diff --git a/src/GUI/new_gui.cxx b/src/GUI/new_gui.cxx
index df81cb1fd..a0885b845 100644
--- a/src/GUI/new_gui.cxx
+++ b/src/GUI/new_gui.cxx
@@ -142,6 +142,15 @@ NewGUI::closeDialog (const string& name)
     return false; // dialog wasn't open...
 }
 
+SGPropertyNode_ptr
+NewGUI::getDialog (const string &name)
+{
+    if(_dialog_props.find(name) != _dialog_props.end())
+        return _dialog_props[name];
+    else
+        return 0;
+}
+
 void
 NewGUI::setActiveDialog (FGDialog * dialog)
 {
diff --git a/src/GUI/new_gui.hxx b/src/GUI/new_gui.hxx
index 2d00adfcc..980b7871f 100644
--- a/src/GUI/new_gui.hxx
+++ b/src/GUI/new_gui.hxx
@@ -133,6 +133,13 @@ public:
      */
     virtual bool closeDialog (const string &name);
 
+    /**
+     * Get dialog property tree's root node.
+     * @param name The name of the dialog box.
+     * @return node pointer if the dialog was found, zero otherwise.
+     */
+    virtual SGPropertyNode_ptr getDialog (const string &name);
+
     /**
      * Return a pointer to the current menubar.
      */