diff --git a/bindings/Sofa/src/SofaPython3/Sofa/Core/Binding_Node.cpp b/bindings/Sofa/src/SofaPython3/Sofa/Core/Binding_Node.cpp
index 7c4dd78e..e8e0e9fc 100644
--- a/bindings/Sofa/src/SofaPython3/Sofa/Core/Binding_Node.cpp
+++ b/bindings/Sofa/src/SofaPython3/Sofa/Core/Binding_Node.cpp
@@ -159,6 +159,14 @@ void removeObject(Node& self, BaseObject* object)
     self.removeObject(object);
 }
 
+py::object hasObject(Node &n, const std::string &name)
+{
+    BaseObject *object = n.getObject(name);
+    if (object)
+        return py::cast(true);
+    return py::cast(false);
+}
+
 /// Implement the addObject function.
 py::object addObjectKwargs(Node* self, const std::string& type, const py::kwargs& kwargs)
 {
@@ -477,6 +485,7 @@ void moduleAddNode(py::module &m) {
     p.def("addObject", &addObjectKwargs, sofapython3::doc::sofa::core::Node::addObjectKwargs);
     p.def("addObject", &addObject, sofapython3::doc::sofa::core::Node::addObject, py::keep_alive<0, 2>());
     p.def("createObject", &createObject, sofapython3::doc::sofa::core::Node::createObject);
+    p.def("hasObject", &hasObject, sofapython3::doc::sofa::core::Node::hasObject);
     p.def("addChild", &addChildKwargs, sofapython3::doc::sofa::core::Node::addChildKwargs);
     p.def("addChild", &addChild, sofapython3::doc::sofa::core::Node::addChild);
     p.def("createChild", &createChild, sofapython3::doc::sofa::core::Node::createChild);
diff --git a/bindings/Sofa/src/SofaPython3/Sofa/Core/Binding_Node_doc.h b/bindings/Sofa/src/SofaPython3/Sofa/Core/Binding_Node_doc.h
index b0fbfee0..094ffa0f 100644
--- a/bindings/Sofa/src/SofaPython3/Sofa/Core/Binding_Node_doc.h
+++ b/bindings/Sofa/src/SofaPython3/Sofa/Core/Binding_Node_doc.h
@@ -146,12 +146,22 @@ static auto addObject =
         :type object: Sofa.Simulation.BaseObject*
         )";
 
-
 static auto createObject =
         R"(
         Deprecated, see addObject
         )";
 
+static auto hasObject =
+        R"(
+        Check if there is a component with provided name.
+
+        :param n
+        :param name
+        :type n: Sofa.Simulation.Node
+        :type name: string
+        :return: True if the node has an object with correspdonding name.
+        )";
+
 static auto addChildKwargs =
         R"(
         Add a child node
@@ -188,7 +198,7 @@ static auto getChild =
         :param name
         :type n: Sofa.Simulation.Node
         :type name: string
-        :return: the child of the same name
+        :return: the child with 'name', None otherwise
         )";
 
 static auto removeChild =
diff --git a/bindings/Sofa/tests/Simulation/Node.py b/bindings/Sofa/tests/Simulation/Node.py
index 09aa4ded..cb9f0df7 100644
--- a/bindings/Sofa/tests/Simulation/Node.py
+++ b/bindings/Sofa/tests/Simulation/Node.py
@@ -174,6 +174,19 @@ def test_getLink(self):
             self.assertEqual(node.getLinkPath(),"@/node")
             self.assertEqual(node2.getLinkPath(), "@/node/node2")
 
+        def test_hasObjectWithFastPath(self):
+            root = Sofa.Core.Node("root")
+            root.addObject("RequiredPlugin", name="SofaBaseMechanics")
+            self.assertTrue(root.hasObject("SofaBaseMechanics"))
+            self.assertFalse(root.hasObject("NonExistingObjectName"))
+
+        def test_hasObjectWithDefaultPythonFunction(self):
+            root = Sofa.Core.Node("root")
+            root.addObject("RequiredPlugin", name="SofaBaseMechanics")
+
+            self.assertTrue(hasattr(root, "SofaBaseMechanics"))
+            self.assertFalse(hasattr(root, "NonExistingObjectName"))
+
         def test_removeObject(self):
             root = Sofa.Core.Node("root")
             root.addObject("RequiredPlugin", name="SofaBaseMechanics")