diff --git a/src/pyreflect/pyreflect.cpp b/src/pyreflect/pyreflect.cpp
index 9447a4cd..cf65d3d1 100644
--- a/src/pyreflect/pyreflect.cpp
+++ b/src/pyreflect/pyreflect.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ namespace xo {
                             [](){ TypeDescrBase::print_reflected_types(std::cout); })
                 .def_property_readonly("canonical_name", &TypeDescrBase::canonical_name)
                 .def_property_readonly("short_name", &TypeDescrBase::short_name)
+                .def_property_readonly("complete_flag", &TypeDescrBase::complete_flag)
                 .def("__repr__", &TypeDescrBase::display_string);
 
             /* note: this means python will use