diff --git a/postal/lang_classifier.py b/postal/lang_classifier.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2206a92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/postal/lang_classifier.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+"""Python bindings to libpostal parse_address."""
+from postal import _langclassifier
+from postal.utils.encoding import safe_decode
+
+def classify_lang_address(address):
+    """
+    Classify the language of an address.
+
+    @param address: the address as either Unicode or a UTF-8 encoded string
+    """
+    address = safe_decode(address, 'utf-8')
+    try:
+        return _langclassifier.classify_lang_address(address)
+    except SystemError:
+        return None
diff --git a/postal/pylangclassifier.c b/postal/pylangclassifier.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4ebd23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/postal/pylangclassifier.c
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+#include <Python.h>
+#include <libpostal/libpostal.h>
+#include "pyutils.h"
+
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
+#define IS_PY3K
+#endif
+
+struct module_state {
+    PyObject *error;
+};
+
+
+typedef struct language_classifier_response {
+    Py_ssize_t num_languages;
+    char **languages;
+    double *probs;
+} language_classifier_response_t;
+
+#ifdef IS_PY3K
+    #define GETSTATE(m) ((struct module_state*)PyModule_GetState(m))
+#else
+    #define GETSTATE(m) (&_state)
+    static struct module_state _state;
+#endif
+
+
+static PyObject *py_classify_lang_address(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *keywords) {
+    PyObject *arg_input;
+
+    PyObject *result = NULL;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O:pylangclassifier", &arg_input)) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    char *input = PyObject_to_string(arg_input);
+
+    if (input == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    libpostal_language_classifier_response_t *response = libpostal_classify_language(input);
+
+    if (response == NULL) {
+        goto exit_free_input;
+    }
+
+    result = PyList_New((Py_ssize_t)response->num_languages);
+    if (!result) {
+        goto exit_destroy_response;
+    }
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < response->num_languages; i++) {
+        char *language = response->languages[i];
+        double prob = response->probs[i];
+        PyObject *language_unicode = PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8((const char *)language, strlen(language), "strict");
+        if (language_unicode == NULL) {
+            Py_DECREF(result);
+            goto exit_destroy_response;
+        }
+
+        PyObject *tuple = Py_BuildValue("(Od)", language_unicode, prob);
+        if (tuple == NULL) {
+            Py_DECREF(language_unicode);
+            goto exit_destroy_response;
+        }
+
+        // Note: PyList_SetItem steals a reference, so don't worry about DECREF
+        PyList_SetItem(result, (Py_ssize_t)i, tuple);
+
+        Py_DECREF(language_unicode);
+    }
+
+    exit_destroy_response:
+        libpostal_language_classifier_response_destroy(response);
+    exit_free_input:
+        if (input != NULL) {
+            free(input);
+        }
+        return result;
+}
+
+static PyMethodDef langclassifier_methods[] = {
+    {"classify_lang_address", (PyCFunction)py_classify_lang_address, METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
+     "classify_lang_address(text)"},
+    {NULL, NULL},
+};
+
+#ifdef IS_PY3K
+
+static int langclassifier_traverse(PyObject *m, visitproc visit, void *arg) {
+    Py_VISIT(GETSTATE(m)->error);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int langclassifier_clear(PyObject *m) {
+    Py_CLEAR(GETSTATE(m)->error);
+    libpostal_teardown();
+    libpostal_teardown_language_classifier();
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static struct PyModuleDef module_def = {
+        PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,
+        "_langclassifier",
+        NULL,
+        sizeof(struct module_state),
+        langclassifier_methods,
+        NULL,
+        langclassifier_traverse,
+        langclassifier_clear,
+        NULL
+};
+
+#define INITERROR return NULL
+
+PyObject *
+PyInit__langclassifier(void) {
+#else
+
+#define INITERROR return
+
+void cleanup_libpostal(void) {
+    libpostal_teardown();
+    libpostal_teardown_language_classifier();
+}
+
+void init_langclassifier(void) {
+    #endif
+
+    #ifdef IS_PY3K
+        PyObject *module = PyModule_Create(&module_def);
+    #else
+        PyObject *module = Py_InitModule("_langclassifier", parser_methods);
+    #endif
+
+        if (module == NULL) {
+            INITERROR;
+        }
+        struct module_state *st = GETSTATE(module);
+
+        st->error = PyErr_NewException("_langclassifier.Error", NULL, NULL);
+        if (st->error == NULL) {
+            Py_DECREF(module);
+            INITERROR;
+        }
+
+
+        if (!libpostal_setup() || !libpostal_setup_language_classifier()) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+                            "Error loading libpostal data");
+        }
+
+    #ifndef IS_PY3K
+        Py_AtExit(&cleanup_libpostal);
+    #endif
+
+
+    #ifdef IS_PY3K
+        return module;
+    #endif
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/postal/tests/test_lang_classifier.py b/postal/tests/test_lang_classifier.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19339c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/postal/tests/test_lang_classifier.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""Test pypostal address parsing."""
+
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import unittest
+from postal.lang_classifier import classify_lang_address
+
+
+class TestLangClassfier(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Test libpostal language classifier from Python."""
+    def test_parses(self):
+        cases = (
+            ('Rua casemiro osorio, 123', {'pt': 1.0}),
+            ('Street Oudenoord, 1234', {'en': 0.76, 'nl': 0.23}),
+            ('Oudenoord, 1234', {'nl': 1.0})
+        )
+
+        """Language classifier tests."""
+        for address, lang_expected in cases:
+            lang = classify_lang_address(address)
+            # Round probabilities
+            lang = {k: round(v, 2) for k, v in lang}
+            self.assertDictEqual(lang, lang_expected)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6ded97b..96cfe3f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ def main():
                       library_dirs=['/usr/local/lib'],
                       extra_compile_args=['-std=c99'],
                       ),
+            Extension('postal._langclassifier',
+                      sources=['postal/pylangclassifier.c', 'postal/pyutils.c'],
+                      libraries=['postal'],
+                      include_dirs=['/usr/local/include'],
+                      library_dirs=['/usr/local/lib'],
+                      extra_compile_args=['-std=c99'],
+                      ),
             Extension('postal._token_types',
                       sources=['postal/pytokentypes.c'],
                       libraries=['postal'],