diff --git a/examples/C/get_product_kind.c b/examples/C/get_product_kind.c
index c79a4885a..916b36758 100644
--- a/examples/C/get_product_kind.c
+++ b/examples/C/get_product_kind.c
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 /*
  * C Implementation: get_product_kind
  *
- * Description: how to query a mix of messages to see
- *              the kind of product (e.g. GRIB, BUFR etc)
+ * Description: how to process a file containing a mix of messages
+ *              and print the kind of product (e.g. GRIB, BUFR etc)
  */
 #include "eccodes.h"
 void usage(const char *app)
diff --git a/examples/python/get_product_kind.py b/examples/python/get_product_kind.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5dcfe457c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/python/get_product_kind.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#
+# Copyright 2005-2015 ECMWF.
+#
+# This software is licensed under the terms of the Apache Licence Version 2.0
+# which can be obtained at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+#
+# In applying this licence, ECMWF does not waive the privileges and immunities granted to it by
+# virtue of its status as an intergovernmental organisation nor does it submit to any jurisdiction.
+#
+
+# Python implementation: get_product_kind
+#
+# Description: how to process a file containing a mix of messages
+#              and print the kind of product (e.g. GRIB, BUFR etc)
+
+
+import traceback
+import sys
+from eccodes import *
+
+VERBOSE=1 # verbose error reporting
+
+def example():
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print >>sys.stderr, 'Usage: ',sys.argv[0],' file'
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    f = open(sys.argv[1])
+    while 1:
+        id = codes_new_from_file(f, CODES_PRODUCT_ANY)
+        if id is None: break
+        
+        print 'product: ', codes_get(id, 'kindOfProduct', str)
+
+        codes_release(id)
+
+    f.close()
+
+def main():
+    try:
+        example()
+    except CodesInternalError,err:
+        if VERBOSE:
+            traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stderr)
+        else:
+            print >>sys.stderr,err.msg
+
+        return 1
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/examples/python/get_product_kind.sh b/examples/python/get_product_kind.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..804e2093f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/python/get_product_kind.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Copyright 2005-2015 ECMWF.
+#
+# This software is licensed under the terms of the Apache Licence Version 2.0
+# which can be obtained at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+# 
+# In applying this licence, ECMWF does not waive the privileges and immunities granted to it by
+# virtue of its status as an intergovernmental organisation nor does it submit to any jurisdiction.
+#
+
+. ./include.sh
+
+label="get_product_kind_p"
+fTmp=${label}.tmp
+
+# Create a file containing both GRIB and BUFR messages
+cat ${data_dir}/sample.grib2 ${data_dir}/bufr/syno_multi.bufr >$fTmp
+
+$PYTHON  get_product_kind.py $fTmp >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+rm -f ${fTmp}