diff --git a/FAQ.rst b/FAQ.rst
index 1236145d..97d1f34b 100644
--- a/FAQ.rst
+++ b/FAQ.rst
@@ -243,15 +243,15 @@ the message is sent using the SOAP, HTTP-POST or HTTP-Redirect bindings.
      import lasso
 
      msg = request.POST['SAMLRequest']
-     provider_id = lasso.profileGetIssuer(msg)
+     provider_id = lasso.Profile.getIssuer(msg)
 
      # GET case
      msg = request.META['QUERY_STRING']
-     provider_id = lasso.profileGetIssuer(msg)
+     provider_id = lasso.Profile.getIssuer(msg)
 
      # SOAP case
      msg = request.read()
-     provider_id = lasso.profileGetIssuer(msg)
+     provider_id = lasso.Profile.getIssuer(msg)
 
 The python example is pseudo-code. It assumes there is a request object whom
 you can retrieve a POST parameters, the query string or the POST body.
diff --git a/bindings/python/lang.py b/bindings/python/lang.py
index 4ef79ead..22b7d028 100644
--- a/bindings/python/lang.py
+++ b/bindings/python/lang.py
@@ -258,6 +258,11 @@ class %sError(%sError):
     def generate_footer(self, fd):
         print_('''
 
+def _profileGetIssuer(cls, *args, **kwargs):
+    return profileGetIssuer(*args, **kwargs)
+
+Profile.getIssuer = classmethod(_profileGetIssuer)
+
 import lasso
 
 # backward compatibility with the SWIG binding