diff --git a/src/apps/debugger/debugger_interface/DebuggerInterface.cpp b/src/apps/debugger/debugger_interface/DebuggerInterface.cpp
index 6f1a8ce9ff..8bba417a5c 100644
--- a/src/apps/debugger/debugger_interface/DebuggerInterface.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/debugger/debugger_interface/DebuggerInterface.cpp
@@ -434,6 +434,16 @@ DebuggerInterface::GetCpuState(thread_id thread, CpuState*& _state)
 }
 
 
+ssize_t
+DebuggerInterface::ReadMemory(target_addr_t address, void* buffer, size_t size)
+{
+	DebugContextGetter contextGetter(fDebugContextPool);
+
+	return debug_read_memory(contextGetter.Context(),
+		(const void*)(addr_t)address, buffer, size);
+}
+
+
 status_t
 DebuggerInterface::_CreateDebugEvent(int32 messageCode,
 	const debug_debugger_message_data& message, bool& _ignore,
diff --git a/src/apps/debugger/debugger_interface/DebuggerInterface.h b/src/apps/debugger/debugger_interface/DebuggerInterface.h
index 03897d6871..0b82923269 100644
--- a/src/apps/debugger/debugger_interface/DebuggerInterface.h
+++ b/src/apps/debugger/debugger_interface/DebuggerInterface.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include <debug_support.h>
 #include <ObjectList.h>
 
+#include "ArchitectureTypes.h"
+
 
 class Architecture;
 class CpuState;
@@ -46,6 +48,9 @@ public:
 									CpuState*& _state);
 										// returns a reference to the caller
 
+	ssize_t						ReadMemory(target_addr_t address, void* buffer,
+									size_t size);
+
 private:
 	struct DebugContext;
 	struct DebugContextPool;