diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/MacroInstance.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/MacroInstance.java
index d5143d408..452b7b88f 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/MacroInstance.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/MacroInstance.java
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ public class MacroInstance extends Task implements DynamicConfigurator {
         this.macroDef = macroDef;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return the macro definition object for this macro instance.
+     */
+    public MacroDef getMacroDef() {
+        return macroDef;
+    }
+
     /**
      * A parameter name value pair as a xml attribute.
      *