diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0e9f099a2..9948de3b5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /build
 /.vscode
 *.so
+*__pycache__/
diff --git a/python/tritonserver/_api/_server.py b/python/tritonserver/_api/_server.py
index 9e78f8ac2..b85d2e5c6 100644
--- a/python/tritonserver/_api/_server.py
+++ b/python/tritonserver/_api/_server.py
@@ -621,6 +621,9 @@ def stop(self) -> None:
         self._server.stop()
         self._server = Server._UnstartedServer()
 
+    def _ptr(self):
+        return self._server._ptr()
+
     def unregister_model_repository(self, repository_path: str) -> None:
         """Unregister model repository
 
diff --git a/python/tritonserver/_c/tritonserver_pybind.cc b/python/tritonserver/_c/tritonserver_pybind.cc
index 6017b3d7e..e7cd4b53b 100644
--- a/python/tritonserver/_c/tritonserver_pybind.cc
+++ b/python/tritonserver/_c/tritonserver_pybind.cc
@@ -2107,6 +2107,11 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(triton_bindings, m)
       .export_values();
   py::class_<PyServer>(m, "TRITONSERVER_Server")
       .def(py::init<PyServerOptions&>())
+      .def(
+          "_ptr",
+          [](PyServer& server) {
+            return reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(server.Ptr());
+          })
       .def("stop", &PyServer::Stop)
       .def("register_model_repository", &PyServer::RegisterModelRepository)
       .def("unregister_model_repository", &PyServer::UnregisterModelRepository)