diff --git a/python/gtsam/__init__.py b/python/gtsam/__init__.py
index 0493a252f..92c2d1f65 100644
--- a/python/gtsam/__init__.py
+++ b/python/gtsam/__init__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ import registernumpyeigen
 import noiseModel
 import geometry
 import nonlinear
-
+import slam
diff --git a/python/gtsam/slam/.gitignore b/python/gtsam/slam/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4fbe984da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/gtsam/slam/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/libslam_python.so
diff --git a/python/gtsam/slam/__init__.py b/python/gtsam/slam/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c327e67f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/gtsam/slam/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from libslam_python import *
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diff --git a/python/handwritten/slam_python.cpp b/python/handwritten/slam_python.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2c56cae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/handwritten/slam_python.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ * GTSAM Copyright 2010, Georgia Tech Research Corporation, 
+ * Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0415
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ * Authors: Frank Dellaert, et al. (see THANKS for the full author list)
+
+ * See LICENSE for the license information
+
+ * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/**
+ * @file slam_python.cpp
+ * @brief wraps slam classes into the slam submodule of gtsam python
+ * @author Ellon Paiva Mendes (LAAS-CNRS)
+ **/
+
+ /** TODOs Summary:
+  *
+  */
+
+#include <boost/python.hpp>
+
+#include <gtsam/slam/BetweenFactor.h>
+#include <gtsam/geometry/Point3.h>
+#include <gtsam/geometry/Rot3.h>
+#include <gtsam/geometry/Pose3.h>
+#include <gtsam/linear/NoiseModel.h>
+
+using namespace boost::python;
+using namespace gtsam;
+
+// Prototypes used to perform overloading
+// See: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_59_0/libs/python/doc/tutorial/doc/html/python/functions.html
+
+// Macro used to define a BetweenFactor given the type.
+#define BETWEENFACTOR(VALUE) \
+  class_< BetweenFactor<VALUE> >("BetweenFactor"#VALUE) \
+  .def(init<Key,Key,VALUE,noiseModel::Base::shared_ptr>()) \
+  .def("measured", &BetweenFactor<VALUE>::measured, return_internal_reference<>()) \
+;
+
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(libslam_python)
+{
+
+  BETWEENFACTOR(Point3)
+
+  BETWEENFACTOR(Rot3)
+
+  BETWEENFACTOR(Pose3)
+
+}
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