diff --git a/src/PETSc/SNES.pyx b/src/PETSc/SNES.pyx
index 25c09b2..8a4d119 100644
--- a/src/PETSc/SNES.pyx
+++ b/src/PETSc/SNES.pyx
@@ -554,6 +554,15 @@ cdef class SNES(Object):
         CHKERR( SNESGetIterationNumber(self.snes, &ival) )
         return toInt(ival)
 
+    def setFunctionNorm(self, norm):
+        cdef PetscReal rval = asReal(norm)
+        CHKERR( SNESSetFunctionNorm(self.snes, rval) )
+
+    def getFunctionNorm(self):
+        cdef PetscReal rval = 0
+        CHKERR( SNESGetFunctionNorm(self.snes, &rval) )
+        return toReal(rval)
+
     def getLinearSolveIterations(self):
         cdef PetscInt ival = 0
         CHKERR( SNESGetLinearSolveIterations(self.snes, &ival) )
@@ -818,6 +827,12 @@ cdef class SNES(Object):
         def __set__(self, value):
             self.setIterationNumber(value)
 
+    property norm:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.getFunctionNorm()
+        def __set__(self, value):
+            self.setFunctionNorm(value)
+
     property history:
         def __get__(self):
             return self.getConvergenceHistory()
diff --git a/test/test_snes.py b/test/test_snes.py
index a28f80d..ee4faa0 100644
--- a/test/test_snes.py
+++ b/test/test_snes.py
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ class BaseTestSNES(object):
         snes.its = 0
         self.assertEqual(snes.its, 0)
         #
+        snes.norm = 1
+        self.assertEqual(snes.norm, 1)
+        snes.norm = 0
+        self.assertEqual(snes.norm, 0)
+        #
         rh, ih = snes.history
         self.assertTrue(len(rh)==0)
         self.assertTrue(len(ih)==0)