diff --git a/candle-pyo3/src/lib.rs b/candle-pyo3/src/lib.rs
index be9e427d..e1ce7f97 100644
--- a/candle-pyo3/src/lib.rs
+++ b/candle-pyo3/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,9 +25,23 @@ impl PyTensor {
         Ok(Self(Tensor::new(f, &Cpu).map_err(wrap_err)?))
     }
 
+    #[getter]
+    fn shape(&self) -> Vec<usize> {
+        self.0.dims().to_vec()
+    }
+
+    #[getter]
+    fn rank(&self) -> usize {
+        self.0.rank()
+    }
+
     fn __repr__(&self) -> String {
         format!("{}", self.0)
     }
+
+    fn __str__(&self) -> String {
+        self.__repr__()
+    }
 }
 
 #[pyfunction]
diff --git a/candle-pyo3/test.py b/candle-pyo3/test.py
index b8a2818e..21242b44 100644
--- a/candle-pyo3/test.py
+++ b/candle-pyo3/test.py
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ import candle
 
 t = candle.Tensor(42.0)
 print(t)
+print("shape", t.shape, t.rank)
 print(candle.add(t, 3.14))