diff --git a/src/pybind/rados/rados.pyx b/src/pybind/rados/rados.pyx
index 017b2e027ff..740732c6d75 100644
--- a/src/pybind/rados/rados.pyx
+++ b/src/pybind/rados/rados.pyx
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ cdef extern from "rados/librados.h" nogil:
     int rados_nobjects_list_next(rados_list_ctx_t ctx, const char **entry, const char **key, const char **nspace)
     void rados_nobjects_list_close(rados_list_ctx_t ctx)
 
+    int rados_ioctx_pool_requires_alignment2(rados_ioctx_t io, int * requires)
+    int rados_ioctx_pool_required_alignment2(rados_ioctx_t io, uint64_t * alignment)
+
     int rados_ioctx_snap_rollback(rados_ioctx_t io, const char * oid, const char * snapname)
     int rados_ioctx_snap_create(rados_ioctx_t io, const char * snapname)
     int rados_ioctx_snap_remove(rados_ioctx_t io, const char * snapname)
@@ -3791,6 +3794,32 @@ returned %d, but should return zero on success." % (self.name, ret))
             free(c_keys)
             free(c_vals)
 
+    def alignment(self):
+        """
+        Returns pool alignment
+
+        :returns:
+            Number of alignment bytes required by the current pool, or None if
+            alignment is not required.
+        """
+        cdef:
+            int requires = 0
+            uint64_t _alignment
+
+        with nogil:
+            ret = rados_ioctx_pool_requires_alignment2(self.io, &requires)
+        if ret != 0:
+            raise make_ex(ret, "error checking alignment")
+
+        alignment = None
+        if requires:
+            with nogil:
+                ret = rados_ioctx_pool_required_alignment2(self.io, &_alignment)
+            if ret != 0:
+                raise make_ex(ret, "error querying alignment")
+            alignment = _alignment
+        return alignment
+
 
 def set_object_locator(func):
     def retfunc(self, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/src/test/pybind/test_rados.py b/src/test/pybind/test_rados.py
index 378fdf08cb2..098e5ef15ff 100644
--- a/src/test/pybind/test_rados.py
+++ b/src/test/pybind/test_rados.py
@@ -899,6 +899,41 @@ class TestIoctx(object):
         status = {'result': 'unknown', 'test': 'running'}
         self.rados.service_daemon_update(status)
 
+    def test_alignment(self):
+        eq(self.ioctx.alignment(), None)
+
+
+class TestIoctxEc(object):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.rados = Rados(conffile='')
+        self.rados.connect()
+        self.pool = 'test-ec'
+        self.profile = 'testprofile-%s' % self.pool
+        cmd = {"prefix": "osd erasure-code-profile set", 
+               "name": self.profile, "profile": ["k=2", "m=1", "crush-failure-domain=osd"]}
+        ret, buf, out = self.rados.mon_command(json.dumps(cmd), b'', timeout=30)
+        eq(ret, 0, msg=out)
+        # create ec pool with profile created above
+        cmd = {'prefix': 'osd pool create', 'pg_num': 8, 'pgp_num': 8,
+               'pool': self.pool, 'pool_type': 'erasure', 
+               'erasure_code_profile': self.profile}
+        ret, buf, out = self.rados.mon_command(json.dumps(cmd), b'', timeout=30)
+        eq(ret, 0, msg=out)
+        assert self.rados.pool_exists(self.pool)
+        self.ioctx = self.rados.open_ioctx(self.pool)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        cmd = {"prefix": "osd unset", "key": "noup"}
+        self.rados.mon_command(json.dumps(cmd), b'')
+        self.ioctx.close()
+        self.rados.delete_pool(self.pool)
+        self.rados.shutdown()
+
+    def test_alignment(self):
+        eq(self.ioctx.alignment(), 8192)
+
+
 class TestIoctx2(object):
 
     def setUp(self):