diff --git a/src/Perl6/Metamodel/ClassHOW.nqp b/src/Perl6/Metamodel/ClassHOW.nqp
index e6e80f33f95..518ec81c5fc 100644
--- a/src/Perl6/Metamodel/ClassHOW.nqp
+++ b/src/Perl6/Metamodel/ClassHOW.nqp
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ class Perl6::Metamodel::ClassHOW
     has @!fallbacks;
     has $!composed;
 
+    method composed() { $!composed }
+
     my $archetypes := Perl6::Metamodel::Archetypes.new(
         :nominal(1), :inheritable(1), :augmentable(1) );
     method archetypes() {