diff --git a/src/mu-store-read.cc b/src/mu-store-read.cc
index d0e03e29..c17df25c 100644
--- a/src/mu-store-read.cc
+++ b/src/mu-store-read.cc
@@ -219,3 +219,19 @@ mu_store_foreach (MuStore *self,
 }
 
 
+
+MuMsg*
+mu_store_get_msg (MuStore *self, unsigned docid, GError **err)
+{
+	g_return_val_if_fail (self, NULL);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (docid != 0, NULL);
+
+	try {
+		Xapian::Document *doc =
+			new Xapian::Document (self->db_read_only()->get_document (docid));
+		return mu_msg_new_from_doc ((XapianDocument*)doc, err);
+
+	} MU_XAPIAN_CATCH_BLOCK_G_ERROR_RETURN (err, MU_ERROR_XAPIAN, 0);
+}
+
+