diff --git a/include/cantera/cython/wrappers.h b/include/cantera/cython/wrappers.h
index 4025d8c07..0b50207d3 100644
--- a/include/cantera/cython/wrappers.h
+++ b/include/cantera/cython/wrappers.h
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ public:
     }
 };
 
+// Function for assigning elements of Array2D, since Cython has trouble
+// with assigning to the reference returned by operator()
+void CxxArray2D_set(Cantera::Array2D& array, size_t i, size_t j, double value)
+{
+    array(i,j) = value;
+}
+
 // Function which populates a 1D array
 #define ARRAY_FUNC(PREFIX, CLASS_NAME, FUNC_NAME) \
     void PREFIX ## _ ## FUNC_NAME(Cantera::CLASS_NAME* object, double* data) \
diff --git a/interfaces/cython/cantera/_cantera.pxd b/interfaces/cython/cantera/_cantera.pxd
index 4b52c8206..68422604c 100644
--- a/interfaces/cython/cantera/_cantera.pxd
+++ b/interfaces/cython/cantera/_cantera.pxd
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ cdef extern from "cantera/base/smart_ptr.h":
         T* get()
         void reset(T*)
 
+cdef extern from "cantera/base/Array.h" namespace "Cantera":
+    cdef cppclass CxxArray2D "Cantera::Array2D":
+        CxxArray2D()
+        CxxArray2D(size_t, size_t)
+        void resize(size_t, size_t)
+        double operator()(size_t, size_t)
+
 cdef extern from "cantera/thermo/SpeciesThermoInterpType.h":
     cdef cppclass CxxSpeciesThermo "Cantera::SpeciesThermoInterpType":
         CxxSpeciesThermo()
@@ -283,6 +290,7 @@ cdef extern from "cantera/kinetics/Reaction.h" namespace "Cantera":
         CxxPlog rate
 
     cdef cppclass CxxChebyshevRate "Cantera::ChebyshevRate":
+        CxxChebyshevRate(double, double, double, double, CxxArray2D)
         double Tmin()
         double Tmax()
         double Pmin()
@@ -686,6 +694,9 @@ cdef extern from "cantera/cython/wrappers.h":
 
     cdef void CxxSetLogger "setLogger" (CxxPythonLogger*)
 
+    # workaround for Cython assignment limitations
+    cdef void CxxArray2D_set(CxxArray2D, size_t, size_t, double)
+
     # ThermoPhase composition
     cdef void thermo_getMassFractions(CxxThermoPhase*, double*) except +
     cdef void thermo_setMassFractions(CxxThermoPhase*, double*) except +
diff --git a/interfaces/cython/cantera/reaction.pyx b/interfaces/cython/cantera/reaction.pyx
index 93674f3ea..39b67761b 100644
--- a/interfaces/cython/cantera/reaction.pyx
+++ b/interfaces/cython/cantera/reaction.pyx
@@ -384,6 +384,20 @@ cdef class ChebyshevReaction(Reaction):
             c = np.fromiter(r.rate.coeffs(), np.double)
             return c.reshape((r.rate.nTemperature(), r.rate.nPressure()))
 
+    def set_parameters(self, Tmin, Tmax, Pmin, Pmax, coeffs):
+        cdef CxxChebyshevReaction* r = <CxxChebyshevReaction*>self.reaction
+
+        cdef CxxArray2D data
+        data.resize(len(coeffs), len(coeffs[0]))
+        cdef double value
+        cdef int i
+        cdef int j
+        for i,row in enumerate(coeffs):
+            for j,value in enumerate(row):
+                CxxArray2D_set(data, i, j, value)
+
+        r.rate = CxxChebyshevRate(Tmin, Tmax, Pmin, Pmax, data)
+
 
 cdef class CoverageDepenency:
     cdef public double a
diff --git a/interfaces/cython/cantera/test/test_kinetics.py b/interfaces/cython/cantera/test/test_kinetics.py
index f904e43c7..f1ed19c2a 100644
--- a/interfaces/cython/cantera/test/test_kinetics.py
+++ b/interfaces/cython/cantera/test/test_kinetics.py
@@ -718,3 +718,28 @@ class TestReaction(utilities.CanteraTest):
                             gas1.forward_rate_constants[0])
             self.assertNear(gas2.net_rates_of_progress[0],
                             gas1.net_rates_of_progress[0])
+
+    def test_chebyshev(self):
+        gas1 = ct.Solution('pdep-test.cti')
+        species = ct.Species.listFromFile('pdep-test.cti')
+
+        r = ct.ChebyshevReaction()
+        r.reactants = {'R5': 1, 'H': 1}
+        r.products = {'P5A': 1, 'P5B': 1}
+        r.set_parameters(Tmin=300.0, Tmax=2000.0, Pmin=1000, Pmax=10000000,
+            coeffs=[[ 5.28830e+00, -1.13970e+00, -1.20590e-01,  1.60340e-02],
+                    [ 1.97640e+00,  1.00370e+00,  7.28650e-03, -3.04320e-02],
+                    [ 3.17700e-01,  2.68890e-01,  9.48060e-02, -7.63850e-03],
+                    [-3.12850e-02, -3.94120e-02,  4.43750e-02,  1.44580e-02]])
+
+        gas2 = ct.Solution(thermo='IdealGas', kinetics='GasKinetics',
+                           species=species, reactions=[r])
+
+        gas2.X = gas1.X = 'R5:0.3, P5A:0.6, H:0.1'
+
+        for T,P in itertools.product([300, 500, 1500], [1e4, 4e5, 3e6]):
+            gas1.TP = gas2.TP = T, P
+            self.assertNear(gas2.forward_rate_constants[0],
+                            gas1.forward_rate_constants[4])
+            self.assertNear(gas2.net_rates_of_progress[0],
+                            gas1.net_rates_of_progress[4])