diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/podofo/doc.cpp b/src/calibre/utils/podofo/doc.cpp
index f788eaefeb..ad30747cbb 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/podofo/doc.cpp
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/podofo/doc.cpp
@@ -206,6 +206,66 @@ PDFDoc_delete_pages(PDFDoc *self, PyObject *args) {
     Py_RETURN_NONE;
 } // }}}
 
+// get_page_box() {{{
+static PyObject *
+PDFDoc_get_page_box(PDFDoc *self, PyObject *args) {
+    int pagenum = 0;
+	const char *which;
+    if (PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "si", &which, &pagenum)) {
+        try {
+			PdfPagesTree* tree = self->doc->GetPagesTree();
+			PdfPage* page = tree->GetPage(pagenum - 1);
+			if (!page) { PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError, "page number %d not found in PDF file", pagenum); return NULL; }
+			PdfRect rect;
+			if (strcmp(which, "MediaBox") == 0) {
+				rect = page->GetMediaBox();
+			} else if (strcmp(which, "CropBox") == 0) {
+				rect = page->GetCropBox();
+			} else if (strcmp(which, "TrimBox") == 0) {
+				rect = page->GetTrimBox();
+			} else if (strcmp(which, "BleedBox") == 0) {
+				rect = page->GetBleedBox();
+			} else if (strcmp(which, "ArtBox") == 0) {
+				rect = page->GetArtBox();
+			} else {
+				PyErr_Format(PyExc_KeyError, "%s is not a known box", which);
+				return NULL;
+			}
+			return Py_BuildValue("dddd", rect.GetLeft(), rect.GetBottom(), rect.GetWidth(), rect.GetHeight());
+        } catch(const PdfError & err) {
+            podofo_set_exception(err);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    } else return NULL;
+
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+} // }}}
+
+// set_page_box() {{{
+static PyObject *
+PDFDoc_set_page_box(PDFDoc *self, PyObject *args) {
+    int pagenum = 0;
+	double left, bottom, width, height;
+	const char *which;
+    if (PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "sidddd", &which, &pagenum, left, bottom, width, height)) {
+        try {
+			PdfPagesTree* tree = self->doc->GetPagesTree();
+			PdfPage* page = tree->GetPage(pagenum - 1);
+			if (!page) { PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError, "page number %d not found in PDF file", pagenum); return NULL; }
+			PdfRect rect(left, bottom, width, height);
+			PdfObject box;
+			rect.ToVariant(box);
+			page->GetObject()->GetDictionary().AddKey(PdfName(which), box);
+			Py_RETURN_NONE;
+        } catch(const PdfError & err) {
+            podofo_set_exception(err);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    } else return NULL;
+
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+} // }}}
+
 // copy_page() {{{
 static PyObject *
 PDFDoc_copy_page(PDFDoc *self, PyObject *args) {
@@ -737,6 +797,12 @@ static PyMethodDef PDFDoc_methods[] = {
     {"delete_pages", (PyCFunction)PDFDoc_delete_pages, METH_VARARGS,
      "delete_page(page_num, count=1) -> Delete the specified pages from the pdf."
     },
+    {"get_page_box", (PyCFunction)PDFDoc_get_page_box, METH_VARARGS,
+     "get_page_box(which, page_num) -> Get the specified box for the specified page as (left, bottom, width, height)"
+    },
+    {"set_page_box", (PyCFunction)PDFDoc_set_page_box, METH_VARARGS,
+     "set_page_box(which, page_num, left, bottom, width, height) -> Set the specified box for the specified page."
+    },
     {"copy_page", (PyCFunction)PDFDoc_copy_page, METH_VARARGS,
      "copy_page(from, to) -> Copy the specified page."
     },