diff --git a/src/Base/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Base/CMakeLists.txt
index a44cda81..ada9fb5f 100644
--- a/src/Base/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Base/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ foreach(D IN LISTS AMReX_SPACEDIM)
         ParallelDescriptor.cpp
         ParmParse.cpp
         Periodicity.cpp
+        PlotFileUtil.cpp
         PODVector.cpp
         Utility.cpp
         Vector.cpp
diff --git a/src/Base/PlotFileUtil.cpp b/src/Base/PlotFileUtil.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90c930f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Base/PlotFileUtil.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/* Copyright 2021-2022 The AMReX Community
+ *
+ * License: BSD-3-Clause-LBNL
+ */
+#include "pyAMReX.H"
+
+#include <AMReX_PlotFileUtil.H>
+#include <AMReX_Vector.H>
+#include <AMReX_Print.H>
+
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace py = pybind11;
+using namespace amrex;
+
+void init_PlotFileUtil(py::module& m)
+{
+    m.def("write_single_level_plotfile",
+          &amrex::WriteSingleLevelPlotfile,
+          "Writes single level plotfile",
+          py::arg("plotfilename"),
+          py::arg("mf"),
+          py::arg("varnames"),
+          py::arg("geom"),
+          py::arg("time"),
+          py::arg("level_step"),
+          py::arg("versionName")="HyperCLaw-V1.1",
+          py::arg("levelPrefix")="Level_",
+          py::arg("mfPrefix")="Cell",
+          py::arg("extra_dirs")=Vector<std::string>()
+    );
+}
diff --git a/src/Base/Vector.cpp b/src/Base/Vector.cpp
index 0ce350a4..9ceeb718 100644
--- a/src/Base/Vector.cpp
+++ b/src/Base/Vector.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ void make_Vector(py::module &m, std::string typestr)
     using Vector_type = Vector<T, Allocator>;
     auto const v_name = std::string("Vector_").append(typestr);
 
-    py::class_<Vector_type>(m, v_name.c_str())
+    auto py_vect = py::bind_vector<Vector_type>(m, v_name.c_str());
+    py_vect
         .def("__repr__",
              [typestr](Vector_type const & v) {
                  std::stringstream s, rs;
@@ -61,9 +62,14 @@ void make_Vector(py::module &m, std::string typestr)
              }
         )
         .def(py::init<>())
+        .def(py::init<Vector_type const &>())
 
         .def("size", &Vector_type::size)
+    ;
 
+    if constexpr(!std::is_same_v<T, std::string>)
+    {
+      py_vect
         .def_property_readonly("__array_interface__", [](Vector_type const & vector) {
             return array_interface(vector);
         })
@@ -87,8 +93,10 @@ void make_Vector(py::module &m, std::string typestr)
 
             d["version"] = 3;
             return d;
-        })
+        });
+    }
 
+    py_vect
         // setter & getter
         .def("__setitem__", [](Vector_type & vector, int const idx, T const value){ vector[idx] = value; })
         .def("__getitem__", [](Vector_type & v, int const idx){ return v[idx]; })
@@ -106,4 +114,6 @@ void init_Vector(py::module& m)
     make_Vector<int> (m, "int");
     if constexpr(!std::is_same_v<int, Long>)
         make_Vector<Long> (m, "Long");
+
+    make_Vector<std::string> (m, "string");
 }
diff --git a/src/pyAMReX.cpp b/src/pyAMReX.cpp
index a5e67307..4de4333a 100644
--- a/src/pyAMReX.cpp
+++ b/src/pyAMReX.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ void init_ArrayOfStructs(py::module &);
 void init_ParticleTile(py::module &);
 void init_ParticleContainer(py::module &);
 void init_Periodicity(py::module &);
+void init_PlotFileUtil(py::module &);
 void init_PODVector(py::module &);
 void init_Utility(py::module &);
 void init_Vector(py::module &);
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(amrex_3d_pybind, m) {
                ParticleTile
                ParticleContainer
                Periodicity
+               PlotFileUtil
                PODVector
                StructOfArrays
                Utility
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(amrex_3d_pybind, m) {
     init_AmrMesh(m);
 
     // Wrappers around standalone functions
+    init_PlotFileUtil(m);
     init_Utility(m);
 
     // API runtime version