diff --git a/include/osg/FrameBufferObject b/include/osg/FrameBufferObject
index 3b75f81cc..344e7ad26 100644
--- a/include/osg/FrameBufferObject
+++ b/include/osg/FrameBufferObject
@@ -418,6 +418,11 @@ namespace osg
 
         void apply(State &state) const;
 
+        inline GLuint getHandle(unsigned int contextID) const
+        {
+            return _fboID[contextID];
+        }
+
         enum BindTarget
         {
             READ_FRAMEBUFFER = GL_READ_FRAMEBUFFER_EXT,