diff --git a/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_DumpPython.cxx b/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_DumpPython.cxx
index 013824fc8..680d724eb 100644
--- a/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_DumpPython.cxx
+++ b/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_DumpPython.cxx
@@ -178,6 +178,19 @@ namespace SMESH
     return *this;
   }
 
+  TPythonDump&
+  TPythonDump::operator<<(const SMESH::string_array& theArray)
+  {
+    myStream << "[ ";
+    for (int i = 1; i <= theArray.length(); i++) {
+      myStream << "'" << theArray[i-1] << "'";
+      if ( i < theArray.length() )
+        myStream << ", ";
+    }
+    myStream << " ]";
+    return *this;
+  }
+
   TPythonDump&
   TPythonDump::
   operator<<(SALOMEDS::SObject_ptr aSObject)
diff --git a/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_PythonDump.hxx b/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_PythonDump.hxx
index 8233241dc..f641e2983 100644
--- a/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_PythonDump.hxx
+++ b/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_PythonDump.hxx
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class Resource_DataMapOfAsciiStringAsciiString;
 
 // ===========================================================================================
 /*!
- * \brief Tool converting SMESH engine calls into commands defined in smesh.py
+ * \brief Tool converting SMESH engine calls into commands defined in smeshDC.py
  *
  * Implementation is in SMESH_2smeshpy.cxx
  */
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ namespace SMESH
     TPythonDump&
     operator<<(const SMESH::double_array& theArg);
 
+    TPythonDump&
+    operator<<(const SMESH::string_array& theArg);
+
     TPythonDump&
     operator<<(SMESH::SMESH_Hypothesis_ptr theArg);