diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 7a9425238610c521efd08ecddc6709a84928429a..1bb3b11deee7360c65673b369c5a5733e9167807 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ if STARPU_BUILD_STARPURM
 SUBDIRS += starpurm
 endif
 
+if STARPU_BUILD_STARPUPY
+SUBDIRS += starpupy
+endif
+
 if STARPU_BUILD_SC_HYPERVISOR
 SUBDIRS += sc_hypervisor
 endif
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 738e6e4cbdf0d26cff74396ecfd31a6f7f27cbe3..92dd56294eac57268192a0c4ab3300abbe5f178f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3394,6 +3394,31 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(starpurm-examples, [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-starpurm-examples],
 			enable_starpurm_examples=$enableval, enable_starpurm_examples=no)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(STARPU_BUILD_STARPURM_EXAMPLES, [test x$enable_starpurm_examples = xyes])
 
+#####################################
+# StarPUPy                          #
+#####################################
+
+starpupy_support=no
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(starpupy, [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-starpupy], [enable StarPU python interface])],
+                    enable_starpupy=$enableval, enable_starpupy=yes)
+if test "x$enable_starpupy" != xno
+then
+	starpupy_support=yes
+	AC_CHECK_PROGS([PYTHON], python3)
+	if test "$ac_cv_prog_PYTHON" == ""
+	then
+		AC_MSG_ERROR([python3 missing, cannot build StarPU python interface])
+	fi
+	AC_SUBST(PYTHON)
+	AC_MSG_CHECKING(for python3 module joblib)
+	AC_PYTHON_MODULE(joblib,[joblib_avail=yes],[joblib_avail=no])
+	AC_MSG_RESULT($joblib_avail)
+	if test "$joblib_avail" = "no" ; then
+		AC_MSG_ERROR([python3 module joblib missing, cannot build StarPU python interface])
+	fi
+fi
+AM_CONDITIONAL(STARPU_BUILD_STARPUPY, [test x$starpupy_support = xyes])
+
 ##########################################
 # Documentation                          #
 ##########################################
@@ -3555,6 +3580,10 @@ AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([executable-scripts], [
   test -e tools/starpu_paje_state_stats.R || ln -sf $ac_abs_top_srcdir/tools/starpu_paje_state_stats.R tools/starpu_paje_state_stats.R
   test -e tools/starpu_trace_state_stats.py || ln -sf $ac_abs_top_srcdir/tools/starpu_trace_state_stats.py tools/starpu_trace_state_stats.py
   chmod +x tools/starpu_trace_state_stats.py
+  chmod +x starpupy/tests/execute.sh
+  for x in starpupy/tests/starpu_py.sh starpupy/tests/starpu_py_parallel.sh; do
+      test -e $x || mkdir -p $(dirname $x) && ln -sf $ac_abs_top_srcdir/$x $(dirname $x)
+  done
   chmod +x julia/examples/execute.sh
   for x in julia/examples/check_deps/check_deps.sh julia/examples/mult/mult_starpu.sh julia/examples/mult/perf.sh julia/examples/variable/variable.sh julia/examples/task_insert_color/task_insert_color.sh julia/examples/vector_scal/vector_scal.sh julia/examples/mandelbrot/mandelbrot.sh julia/examples/callback/callback.sh julia/examples/dependency/task_dep.sh julia/examples/dependency/tag_dep.sh julia/examples/dependency/end_dep.sh julia/examples/axpy/axpy.sh julia/examples/gemm/gemm.sh julia/examples/cholesky/cholesky.sh; do
       test -e $x || mkdir -p $(dirname $x) && ln -sf $ac_abs_top_srcdir/$x $(dirname $x)
@@ -3624,6 +3653,12 @@ AC_OUTPUT([
 	starpurm/src/Makefile
 	starpurm/examples/Makefile
 	starpurm/starpurm-1.3.pc
+	starpupy/src/setup.cfg
+	starpupy/src/setup.py
+	starpupy/Makefile
+	starpupy/src/Makefile
+	starpupy/tests/Makefile
+	starpupy/tests/execute.sh
 	examples/Makefile
 	examples/stencil/Makefile
 	tests/Makefile
@@ -3698,6 +3733,7 @@ AC_MSG_NOTICE([
 	       Master-Slave MPI enabled:                      $use_mpi_master_slave
 	       FFT Support:                                   $fft_support
 	       Resource Management enabled:                   $starpurm_support
+	       Python Interface enabled:                      $starpupy_support
 	       OpenMP runtime support enabled:                $enable_openmp
 	       Cluster support enabled:                       $enable_cluster
 	       SOCL enabled:                                  $build_socl
diff --git a/m4/libs.m4 b/m4/libs.m4
index 63b061afbf669b9e05d9f7b0fb33d2f073926590..19197d355262ba0dc5916317b1bfb4a33641592c 100644
--- a/m4/libs.m4
+++ b/m4/libs.m4
@@ -71,3 +71,15 @@ AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
 		 AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)],
 		[AC_MSG_RESULT(no)])
 ])dnl
+
+# AC_PYTHON_MODULE(modulename, [action-if-found], [action-if-not-found])
+# Check if the given python module is available
+AC_DEFUN([AC_PYTHON_MODULE],
+	[
+	echo "import $1" | $PYTHON - 2>/dev/null
+	if test $? -ne 0 ; then
+	   	$3
+	else
+		$2
+	fi
+])
