diff --git a/gtsam/linear/JacobianFactor.h b/gtsam/linear/JacobianFactor.h
index 14ff46241..fe354b0bb 100644
--- a/gtsam/linear/JacobianFactor.h
+++ b/gtsam/linear/JacobianFactor.h
@@ -268,9 +268,11 @@ namespace gtsam {
 
     /** Get a view of the A matrix, not weighted by noise */
     constABlock getA() const { return Ab_.range(0, size()); }
+    Matrix py_getA() const { return getA(); }
 
     /** Get a view of the r.h.s. vector b (non-const version) */
     BVector getb() { return Ab_(size()).col(0); }
+    Vector py_getb() const { return getb(); }
 
     /** Get a view of the A matrix for the variable pointed to by the given key iterator (non-const version) */
     ABlock getA(iterator variable) { return Ab_(variable - begin()); }