diff --git a/dune/xt/CMakeLists.txt b/dune/xt/CMakeLists.txt
index 527d79fb015838660c10eed156703235b233eb2c..59ba06247d98eceb8eb98e78916d9dd900824844 100644
--- a/dune/xt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dune/xt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@
 #   Felix Schindler (2016)
 
 add_subdirectory(la)
+
+if(dune-pybindxi_FOUND)
+  dune_pybindxi_add_module(la la/bindings.cc)
+  target_link_dune_default_libraries(la)
+endif()
+
diff --git a/dune/xt/la/bindings.cc b/dune/xt/la/bindings.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0e65fb0216a8c168468ca4484bd339490af4fe4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dune/xt/la/bindings.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// This file is part of the dune-xt-la project:
+//   https://github.com/dune-community/dune-xt-la
+// The copyright lies with the authors of this file (see below).
+// License: Dual licensed as  BSD 2-Clause License (http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause)
+//      or  GPL-2.0+ (http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license)
+//          with "runtime exception" (http://www.dune-project.org/license.html)
+// Authors:
+//   Felix Schindler (2016)
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#if HAVE_DUNE_PYBINDXI
+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <dune/pybindxi/pybind11.h>
+//#include <dune/pybindxi/stl_bind.h> // <- see dune/xt/common/bindings.cc
+
+#include <dune/xt/la/container/vector-interface.pbh>
+
+#include <dune/xt/la/container.hh>
+
+
+namespace py = pybind11;
+
+
+PYBIND11_PLUGIN(la)
+{
+  py::module m("la", "dune-xt-la");
+
+  py::module::import("common");
+
+  Dune::XT::LA::bind_Backends(m);
+  Dune::XT::LA::bind_Vector<Dune::XT::LA::CommonDenseVector<double>>(m, "CommonDenseVector_double");
+
+  return m.ptr();
+} // PYBIND11_PLUGIN(la)
+
+#endif // HAVE_DUNE_PYBINDXI