diff --git a/bindings/python/mapnik/__init__.py b/bindings/python/mapnik/__init__.py
index b3cd28e2a..8b3241ccc 100644
--- a/bindings/python/mapnik/__init__.py
+++ b/bindings/python/mapnik/__init__.py
@@ -618,6 +618,8 @@ __all__ = [
     'FontSet',
     'FormatingNode',
     'FormatingTextNode',
+    'FormatingFormatNode',
+    'FormatingListNode',
     'Geometry2d',
     'Image',
     'ImageView',
diff --git a/bindings/python/mapnik_text_placement.cpp b/bindings/python/mapnik_text_placement.cpp
index f2a51c9bb..b637f606d 100644
--- a/bindings/python/mapnik_text_placement.cpp
+++ b/bindings/python/mapnik_text_placement.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 #include <boost/python.hpp>
+#include <boost/python/stl_iterator.hpp>
 
 #include <mapnik/text_placements.hpp>
 #include "mapnik_enumeration.hpp"
@@ -147,6 +148,43 @@ struct FormatNodeWrap: formating::format_node, wrapper<formating::format_node>
     }
 };
 
+struct ListNodeWrap: formating::list_node, wrapper<formating::list_node>
+{
+    //Default constructor
+    ListNodeWrap() : formating::list_node(), wrapper<formating::list_node>()
+    {
+    }
+
+    //Special constructor: Takes a python sequence as its argument
+    ListNodeWrap(object l) : formating::list_node(), wrapper<formating::list_node>()
+    {
+        stl_input_iterator<formating::node_ptr> begin(l), end;
+        children_.insert(children_.end(), begin, end);
+    }
+
+    /* TODO: Add constructor taking variable number of arguments.
+       http://wiki.python.org/moin/boost.python/HowTo#A.22Raw.22_function */
+
+
+    virtual void apply(char_properties const& p, Feature const& feature, processed_text &output) const
+    {
+        if(override o = this->get_override("apply"))
+        {
+            python_block_auto_unblock b;
+            o(ptr(&p), ptr(&feature), ptr(&output));
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            formating::list_node::apply(p, feature, output);
+        }
+    }
+
+    void default_apply(char_properties const& p, Feature const& feature, processed_text &output) const
+    {
+        formating::list_node::apply(p, feature, output);
+    }
+};
+
 struct TextPlacementsWrap: text_placements, wrapper<text_placements>
 {
     text_placement_info_ptr get_placement_info(double scale_factor_, dimension_type dim,
@@ -402,4 +440,16 @@ void export_text_placement()
                       &formating::format_node::set_child)
         ;
     register_ptr_to_python<boost::shared_ptr<formating::format_node> >();
+
+    class_<ListNodeWrap,
+            boost::shared_ptr<ListNodeWrap>,
+            bases<formating::node>,
+            boost::noncopyable>
+            ("FormatingListNode", init<>())
+        .def(init<list>())
+        .def("append", &formating::list_node::push_back)
+        .def("apply", &formating::list_node::apply, &ListNodeWrap::default_apply)
+    ;
+
+    register_ptr_to_python<boost::shared_ptr<formating::list_node> >();
 }
diff --git a/include/mapnik/text_processing.hpp b/include/mapnik/text_processing.hpp
index 9807b835c..0e3e0c1a7 100644
--- a/include/mapnik/text_processing.hpp
+++ b/include/mapnik/text_processing.hpp
@@ -119,8 +119,9 @@ public:
     void push_back(node_ptr n);
     void set_children(std::vector<node_ptr> const& children);
     std::vector<node_ptr> const& get_children() const;
+
     void clear();
-private:
+protected:
     std::vector<node_ptr> children_;
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/visual_tests/test_python.py b/tests/visual_tests/test_python.py
index 06ff21189..d80a4ddc7 100755
--- a/tests/visual_tests/test_python.py
+++ b/tests/visual_tests/test_python.py
@@ -74,14 +74,21 @@ m.layers.append(layer)
 bbox = mapnik.Box2d(-0.05, -0.01, 0.95, 0.01)
 m.zoom_to_box(bbox)
 
+formatnode = mapnik.FormatingFormatNode()
+formatnode.child = mapnik.FormatingTextNode(mapnik.Expression("[name]"))
+formatnode.fill = mapnik.Color("green")
 
 format_trees = [
     ('TextNode', mapnik.FormatingTextNode(mapnik.Expression("[name]"))),
     ('MyText', MyText()),
     ('IfElse', IfElse("[nr] != '5'",
                 mapnik.FormatingTextNode(mapnik.Expression("[name]")),
-                mapnik.FormatingTextNode(mapnik.Expression("'SPECIAL!'"))))
-
+                mapnik.FormatingTextNode(mapnik.Expression("'SPECIAL!'")))),
+    ('Format', formatnode),
+    ('List',   mapnik.FormatingListNode([
+                mapnik.FormatingTextNode(mapnik.Expression("[name]+'\n'")),
+                MyText()
+                ]))
 ]
 
 for format_tree in format_trees: