diff --git a/src/helma/framework/ResponseBean.java b/src/helma/framework/ResponseBean.java
index b184f56d..c7fe73b5 100644
--- a/src/helma/framework/ResponseBean.java
+++ b/src/helma/framework/ResponseBean.java
@@ -73,6 +73,17 @@ public class ResponseBean implements Serializable {
         res.redirect(url);
     }
 
+    /**
+     *
+     *
+     * @param url ...
+     *
+     * @throws RedirectException ...
+     */
+    public void forward(String url) throws RedirectException {
+        res.forward(url);
+    }
+
     /**
      *
      */
diff --git a/src/helma/framework/ResponseTrans.java b/src/helma/framework/ResponseTrans.java
index bc7fd86e..9751004a 100644
--- a/src/helma/framework/ResponseTrans.java
+++ b/src/helma/framework/ResponseTrans.java
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ public final class ResponseTrans implements Externalizable {
     // contains the redirect URL
     private String redir = null;
 
+    // the forward (internal redirect) URL
+    private String forward = null;
+
     // the last-modified date, if it should be set in the response
     private long lastModified = -1;
 
@@ -382,6 +385,27 @@ public final class ResponseTrans implements Externalizable {
         return redir;
     }
 
+    /**
+     *
+     *
+     * @param url ...
+     *
+     * @throws RedirectException ...
+     */
+    public void forward(String url) throws RedirectException {
+        forward = url;
+        throw new RedirectException(url);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *
+     *
+     * @return ...
+     */
+    public String getForward() {
+        return forward;
+    }
+
     /**
      *  Allow to directly set the byte array for the response. Calling this more than once will
      *  overwrite the previous output. We take a generic object as parameter to be able to