diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 172df22f..fdceb498 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Changes in 2.0.2-alpha:
  o Try harder to compile with Visual C++.
  o Move event_set() and its allies to event2/event_compat.h where they belong.
  o Remove the event_gotsig code, which has long been deprecated and unused.
+ o Add an event_get_base() function to return the base assigned to an event.
 
 
 Changes in 2.0.1-alpha:
diff --git a/event.c b/event.c
index 70abe342..23aba066 100644
--- a/event.c
+++ b/event.c
@@ -1095,6 +1095,12 @@ event_get_fd(struct event *ev)
 	return ev->ev_fd;
 }
 
+struct event_base *
+event_get_base(struct event *ev)
+{
+	return ev->ev_base;
+}
+
 int
 event_add(struct event *ev, const struct timeval *tv)
 {
diff --git a/include/event2/event.h b/include/event2/event.h
index dc802ef7..bb7a7704 100644
--- a/include/event2/event.h
+++ b/include/event2/event.h
@@ -503,6 +503,11 @@ int _event_initialized(struct event *, int check_fd);
 */
 evutil_socket_t event_get_fd(struct event *ev);
 
+/**
+   Get the event_base assigned to an event.
+*/
+struct event_base *event_get_base(struct event *ev);
+
 #ifndef EVENT_FD
 /* We haven't included event_struct.h, so define these as function calls
  * rather than as direct struct access.  If we include event_struct.h later,