diff --git a/include/caffe/solver.hpp b/include/caffe/solver.hpp
index 2510de748de..4dcdc3dc20b 100644
--- a/include/caffe/solver.hpp
+++ b/include/caffe/solver.hpp
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ class Solver {
   virtual void Solve(const char* resume_file = NULL);
   inline void Solve(const string resume_file) { Solve(resume_file.c_str()); }
   void Step(int iters);
+  // The Restore function implements how one should restore the solver to a
+  // previously snapshotted state. You should implement the RestoreSolverState()
+  // function that restores the state from a SolverState protocol buffer.
+  void Restore(const char* resume_file);
   virtual ~Solver() {}
   inline shared_ptr<Net<Dtype> > net() { return net_; }
   inline const vector<shared_ptr<Net<Dtype> > >& test_nets() {
@@ -46,10 +50,6 @@ class Solver {
   void TestAll();
   void Test(const int test_net_id = 0);
   virtual void SnapshotSolverState(SolverState* state) = 0;
-  // The Restore function implements how one should restore the solver to a
-  // previously snapshotted state. You should implement the RestoreSolverState()
-  // function that restores the state from a SolverState protocol buffer.
-  void Restore(const char* resume_file);
   virtual void RestoreSolverState(const SolverState& state) = 0;
   void DisplayOutputBlobs(const int net_id);
 
diff --git a/python/caffe/_caffe.cpp b/python/caffe/_caffe.cpp
index bfea0de661b..dff7f627016 100644
--- a/python/caffe/_caffe.cpp
+++ b/python/caffe/_caffe.cpp
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(_caffe) {
     .add_property("iter", &Solver<Dtype>::iter)
     .def("solve", static_cast<void (Solver<Dtype>::*)(const char*)>(
           &Solver<Dtype>::Solve), SolveOverloads())
-    .def("step", &Solver<Dtype>::Step);
+    .def("step", &Solver<Dtype>::Step)
+    .def("restore", &Solver<Dtype>::Restore);
 
   bp::class_<SGDSolver<Dtype>, bp::bases<Solver<Dtype> >,
     shared_ptr<SGDSolver<Dtype> >, boost::noncopyable>(