diff --git a/starpupy/Makefile.am b/starpupy/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ecf1f667a334cb9e4400b9c15bfcec1a840795d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/starpupy/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# StarPU --- Runtime system for heterogeneous multicore architectures.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2020       Université de Bordeaux, CNRS (LaBRI UMR 5800), Inria
+#
+# StarPU is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at
+# your option) any later version.
+#
+# StarPU is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+#
+# See the GNU Lesser General Public License in COPYING.LGPL for more details.
+#
+
+include $(top_srcdir)/starpu-subdirtests.mk
+
+SUBDIRS  = src
+SUBDIRS += tests
+
diff --git a/starpupy/src/Makefile.am b/starpupy/src/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..47212e5cca5cf067aa9f4dd605b484f51560087c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/starpupy/src/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# StarPU --- Runtime system for heterogeneous multicore architectures.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2020       Université de Bordeaux, CNRS (LaBRI UMR 5800), Inria
+#
+# StarPU is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at
+# your option) any later version.
+#
+# StarPU is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+#
+# See the GNU Lesser General Public License in COPYING.LGPL for more details.
+#
+
+SUBDIRS =
+
+all:
+	$(MKDIR_P) starpu
+	for f in $(top_srcdir)/starpupy/src/starpu/*py ; do cp $$f starpu ; done
+	for f in $(top_srcdir)/starpupy/src/starpu/*c ; do cp $$f starpu ; done
+	$(PYTHON) setup.py build
+
+install:
+	@if test -d $(prefix)/lib/python* ; \
+	then	\
+		chmod u+w $(prefix)/lib/python* ; \
+		chmod u+w $(prefix)/lib/python*/site-packages ; \
+	fi
+	$(PYTHON) setup.py install
+
+clean-local:
+	$(PYTHON) setup.py clean
+	rm -f starpu/*py starpu/*c
+
+distclean-local:
+	rm -rf build
+
+uninstall:
+	rm -rf $(prefix)/lib/python*/site-packages/starpu*
+	rm -rf $(prefix)/lib/python*/site-packages/tmp/starpu*
+
+EXTRA_DIST	=		\
+	starpu/delay.py		\
+	starpu/__init__.py	\
+	starpu/intermedia.py	\
+	starpu/joblib.py	\
+	starpu/starpu_task_wrapper.c
+
diff --git a/starpupy/src/setup.cfg.in b/starpupy/src/setup.cfg.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..297c3375020d010daa90b78d329dce18cdcead4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/starpupy/src/setup.cfg.in
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# StarPU --- Runtime system for heterogeneous multicore architectures.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2020       Université de Bordeaux, CNRS (LaBRI UMR 5800), Inria
+#
+# StarPU is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at
+# your option) any later version.
+#
+# StarPU is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+#
+# See the GNU Lesser General Public License in COPYING.LGPL for more details.
+#
+[build]
+build-platlib=build
+build-temp=build/tmp
+
+[install]
+prefix=@prefix@
+
+
diff --git a/starpupy/src/setup.py.in b/starpupy/src/setup.py.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..95144ab1fc27235f8752a27b54a1283b7b04b478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/starpupy/src/setup.py.in
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# StarPU --- Runtime system for heterogeneous multicore architectures.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2020       Université de Bordeaux, CNRS (LaBRI UMR 5800), Inria
+#
+# StarPU is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at
+# your option) any later version.
+#
+# StarPU is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+#
+# See the GNU Lesser General Public License in COPYING.LGPL for more details.
+#
+from distutils.core import setup, Extension
+
+starpupy = Extension('starpu.starpupy',
+                     include_dirs = ['@STARPU_SRC_DIR@/include', '@STARPU_BUILD_DIR@/include'],
+                     libraries = ['starpu-@STARPU_EFFECTIVE_VERSION@'],
+                     library_dirs = ['@STARPU_BUILD_DIR@/src/.libs'],
+	             sources = ['starpu/starpu_task_wrapper.c'])
+
+setup(
+    name = 'starpupy',
+    version = '0.5',
+    description = 'Python bindings for StarPU',
+    author = 'StarPU team',
+    author_email = 'starpu-devel@lists.gforge.inria.fr',
+    url = 'https://starpu.gitlabpages.inria.fr/',
+    license = 'GPL',
+    platforms = 'posix',
+    ext_modules = [starpupy],
+    packages = ['starpu'],
+    )
diff --git a/starpupy/src/starpu/Makefile b/starpupy/src/starpu/Makefile.old
similarity index 85%
rename from starpupy/src/starpu/Makefile
rename to starpupy/src/starpu/Makefile.old
index a65543b86f08e8ea271f3fe8a3123bb15ea93a16..0080f7d8270f376c95496e1eb2c3581d3b0abd28 100644
--- a/starpupy/src/starpu/Makefile
+++ b/starpupy/src/starpu/Makefile.old
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LDLIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs starpu-1.3)
 
