diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/pyGlueHelpers.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/pyGlueHelpers.cpp
index 69bedc17..5cd5f14d 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/pyGlueHelpers.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/pyGlueHelpers.cpp
@@ -62,3 +62,9 @@ bool PyString_CheckEx(PyObject* obj)
 {
     return (PyString_Check(obj) || PyUnicode_Check(obj));
 }
+
+PyObject* PyUnicode_FromStringEx(const plString& str)
+{
+    plStringBuffer<wchar_t> buf = str.ToWchar();
+    return PyUnicode_FromWideChar(buf.GetData(), buf.GetSize());
+}
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/pyGlueHelpers.h b/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/pyGlueHelpers.h
index 61d0292b..5f85c14a 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/pyGlueHelpers.h
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/pyGlueHelpers.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class plString;
 
 plString PyString_AsStringEx(PyObject* obj);
 bool PyString_CheckEx(PyObject* obj);
+PyObject* PyUnicode_FromStringEx(const plString& str);
 
 // A set of macros to take at least some of the tediousness out of creating straight python glue code
 
@@ -353,6 +354,10 @@ PyModule_AddObject(m, #pythonClassName, (PyObject*)&pythonClassName##_type)
     static PyObject *pythonClassName##_##methodName(pythonClassName *self, PyObject *argsVar)
 #define PYTHON_METHOD_DEFINITION_NOARGS(pythonClassName, methodName) \
     static PyObject *pythonClassName##_##methodName(pythonClassName *self)
+#define PYTHON_METHOD_DEFINITION_STATIC(pythonClassName, methodName, argsVar) \
+    static PyObject *pythonClassName##_##methodName(PyObject*, PyObject *argsVar)
+#define PYTHON_METHOD_DEFINITION_STATIC_WKEY(pythonClassName, methodName, argsVar, keywordsVar) \
+    static PyObject *pythonClassName##_##methodName(PyObject*, PyObject *argsVar, PyObject *keywordsVar)
 #define PYTHON_METHOD_DEFINITION_WKEY(pythonClassName, methodName, argsVar, keywordsVar) \
     static PyObject *pythonClassName##_##methodName(pythonClassName *self, PyObject *argsVar, PyObject *keywordsVar)
 
@@ -390,6 +395,14 @@ static PyObject *pythonClassName##_##methodName(pythonClassName *self) \
 #define PYTHON_METHOD_NOARGS(pythonClassName, methodName, docString) \
     {#methodName, (PyCFunction)pythonClassName##_##methodName, METH_NOARGS, docString}
 
+// static method with arguments
+#define PYTHON_METHOD_STATIC(pythonClassName, methodName, docString) \
+    {#methodName, (PyCFunction)pythonClassName##_##methodName, METH_STATIC | METH_VARARGS, docString}
+
+// static method with keywords
+#define PYTHON_METHOD_STATIC_WKEY(pythonClassName, methodName, docString) \
+    {#methodName, (PyCFunction)pythonClassName##_##methodName, METH_STATIC | METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, docString}
+
 // method with keywords
 #define PYTHON_METHOD_WKEY(pythonClassName, methodName, docString) \
     {#methodName, (PyCFunction)pythonClassName##_##methodName, METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, docString}