diff --git a/ctdb/client/ctdb_client.c b/ctdb/client/ctdb_client.c
index ad7aa4f8dcb..4997818bca7 100644
--- a/ctdb/client/ctdb_client.c
+++ b/ctdb/client/ctdb_client.c
@@ -2948,6 +2948,11 @@ int ctdb_set_socketname(struct ctdb_context *ctdb, const char *socketname)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+const char *ctdb_get_socketname(struct ctdb_context *ctdb)
+{
+	return ctdb->daemon.name;
+}
+
 /*
   return the pnn of this node
 */
diff --git a/ctdb/include/ctdb_client.h b/ctdb/include/ctdb_client.h
index 4bb14e960ee..e9aa8d17fb1 100644
--- a/ctdb/include/ctdb_client.h
+++ b/ctdb/include/ctdb_client.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ void ctdb_set_max_lacount(struct ctdb_context *ctdb, unsigned count);
 int ctdb_set_address(struct ctdb_context *ctdb, const char *address);
 
 int ctdb_set_socketname(struct ctdb_context *ctdb, const char *socketname);
+const char *ctdb_get_socketname(struct ctdb_context *ctdb);
 
 /*
   tell ctdb what nodes are available. This takes a filename, which will contain