diff --git a/mxml.c b/mxml.c
index 02c1d18..24791bd 100755
--- a/mxml.c
+++ b/mxml.c
@@ -1056,6 +1056,14 @@ PMXML_NODE mxml_find_node(PMXML_NODE tree, const char *xml_path)
 
 /*------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
+PMXML_NODE mxml_get_parent(PMXML_NODE pnode)
+{
+   assert(pnode);
+   return pnode->parent;
+}
+
+/*------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
 char *mxml_get_name(PMXML_NODE pnode)
 {
    assert(pnode);
diff --git a/mxml.h b/mxml.h
index 9cc5110..67c5920 100755
--- a/mxml.h
+++ b/mxml.h
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ char *mxml_close_buffer(MXML_WRITER *writer);
 int mxml_close_file(MXML_WRITER *writer);
 
 int mxml_get_number_of_children(PMXML_NODE pnode);
+PMXML_NODE mxml_get_parent(PMXML_NODE pnode);
 PMXML_NODE mxml_subnode(PMXML_NODE pnode, int idx);
 PMXML_NODE mxml_find_node(PMXML_NODE tree, const char *xml_path);
 int mxml_find_nodes(PMXML_NODE tree, const char *xml_path, PMXML_NODE **nodelist);