 all: starpupy.so
 
-starpupy.so: starpu_task_wrapper.c Makefile
+starpupy.so: starpu_task_wrapper.c Makefile.old
 	$(CC) -fPIC $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@ -shared  $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDLIBS)
 
 clean:
diff --git a/starpupy/tests/Makefile.am b/starpupy/tests/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a70a8a43eec4c8c9db8a9d98ea3d7a90050758fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/starpupy/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# StarPU --- Runtime system for heterogeneous multicore architectures.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2020       Université de Bordeaux, CNRS (LaBRI UMR 5800), Inria
+#
+# StarPU is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at
+# your option) any later version.
+#
+# StarPU is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+#
+# See the GNU Lesser General Public License in COPYING.LGPL for more details.
+#
+SUBDIRS =
+
+CLEANFILES = *.gcno *.gcda *.linkinfo
+
+examplebindir = $(libdir)/starpupy/examples
+
+TESTS	=
+TESTS	+=	starpu_py.sh
+TESTS	+=	starpu_py_parallel.sh
+
+EXTRA_DIST	=		\
+	starpu_py_parallel.py	\
+	starpu_py_parallel.sh	\
+	starpu_py.py		\
+	starpu_py.sh
diff --git a/starpupy/tests/Makefile b/starpupy/tests/Makefile.old
similarity index 100%
rename from starpupy/tests/Makefile
rename to starpupy/tests/Makefile.old
diff --git a/starpupy/tests/execute.sh.in b/starpupy/tests/execute.sh.in
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..308b4146d9915358d0f01cba3e8b835c3f985c62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/starpupy/tests/execute.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!@REALBASH@
+# StarPU --- Runtime system for heterogeneous multicore architectures.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2020       Université de Bordeaux, CNRS (LaBRI UMR 5800), Inria
+#
+# StarPU is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at
+# your option) any later version.
+#
+# StarPU is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+#
+# See the GNU Lesser General Public License in COPYING.LGPL for more details.
+#
+
+set -x
+
+tstdir=@STARPU_SRC_DIR@/starpupy/tests
+
+modpath=@STARPU_BUILD_DIR@/src/.libs:
+pypath=@STARPU_BUILD_DIR@/starpupy/src/build:$PYTHONPATH
+
+tstfile=$1
+if test ! -f $tstdir/$tstfile
+then
+    echo "Error. File $tstdir/$tstfile not found"
+    exit 1
+fi
+shift
+
+PYTHONPATH=$pypath LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$modpath @PYTHON@ $tstdir/$tstfile $*
+
diff --git a/starpupy/tests/starpu_py.sh b/starpupy/tests/starpu_py.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..df367755d319a7ee0f863154965a11dc95fcf1b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/starpupy/tests/starpu_py.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# StarPU --- Runtime system for heterogeneous multicore architectures.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2020       Université de Bordeaux, CNRS (LaBRI UMR 5800), Inria
+#
+# StarPU is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at
+# your option) any later version.
+#
+# StarPU is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+#
+# See the GNU Lesser General Public License in COPYING.LGPL for more details.
+#
+
+$(dirname $0)/execute.sh starpu_py.py
+
diff --git a/starpupy/tests/starpu_py_parallel.sh b/starpupy/tests/starpu_py_parallel.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..601543c38ec454807a82dae4a624bd1ac19d2b60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/starpupy/tests/starpu_py_parallel.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# StarPU --- Runtime system for heterogeneous multicore architectures.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2020       Université de Bordeaux, CNRS (LaBRI UMR 5800), Inria
+#
+# StarPU is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at
+# your option) any later version.
+#
+# StarPU is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+#
+# See the GNU Lesser General Public License in COPYING.LGPL for more details.
+#
+
+$(dirname $0)/execute.sh starpu_py_parallel.py
+