diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index be018893ac..226af48027 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ if(openPMD_HAVE_PYTHON)
         src/binding/python/BaseRecordComponent.cpp
         src/binding/python/ChunkInfo.cpp
         src/binding/python/Container.cpp
+        src/binding/python/CustomHierarchy.cpp
         src/binding/python/Dataset.cpp
         src/binding/python/Datatype.cpp
         src/binding/python/Error.cpp
diff --git a/src/binding/python/Container.cpp b/src/binding/python/Container.cpp
index fbdb96815f..cef9b495c5 100644
--- a/src/binding/python/Container.cpp
+++ b/src/binding/python/Container.cpp
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@
  * BSD-style license, see pybind11 LICENSE file.
  */
 
+#include <pybind11/cast.h>
 #include <pybind11/pybind11.h>
 
+#include "openPMD/CustomHierarchy.hpp"
 #include "openPMD/Iteration.hpp"
 #include "openPMD/Mesh.hpp"
 #include "openPMD/ParticlePatches.hpp"
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ using PyPatchRecordContainer = Container<PatchRecord>;
 using PyRecordComponentContainer = Container<RecordComponent>;
 using PyMeshRecordComponentContainer = Container<MeshRecordComponent>;
 using PyPatchRecordComponentContainer = Container<PatchRecordComponent>;
+using PyCustomHierarchyContainer = Container<CustomHierarchy>;
 PYBIND11_MAKE_OPAQUE(PyIterationContainer)
 PYBIND11_MAKE_OPAQUE(PyMeshContainer)
 PYBIND11_MAKE_OPAQUE(PyPartContainer)
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ PYBIND11_MAKE_OPAQUE(PyPatchRecordContainer)
 PYBIND11_MAKE_OPAQUE(PyRecordComponentContainer)
 PYBIND11_MAKE_OPAQUE(PyMeshRecordComponentContainer)
 PYBIND11_MAKE_OPAQUE(PyPatchRecordComponentContainer)
+PYBIND11_MAKE_OPAQUE(PyCustomHierarchyContainer)
 
 void init_Container(py::module &m)
 {
@@ -85,4 +89,7 @@ void init_Container(py::module &m)
     ::detail::create_and_bind_container<
         PyPatchRecordComponentContainer,
         Attributable>(m, "Patch_Record_Component_Container");
+    ::detail::
+        create_and_bind_container<PyCustomHierarchyContainer, Attributable>(
+            m, "Custom_Hierarchy_Container");
 }
diff --git a/src/binding/python/CustomHierarchy.cpp b/src/binding/python/CustomHierarchy.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa856bea94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/binding/python/CustomHierarchy.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+
+#include "openPMD/CustomHierarchy.hpp"
+#include "openPMD/backend/Attributable.hpp"
+#include <pybind11/pybind11.h>
+
+namespace py = pybind11;
+using namespace openPMD;
+
+void init_CustomHierarchy(py::module &m)
+{
+    py::class_<CustomHierarchy, Container<CustomHierarchy>, Attributable>(
+        m, "CustomHierarchy");
+}
diff --git a/src/binding/python/Iteration.cpp b/src/binding/python/Iteration.cpp
index 59a9322039..4db2729525 100644
--- a/src/binding/python/Iteration.cpp
+++ b/src/binding/python/Iteration.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <pybind11/pybind11.h>
 #include <pybind11/stl.h>
 
+#include "openPMD/CustomHierarchy.hpp"
 #include "openPMD/Iteration.hpp"
 
 #include <ios>
@@ -32,7 +33,11 @@ using namespace openPMD;
 
 void init_Iteration(py::module &m)
 {
-    py::class_<Iteration, Attributable>(m, "Iteration")
+    py::class_<
+        Iteration,
+        CustomHierarchy,
+        Container<CustomHierarchy>,
+        Attributable>(m, "Iteration")
         .def(py::init<Iteration const &>())
 
         .def(
diff --git a/src/binding/python/openPMD.cpp b/src/binding/python/openPMD.cpp
index e784d26f3a..e71a55ccee 100644
--- a/src/binding/python/openPMD.cpp
+++ b/src/binding/python/openPMD.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ void init_Dataset(py::module &);
 void init_Datatype(py::module &);
 void init_Error(py::module &);
 void init_Helper(py::module &);
+void init_CustomHierarchy(py::module &);
 void init_Iteration(py::module &);
 void init_IterationEncoding(py::module &);
 void init_Mesh(py::module &);
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(openpmd_api_cxx, m)
     init_Dataset(m);
     init_Datatype(m);
     init_Helper(m);
+    init_CustomHierarchy(m);
     init_Iteration(m);
     init_IterationEncoding(m);
     init_BaseRecordComponent(m);