diff --git a/bindings/hamlib.swg b/bindings/hamlib.swg
index 9975966ce..b277b1343 100644
--- a/bindings/hamlib.swg
+++ b/bindings/hamlib.swg
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
 %include typemaps.i
 %include exception.i
 %include cstring.i
+#ifdef SWIGPYTHON
+%include python/file.i
+#endif
 
 %apply double *OUTPUT { double *distance, double *azimuth };
 %apply int *OUTPUT { int *degrees, int *minutes, double *seconds, int *sw };
diff --git a/bindings/ignore.swg b/bindings/ignore.swg
index 7247fc5a0..42d108395 100644
--- a/bindings/ignore.swg
+++ b/bindings/ignore.swg
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 /* unsupported Hamlib's calls */
-%ignore rig_debug;
 
 /* useless macros */
 %ignore _RIG_H;