diff --git a/doc/UltiSnips.txt b/doc/UltiSnips.txt
index d8629cc..f8e2544 100644
--- a/doc/UltiSnips.txt
+++ b/doc/UltiSnips.txt
@@ -487,6 +487,11 @@ The snip object provides some properties as well: >
         in it. You can check if snip.c is != "" to make sure that the
         interpolation is only done once. This deprecates the "cur" variable.
 
+   snip.v:
+        information about the content for ${VISUAL}. Has two attributes:
+         snip.v.mode   ('v', 'V', '^V', see *visualmode* )
+         snip.v.text   the text that was selected
+
     snip.fn:
         the current filename.
 
diff --git a/plugin/UltiSnips/text_objects/_python_code.py b/plugin/UltiSnips/text_objects/_python_code.py
index ec08113..7df1e96 100755
--- a/plugin/UltiSnips/text_objects/_python_code.py
+++ b/plugin/UltiSnips/text_objects/_python_code.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 import os
 import re
-
+from collections import namedtuple
 
 import UltiSnips._vim as _vim
 from UltiSnips.compatibility import compatible_exec, as_unicode
@@ -21,16 +21,18 @@ class _Tabs(object):
             return ""
         return ts.current_text
 
+_VisualContent = namedtuple('_VisualContent', ['mode', 'text'])
 class SnippetUtil(object):
     """ Provides easy access to indentation, etc.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, initial_indent, cur=""):
+    def __init__(self, initial_indent, vmode, vtext):
         self._ind = IndentUtil()
+        self._visual = _VisualContent(vmode, vtext)
 
         self._initial_indent = self._ind.indent_to_spaces(initial_indent)
 
-        self._reset(cur)
+        self._reset("")
 
     def _reset(self, cur):
         """ Gets the snippet ready for another update.
@@ -134,6 +136,11 @@ class SnippetUtil(object):
         """
         return self._c
 
+    @property
+    def v(self):
+        """Content of visual expansions"""
+        return self._visual
+
     def opt(self, option, default=None):
         """ Gets a Vim variable. """
         if _vim.eval("exists('%s')" % option) == "1":
@@ -168,10 +175,12 @@ class PythonCode(NoneditableTextObject):
         while snippet:
             try:
                 self._locals = snippet.locals
+                t = snippet.visual_content.text
+                m = snippet.visual_content.mode
                 break
             except AttributeError:
                 snippet = snippet._parent
-        self._snip = SnippetUtil(token.indent)
+        self._snip = SnippetUtil(token.indent, m, t)
 
         self._globals = {}
         globals = snippet.globals.get("!p", [])
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
index d57bc5c..498fa5a 100755
--- a/test.py
+++ b/test.py
@@ -1162,6 +1162,19 @@ class PythonCode_AccessKilledTabstop_OverwriteFirst(_VimTest):
     keys = "test" + EX + "aaa"
     wanted = "aaa"
 
+class PythonVisual_NoVisualSelection_Ignore(_VimTest):
+    snippets = ("test", "h`!p snip.rv = snip.v.mode + snip.v.text`b")
+    keys = "test" + EX + "abc"
+    wanted = "hbabc"
+class PythonVisual_SelectOneWord(_VimTest):
+    snippets = ("test", "h`!p snip.rv = snip.v.mode + snip.v.text`b")
+    keys = "blablub" + ESC + "0v6l" + EX + "test" + EX
+    wanted = "hvblablubb"
+class PythonVisual_LineSelect_Simple(_VimTest):
+    snippets = ("test", "h`!p snip.rv = snip.v.mode + snip.v.text`b")
+    keys = "hello\nnice\nworld" + ESC + "Vkk" + EX + "test" + EX
+    wanted = "hVhello\nnice\nworld\nb"
+
 # End: New Implementation  #}}}
 # End: PythonCode Interpolation  #}}}
 # Mirrors  {{{#
@@ -1612,8 +1625,6 @@ class VisualTransformation_SelectOneWord(_VimTest):
     snippets = ("test", r"h${VISUAL/./\U$0\E/g}b")
     keys = "blablub" + ESC + "0v6l" + EX + "test" + EX
     wanted = "hBLABLUBb"
-# TODO: python code access to visual
-# TODO: document the changes
 class VisualTransformationWithDefault_ExpandWithoutVisual(_VimTest):
     snippets = ("test", "h${VISUAL:world/./\U$0\E/g}b")
     keys = "test" + EX + "hi"