value_policy::move;
 
 namespace python::common {
 void export_all(py::module& module);
+void export_UnitSystem(py::module& module);
 void export_Connection(py::module& module);
 void export_Deck(py::module& module);
 void export_DeckKeyword(py::module& module);
diff --git a/python/cxx/unit_system.cpp b/python/cxx/unit_system.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e652d728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/cxx/unit_system.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#include <opm/parser/eclipse/Units/UnitSystem.hpp>
+
+#include "export.hpp"
+
+
+void python::common::export_UnitSystem(py::module& module)
+{
+    py::class_<UnitSystem>(module, "UnitSystem")
+        .def_property_readonly( "type", &UnitSystem::getName );
+}
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index 33af469c6..2425c7172 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ ext_modules = [
     Extension(
         'libopmcommon_python',
         [
+                'cxx/unit_system.cpp',
                 'cxx/connection.cpp',
                 'cxx/deck.cpp',
                 'cxx/deck_keyword.cpp',
diff --git a/python/tests/test_parser.py b/python/tests/test_parser.py
index 94eb1e4b9..a2eb88110 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_parser.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_parser.py
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ FIPNUM
     def test_create(self):
         parser = Parser()
         deck = parser.parse(self.spe3fn)
+        active_unit_system = deck.active_unit_system()
+        default_unit_system = deck.default_unit_system()
+        self.assertEqual(active_unit_system.type, "Field")
 
         context = ParseContext()
         deck = parser.parse(self.spe3fn, context)