diff --git a/src/helma/framework/RequestBean.java b/src/helma/framework/RequestBean.java
index dd2038c8..cbde87dd 100644
--- a/src/helma/framework/RequestBean.java
+++ b/src/helma/framework/RequestBean.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package helma.framework;
 
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -72,6 +73,14 @@ public class RequestBean implements Serializable {
         return req.isPost();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the Servlet request represented by this RequestTrans instance.
+     * Returns null for internal and XML-RPC requests.
+     */
+    public HttpServletRequest getServletRequest() {
+        return req.getServletRequest();
+    }
+
     /**
      *
      *