diff --git a/gio/gsettingsschema-internal.h b/gio/gsettingsschema-internal.h
index 59384a97e..2c3880150 100644
--- a/gio/gsettingsschema-internal.h
+++ b/gio/gsettingsschema-internal.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ GSettingsSchema *       g_settings_schema_ref                           (GSettin
 G_GNUC_INTERNAL
 void                    g_settings_schema_unref                         (GSettingsSchema  *schema);
 G_GNUC_INTERNAL
+const gchar *           g_settings_schema_get_name                      (GSettingsSchema  *schema);
+G_GNUC_INTERNAL
 const gchar *           g_settings_schema_get_path                      (GSettingsSchema  *schema);
 G_GNUC_INTERNAL
 const gchar *           g_settings_schema_get_gettext_domain            (GSettingsSchema  *schema);
diff --git a/gio/gsettingsschema.c b/gio/gsettingsschema.c
index ea776fcba..315a690cc 100644
--- a/gio/gsettingsschema.c
+++ b/gio/gsettingsschema.c
@@ -356,3 +356,9 @@ g_settings_schema_list (GSettingsSchema *schema,
   *n_items = schema->n_items;
   return schema->items;
 }
+
+const gchar *
+g_settings_schema_get_name (GSettingsSchema *schema)
+{
+  return schema->name;
+}