diff --git a/Modules/Wrappers/ApplicationEngine/include/otbWrapperApplication.h b/Modules/Wrappers/ApplicationEngine/include/otbWrapperApplication.h
index 4402dbf028504c9187f6a47145131fec5fd99cbb..26c389002dc32713c481a6fd5fc6728f57a83d73 100644
--- a/Modules/Wrappers/ApplicationEngine/include/otbWrapperApplication.h
+++ b/Modules/Wrappers/ApplicationEngine/include/otbWrapperApplication.h
@@ -483,6 +483,34 @@ public:
    */ 
   void SetNthParameterInputImageList(std::string parameter, const unsigned int &id, InputImageListParameter::ImageBaseType * img);
 
+/**
+   * Add a value to a parameter list as a string
+   *
+   * Can be called for parameter types:
+   * \li ParameterType_InputImageList
+   * 
+   * \in parameter The parameter key
+   * \in str The string
+   * \throw itk::Exception if parameter is not found or not an
+   * InputImageList parameter
+   */ 
+  void AddParameterStringList(std::string parameter, const std::string & str);
+
+  /**
+   * Set the nth value of a parameter list as a string.
+   *
+   * Can be called for parameter types:
+   * \li ParameterType_InputImageList
+   *  
+   * \in parameter The parameter key
+   * \in id Position at which to set the ImageBase pointer
+   * \in str The string
+   * \throw itk::Exception if parameter is not found or not an
+   * InputImageList parameter or if id is out of bounds
+   */ 
+  void SetNthParameterStringList(std::string parameter, const unsigned int &id, const std::string& str);
+  
+
   /**
    * Clear all images from an InputImageList parameter.
    *
diff --git a/Modules/Wrappers/ApplicationEngine/src/otbWrapperApplication.cxx b/Modules/Wrappers/ApplicationEngine/src/otbWrapperApplication.cxx
index 4611450d2120cb31fdcd43d36e6fa9aae8252143..cf17ba6fc9b2d0856d0d69e5350740b0803a83dc 100644
--- a/Modules/Wrappers/ApplicationEngine/src/otbWrapperApplication.cxx
+++ b/Modules/Wrappers/ApplicationEngine/src/otbWrapperApplication.cxx
@@ -1263,6 +1263,42 @@ void Application::SetNthParameterInputImageList(std::string parameter, const uns
 
 }
 
+void Application::AddParameterStringList(std::string parameter, const std::string & str)
+{
+  Parameter* param = GetParameterByKey(parameter);
+  
+  InputImageListParameter * paramDown = dynamic_cast<InputImageListParameter *>(param);
+  
+  if(paramDown)
+    {
+    paramDown->AddFromFileName(str);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+    itkExceptionMacro(<<parameter << "parameter can't be casted to InputImageListParameter");
+    }
+  
+}
+
+void Application::SetNthParameterStringList(std::string parameter, const unsigned int &id, const std::string & str)
+{
+  Parameter* param = GetParameterByKey(parameter);
+
+  InputImageListParameter * paramDown = dynamic_cast<InputImageListParameter *>(param);
+
+  if(paramDown)
+    {
+    paramDown->SetNthFileName(id,str);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+    itkExceptionMacro(<<parameter << "parameter can't be casted to InputImageListParameter");
+    }
+
+}
+
+
+
 void Application::ClearParameterInputImageList(std::string parameter)
 {
   Parameter* param = GetParameterByKey(parameter);
diff --git a/Modules/Wrappers/ApplicationEngine/test/otbApplicationMemoryConnectTest.cxx b/Modules/Wrappers/ApplicationEngine/test/otbApplicationMemoryConnectTest.cxx
index e0f646d59565adb1f98323c18fd4f59d58d3231f..b9d92f8d265f873ef87b6ef0e038ab6119b513df 100644
--- a/Modules/Wrappers/ApplicationEngine/test/otbApplicationMemoryConnectTest.cxx
+++ b/Modules/Wrappers/ApplicationEngine/test/otbApplicationMemoryConnectTest.cxx
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ int otbApplicationMemoryConnectTest(int argc, char * argv[])
   
   app4->AddImageToParameterInputImageList("il",app2->GetParameterOutputImage("out"));
   app4->AddImageToParameterInputImageList("il",app3->GetParameterOutputImage("out"));
+  app4->AddParameterStringList("il",infname);
    
   app4->ExecuteAndWriteOutput();
 
diff --git a/Modules/Wrappers/SWIG/src/otbApplication.i b/Modules/Wrappers/SWIG/src/otbApplication.i
index c617e05e7220d28d8db455a92f130c8e0ebed7f4..aa93633ba359170270f853d5b4973c7cfa54de1e 100644
--- a/Modules/Wrappers/SWIG/src/otbApplication.i
+++ b/Modules/Wrappers/SWIG/src/otbApplication.i
@@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ public:
   ComplexInputImageParameter::ImageBaseType * GetParameterComplexOutputImage(std::string parameter);
   void SetParameterComplexInputImage(std::string parameter, ComplexInputImageParameter::ImageBaseType * inputImage);
   void AddImageToParameterInputImageList(std::string parameter,InputImageParameter::ImageBaseType * img);
-   void SetNthParameterInputImageList(std::string parameter, const unsigned int &id, InputImageParameter::ImageBaseType * img);
+  void AddParameterStringList(std::string parameter,const std::string & str);
+  void SetNthParameterInputImageList(std::string parameter, const unsigned int &id, InputImageParameter::ImageBaseType * img);
+  void SetNthParameterStringList(std::string parameter, const unsigned int &id, const std::string& str);
   void ClearParameterInputImageList(std::string parameter);
   unsigned int GetNumberOfElementsInParameterInputImageList(std::string parameter);
 
diff --git a/Modules/Wrappers/SWIG/test/python/PythonConnectApplications.py b/Modules/Wrappers/SWIG/test/python/PythonConnectApplications.py
index 0b25eb0018f1044a737b69e776df8e6acd1d4393..30a0be351910636d28e5969d050e0df2c3548bd6 100644
--- a/Modules/Wrappers/SWIG/test/python/PythonConnectApplications.py
+++ b/Modules/Wrappers/SWIG/test/python/PythonConnectApplications.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ def test(otb, argv):
 
 	app4.AddImageToParameterInputImageList("il",app2.GetParameterOutputImage("out"));
 	app4.AddImageToParameterInputImageList("il",app3.GetParameterOutputImage("out"));
+        app4.AddParameterStringList("il",argv[1])
 
 	app4.OUT = argv[2]
 	app4.ExecuteAndWriteOutput()