diff --git a/Jamfile b/Jamfile
index 8a5579a..427e765 100644
--- a/Jamfile
+++ b/Jamfile
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ local sourceFiles =
 	SeparatorItem.cpp
 	Alignment.cpp
 	SeparatorView.cpp
+	SplitView.cpp
 	MenuBar.cpp
 	StatusBar.cpp
 	CheckBox.cpp
diff --git a/bindings/__init__.py b/bindings/__init__.py
index 813c450..f800c07 100644
--- a/bindings/__init__.py
+++ b/bindings/__init__.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 from .SeparatorItem import *
 from .Alignment import *
 from .SeparatorView import *
+from .SplitView import *
 from .MenuBar import *
 from .StatusBar import *
 from .CheckBox import *
diff --git a/bindings/interface/SplitView.cpp b/bindings/interface/SplitView.cpp
index e6a77f1..2e7e89d 100644
--- a/bindings/interface/SplitView.cpp
+++ b/bindings/interface/SplitView.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #include <pybind11/operators.h>
 
 #include <interface/SplitView.h>
+#include <Layout.h>
+#include <LayoutItem.h>
 #include <View.h>
 
 namespace py = pybind11;
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@ namespace py = pybind11;
 
 PYBIND11_MODULE(SplitView,m)
 {
-py::class_<BSplitView, BView>(m, "BSplitView")
+py::class_<BSplitView, BView, std::unique_ptr<BSplitView, py::nodelete>>(m, "BSplitView")
 .def(py::init<orientation, float>(), "", py::arg("orientation")=B_HORIZONTAL, py::arg("spacing")=B_USE_DEFAULT_SPACING)
 .def(py::init<BMessage *>(), "", py::arg("from"))
 .def("SetInsets", py::overload_cast<float, float, float, float>(&BSplitView::SetInsets), "", py::arg("left"), py::arg("top"), py::arg("right"), py::arg("bottom"))
@@ -25,8 +27,8 @@ py::class_<BSplitView, BView>(m, "BSplitView")
 .def("SplitterSize", &BSplitView::SplitterSize, "")
 .def("SetSplitterSize", &BSplitView::SetSplitterSize, "", py::arg("size"))
 .def("CountItems", &BSplitView::CountItems, "")
-.def("ItemWeight", py::overload_cast<int>(&BSplitView::ItemWeight), "", py::arg("index"))
-.def("ItemWeight", py::overload_cast<BLayoutItem *>(&BSplitView::ItemWeight), "", py::arg("item"))
+.def("ItemWeight", py::overload_cast<int>(&BSplitView::ItemWeight, py::const_), "", py::arg("index"))
+.def("ItemWeight", py::overload_cast<BLayoutItem *>(&BSplitView::ItemWeight, py::const_), "", py::arg("item"))
 .def("SetItemWeight", py::overload_cast<int, float, bool>(&BSplitView::SetItemWeight), "", py::arg("index"), py::arg("weight"), py::arg("invalidateLayout"))
 .def("SetItemWeight", py::overload_cast<BLayoutItem *, float>(&BSplitView::SetItemWeight), "", py::arg("item"), py::arg("weight"))
 .def("IsCollapsible", &BSplitView::IsCollapsible, "", py::arg("index"))
diff --git a/tests/splitViewHolderOwnership.py b/tests/splitViewHolderOwnership.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6cac30a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/splitViewHolderOwnership.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import gc
+import faulthandler
+
+faulthandler.enable()
+
+try:
+    import resource
+    resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_CORE, (0, 0))
+except Exception:
+    pass
+
+from Be import (
+    BApplication,
+    BRect,
+    BSplitView,
+    BWindow,
+    B_HORIZONTAL,
+    B_NOT_RESIZABLE,
+    window_type,
+)
+
+
+application = BApplication(
+    "application/x-vnd.haiku-pyapi-bsplitview-holder-test"
+)
+
+window = BWindow(
+    BRect(100.0, 100.0, 360.0, 260.0),
+    "BSplitView holder test",
+    window_type.B_TITLED_WINDOW,
+    B_NOT_RESIZABLE,
+)
+
+split = BSplitView(B_HORIZONTAL)
+
+window.AddChild(split, None)
+window.Quit()
+
+del split
+gc.collect()
+
+del window
+del application
+gc.collect()
+
+print("BSPLITVIEW HOLDER OWNERSHIP REGRESSION TEST: PASS")