diff --git a/headers/private/package/hpkg/ReaderImplBase.h b/headers/private/package/hpkg/ReaderImplBase.h
index 03637495a8..9d0417594e 100644
--- a/headers/private/package/hpkg/ReaderImplBase.h
+++ b/headers/private/package/hpkg/ReaderImplBase.h
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ struct PackageFileSection {
 
 
 class ReaderImplBase {
+public:
+	inline	const PackageFileSection& PackageAttributesSection() const
+									{ return fPackageAttributesSection; }
+
 protected:
 								ReaderImplBase(const char* fileType,
 									BErrorOutput* errorOutput);