diff --git a/ortools/linear_solver/linear_solver.h b/ortools/linear_solver/linear_solver.h
index 5a45f907ec..c11b712978 100644
--- a/ortools/linear_solver/linear_solver.h
+++ b/ortools/linear_solver/linear_solver.h
@@ -1107,6 +1107,8 @@ class MPVariable {
    */
   MPSolver::BasisStatus basis_status() const;
 
+  /** Returns the branching priority, or 0 if it was not set. */
+  int branching_priority() const { return branching_priority_; }
   /**
    * Advanced usage: Certain MIP solvers (e.g. Gurobi or SCIP) allow you to set
    * a per-variable priority for determining which variable to branch on.
@@ -1117,7 +1119,6 @@ class MPVariable {
    * support setting branching priority; all other solvers will simply ignore
    * this annotation.
    */
-  int branching_priority() const { return branching_priority_; }
   void SetBranchingPriority(int priority);
 
  protected:
diff --git a/ortools/linear_solver/python/linear_solver.i b/ortools/linear_solver/python/linear_solver.i
index 9c9cd745e0..5b4e354414 100644
--- a/ortools/linear_solver/python/linear_solver.i
+++ b/ortools/linear_solver/python/linear_solver.i
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ PY_CONVERT(MPVariable);
 %unignore operations_research::MPVariable::SetUb;
 %unignore operations_research::MPVariable::SetBounds;
 %unignore operations_research::MPVariable::SetInteger;
+%unignore operations_research::MPVariable::SetBranchingPriority;
 
 // MPVariable: reader API.
 %unignore operations_research::MPVariable::solution_value;
@@ -361,6 +362,7 @@ PY_CONVERT(MPVariable);
 %unignore operations_research::MPVariable::index;  // No unit test
 %unignore operations_research::MPVariable::basis_status;
 %unignore operations_research::MPVariable::reduced_cost;  // For experts only.
+%unignore operations_research::MPVariable::branching_priority;  // no unit test.
 
 // MPConstraint: writer API.
 %unignore operations_research::MPConstraint::SetCoefficient;