diff --git a/jvm/src/test/scala/io/kaitai/struct/languages/PythonCompilerSpec.scala b/jvm/src/test/scala/io/kaitai/struct/languages/PythonCompilerSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d07d78aea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jvm/src/test/scala/io/kaitai/struct/languages/PythonCompilerSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package io.kaitai.struct.languages
+
+import io.kaitai.struct.format.{Identifier, NamedIdentifier, InstanceIdentifier}
+import org.scalatest.funspec.AnyFunSpec
+import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers._
+
+class PythonCompilerSpec extends AnyFunSpec {
+  describe("PythonCompiler") {
+    describe("reserved keyword escaping") {
+      it("should escape Python reserved keyword 'class'") {
+        val id = NamedIdentifier("class")
+        val result = PythonCompiler.idToStr(id)
+        result should be("class_")
+      }
+
+      it("should escape Python reserved keyword 'def'") {
+        val id = NamedIdentifier("def")
+        val result = PythonCompiler.idToStr(id)
+        result should be("def_")
+      }
+
+      it("should escape Python reserved keyword 'if'") {
+        val id = NamedIdentifier("if")
+        val result = PythonCompiler.idToStr(id)
+        result should be("if_")
+      }
+
+      it("should escape Python reserved keyword 'lambda'") {
+        val id = NamedIdentifier("lambda")
+        val result = PythonCompiler.idToStr(id)
+        result should be("lambda_")
+      }
+
+      it("should escape Python reserved keyword 'return'") {
+        val id = NamedIdentifier("return")
+        val result = PythonCompiler.idToStr(id)
+        result should be("return_")
+      }
+
+      it("should escape Python reserved keyword 'async'") {
+        val id = NamedIdentifier("async")
+        val result = PythonCompiler.idToStr(id)
+        result should be("async_")
+      }
+
+      it("should escape Python reserved keyword 'await'") {
+        val id = NamedIdentifier("await")
+        val result = PythonCompiler.idToStr(id)
+        result should be("await_")
+      }
+
+      it("should not escape non-reserved word 'class_name'") {
+        val id = NamedIdentifier("class_name")
+        val result = PythonCompiler.idToStr(id)
+        result should be("class_name")
+      }
+
+      it("should not escape non-reserved word 'my_field'") {
+        val id = NamedIdentifier("my_field")
+        val result = PythonCompiler.idToStr(id)
+        result should be("my_field")
+      }
+
+      it("should escape reserved keyword in InstanceIdentifier") {
+        val id = InstanceIdentifier("class")
+        val result = PythonCompiler.idToStr(id)
+        result should be("_m_class_")
+      }
+
+      it("should handle privateMemberName with reserved keyword") {
+        val id = NamedIdentifier("class")
+        val result = PythonCompiler.privateMemberName(id)
+        result should be("self.class_")
+      }
+
+      it("should handle privateMemberName with normal identifier") {
+        val id = NamedIdentifier("normal_field")
+        val result = PythonCompiler.privateMemberName(id)
+        result should be("self.normal_field")
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/languages/PythonCompiler.scala b/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/languages/PythonCompiler.scala
index 152186f5b..205db9cb3 100644
--- a/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/languages/PythonCompiler.scala
+++ b/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/languages/PythonCompiler.scala
@@ -546,12 +546,30 @@ object PythonCompiler extends LanguageCompilerStatic
     config: RuntimeConfig
   ): LanguageCompiler = new PythonCompiler(tp, config)
 
+  // Python reserved keywords that need to be escaped
+  // https://docs.python.org/3/reference/lexical_analysis.html#keywords
+  val PYTHON_RESERVED_WORDS: Set[String] = Set(
+    "False", "None", "True", "and", "as", "assert", "async", "await",
+    "break", "class", "continue", "def", "del", "elif", "else", "except",
+    "finally", "for", "from", "global", "if", "import", "in", "is",
+    "lambda", "nonlocal", "not", "or", "pass", "raise", "return",
+    "try", "while", "with", "yield"
+  )
+
+  def escapePythonKeyword(name: String): String = {
+    if (PYTHON_RESERVED_WORDS.contains(name)) {
+      name + "_"
+    } else {
+      name
+    }
+  }
+
   def idToStr(id: Identifier): String =
     id match {
       case SpecialIdentifier(name) => name
-      case NamedIdentifier(name) => name
+      case NamedIdentifier(name) => escapePythonKeyword(name)
       case NumberedIdentifier(idx) => s"_${NumberedIdentifier.TEMPLATE}$idx"
-      case InstanceIdentifier(name) => s"_m_$name"
+      case InstanceIdentifier(name) => s"_m_${escapePythonKeyword(name)}"
       case RawIdentifier(innerId) => s"_raw_${idToStr(innerId)}"
     }