diff --git a/cybox/objects/api_object.py b/cybox/objects/api_object.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3e9eb65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cybox/objects/api_object.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2013, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved.
+# See LICENSE.txt for complete terms.
+
+import cybox
+import cybox.bindings.api_object as api_binding
+from cybox.common import ObjectProperties, String, HexBinary, StructuredText
+
+
+class API(ObjectProperties):
+    _binding = api_binding
+    _binding_class = api_binding.APIObjectType
+    _namespace = "http://cybox.mitre.org/objects#APIObject-2"
+    _XSI_NS = "APIObj"
+    _XSI_TYPE = "APIObjectType"
+
+    description = cybox.TypedField("Description", StructuredText)
+    function_name = cybox.TypedField("Function_Name", String)
+    normalized_function_name = cybox.TypedField("Normalized_Function_Name", String)
+    #platform TODO: add PlatformSpecificationType
+    address = cybox.TypedField("Address", HexBinary)
diff --git a/cybox/utils/nsparser.py b/cybox/utils/nsparser.py
index 195ac8c5..f4c14edd 100644
--- a/cybox/utils/nsparser.py
+++ b/cybox/utils/nsparser.py
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ def get_class_for_object_type(self, object_type):
 OBJ_LIST = [
     ('AccountObjectType', 'cybox.objects.account_object.Account', 'account_object', 'http://cybox.mitre.org/objects#AccountObject-2', []),
     ('AddressObjectType', 'cybox.objects.address_object.Address', 'address_object', 'http://cybox.mitre.org/objects#AddressObject-2', []),
-    ('APIObjectType', None, 'api_object', 'http://cybox.mitre.org/objects#APIObject-2', []),
+    ('APIObjectType', 'cybox.objects.api_object.API', 'api_object', 'http://cybox.mitre.org/objects#APIObject-2', []),
     ('ArtifactObjectType', 'cybox.objects.artifact_object.Artifact', 'artifact_object', 'http://cybox.mitre.org/objects#ArtifactObject-2', []),
     ('CodeObjectType', None, 'code_object', 'http://cybox.mitre.org/objects#CodeObject-2', []),
     ('CustomObjectType', None, 'custom_object', 'http://cybox.mitre.org/objects#CustomObject-1', []),