diff --git a/wrap/python/spot_impl.i b/wrap/python/spot_impl.i
index 6fc2926ac84694c676081e2675be47459bf3bafd..3ca14772089cd59734333f0b68b03d5bdac0aee2 100644
--- a/wrap/python/spot_impl.i
+++ b/wrap/python/spot_impl.i
@@ -178,6 +178,13 @@ using namespace spot;
  };
 %apply char** OUTPUT { char** err };
 
+%typemap(out) spot::formula {
+  if (!$1)
+    $result = SWIG_Py_Void();
+  else
+    $result = SWIG_NewPointerObj(new spot::formula($1), $descriptor(spot::formula*), SWIG_POINTER_OWN);
+}
+
 %exception {
   try {
     $action
diff --git a/wrap/python/tests/Makefile.am b/wrap/python/tests/Makefile.am
index 667f768b4e579e93195abd22d7211e26433adb25..3f5c6442a556253e2808f7c48dca9a6c194c7cd4 100644
--- a/wrap/python/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/wrap/python/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ TESTS = \
   parsetgba.py \
   piperead.ipynb \
   randaut.ipynb \
+  randgen.py \
   randltl.ipynb \
   relabel.py \
   setxor.py \
diff --git a/wrap/python/tests/randgen.py b/wrap/python/tests/randgen.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f5cfe7b93b0873d61a88a9640a8186c5e7c91ae1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wrap/python/tests/randgen.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# -*- mode: python; coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Laboratoire de Recherche et Développement de
+# l'Epita (LRDE).
+#
+# This file is part of Spot, a model checking library.
+#
+# Spot is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Spot 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 General Public
+# License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# This is a python translation of the ltl2tgba C++ test program.
+# Compare with src/tgbatest/ltl2tgba.cc.
+
+import spot
+
+o = spot.option_map()
+g = spot.randltlgenerator(0, o)
+assert str(g.next()) == '1'
+assert str(g.next()) == '0'
+assert str(g.next()) == 'None'