diff --git a/src/lib-smtp/smtp-server-reply.c b/src/lib-smtp/smtp-server-reply.c
index 7cbc271ec0..5966888511 100644
--- a/src/lib-smtp/smtp-server-reply.c
+++ b/src/lib-smtp/smtp-server-reply.c
@@ -174,6 +174,14 @@ void smtp_server_reply_set_status(struct smtp_server_reply *reply,
 	reply->content->enhanced_code = p_strdup(pool, enh_code);
 }
 
+unsigned int smtp_server_reply_get_status(struct smtp_server_reply *reply,
+					  const char **enh_code_r)
+{
+	if (enh_code_r != NULL)
+		*enh_code_r = reply->content->enhanced_code;
+	return reply->content->status;
+}
+
 struct smtp_server_reply *
 smtp_server_reply_create_index(struct smtp_server_command *cmd,
 			       unsigned int index, unsigned int status,
diff --git a/src/lib-smtp/smtp-server.h b/src/lib-smtp/smtp-server.h
index c698316d85..a3c8383a0b 100644
--- a/src/lib-smtp/smtp-server.h
+++ b/src/lib-smtp/smtp-server.h
@@ -637,6 +637,8 @@ smtp_server_reply_create_forward(struct smtp_server_command *cmd,
 void smtp_server_reply_set_status(struct smtp_server_reply *reply,
 				  unsigned int status, const char *enh_code)
 				  ATTR_NULL(3);
+unsigned int smtp_server_reply_get_status(struct smtp_server_reply *reply,
+					  const char **enh_code_r) ATTR_NULL(3);
 
 void smtp_server_reply_add_text(struct smtp_server_reply *reply,
 	const char *line);