diff --git a/pdl-compiler/src/backends/rust/mod.rs b/pdl-compiler/src/backends/rust/mod.rs
index d37eca7..ae16f6c 100644
--- a/pdl-compiler/src/backends/rust/mod.rs
+++ b/pdl-compiler/src/backends/rust/mod.rs
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ fn generate_root_packet_decl(
     quote! {
         #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
         #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
+        #[cfg_attr(feature = "python", pyo3::pyclass(get_all, set_all))]
         pub struct #name {
             #( pub #data_field_ids: #data_field_types, )*
             #payload_field
diff --git a/pdl-tests/Cargo.toml b/pdl-tests/Cargo.toml
index 2d0345f..3022aae 100644
--- a/pdl-tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pdl-tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ edition = "2021"
 description = "PDL Rust generated code tests"
 
 [features]
+default = ["python"]
 serde = []
+python = []
 
 [dependencies]
 bytes = "1.4.0"
@@ -19,3 +21,4 @@ proc-macro2 = "1.0.66"
 quote = "1.0.33"
 syn = {version = "2.0.29", features = ["full"]}
 termcolor = "1.2.0"
+pyo3 = "0.27.2"