diff --git a/pyext/GFitsAsciiTable.i b/pyext/GFitsAsciiTable.i
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3a467f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyext/GFitsAsciiTable.i
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *      GFitsAsciiTable.hpp  - FITS ASCII table class SWIG definition      *
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *
+ *  copyright            : (C) 2008 by Jurgen Knodlseder                   *
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+/**
+ * @file GFitsAsciiTable.i
+ * @brief GFitsAsciiTable class SWIG file.
+ * @author J. Knodlseder
+ */
+%{
+/* Put headers and other declarations here that are needed for compilation */
+#include "GFitsAsciiTable.hpp"
+%}
+%feature("notabstract") GFitsAsciiTable;
+
+
+/***********************************************************************//**
+ * @class GFitsAsciiTable
+ *
+ * @brief SWIG interface for FITS binary table
+ ***************************************************************************/
+class GFitsAsciiTable : public GFitsTable {
+public:
+    // Constructors and destructors
+    GFitsAsciiTable();
+    GFitsAsciiTable(int nrows);
+    GFitsAsciiTable(const GFitsAsciiTable& table);
+    virtual ~GFitsAsciiTable();
+};
diff --git a/pyext/gammalib.i b/pyext/gammalib.i
index ae00e68..1d09c30 100755
--- a/pyext/gammalib.i
+++ b/pyext/gammalib.i
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "GFitsImage.i"
 #include "GFitsDblImage.i"
 #include "GFitsTable.i"
+#include "GFitsAsciiTable.i"
 #include "GFitsBinTable.i"
 #include "GFitsTableCol.i"
 #include "GFitsTableDblCol.i"