diff --git a/include/wx/html/htmlpars.h b/include/wx/html/htmlpars.h
index 045060a4ea..d34d1a1a89 100644
--- a/include/wx/html/htmlpars.h
+++ b/include/wx/html/htmlpars.h
@@ -228,6 +228,9 @@ public:
     virtual void SetParser(wxHtmlParser *parser)
         { m_Parser = parser; }
 
+    virtual wxHtmlParser* GetParser() const
+        { return m_Parser; }
+    
     // Returns list of supported tags. The list is in uppercase and
     // tags are delimited by ','.
     // Example : "I,B,FONT,P"
diff --git a/include/wx/html/winpars.h b/include/wx/html/winpars.h
index 3347e4e369..562a9dd37d 100644
--- a/include/wx/html/winpars.h
+++ b/include/wx/html/winpars.h
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ public:
     wxHtmlWinTagHandler() : wxHtmlTagHandler() {}
 
     virtual void SetParser(wxHtmlParser *parser) {wxHtmlTagHandler::SetParser(parser); m_WParser = (wxHtmlWinParser*) parser;}
+    virtual wxHtmlWinParser* GetParser() const { return (wxHtmlWinParser*)m_Parser; }
 
 protected:
     wxHtmlWinParser *m_WParser; // same as m_Parser, but overcasted
diff --git a/interface/wx/html/htmlpars.h b/interface/wx/html/htmlpars.h
index 1fad764ba9..0bdd74f285 100644
--- a/interface/wx/html/htmlpars.h
+++ b/interface/wx/html/htmlpars.h
@@ -66,10 +66,16 @@ public:
 
     /**
         Assigns @a parser to this handler. Each @b instance of handler
-        is guaranteed to be called only from the parser.
+        is guaranteed to be called only from the one parser.
     */
     virtual void SetParser(wxHtmlParser* parser);
 
+    /**
+       Returns the parser associated with this tag handler.
+    */
+    virtual wxHtmlParser* GetParser() const;
+
+
 protected:
 
     /**
diff --git a/interface/wx/html/winpars.h b/interface/wx/html/winpars.h
index 36cc0cf97b..01ef3585bc 100644
--- a/interface/wx/html/winpars.h
+++ b/interface/wx/html/winpars.h
@@ -50,6 +50,18 @@ public:
 */
 class wxHtmlWinTagHandler : public wxHtmlTagHandler
 {
+public:
+    /**
+        Assigns @a parser to this handler. Each @b instance of handler
+        is guaranteed to be called only from the one parser.
+    */
+    virtual void SetParser(wxHtmlWinParser* parser);
+
+    /**
+       Returns the parser associated with this tag handler.
+    */
+    virtual wxHtmlWinParser* GetParser() const;
+
 protected:
     /**
         Value of this attribute is identical to value of m_Parser.