diff --git a/headers/os/locale/TimeZone.h b/headers/os/locale/TimeZone.h
index d20c0ce913..5e609d875f 100644
--- a/headers/os/locale/TimeZone.h
+++ b/headers/os/locale/TimeZone.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ public:
 
 	static  const char*			kNameOfGmtZone;
 
+			struct Accessor;
+	friend	struct BTimeZone::Accessor;
 private:
 			icu_44::TimeZone*	fIcuTimeZone;
 			icu_44::Locale*		fIcuLocale;
diff --git a/headers/private/locale/TimeZoneAccessor.h b/headers/private/locale/TimeZoneAccessor.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f968f5eb5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headers/private/locale/TimeZoneAccessor.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010, Oliver Tappe <zooey@hirschkaefer.de>
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ */
+#ifndef _TIME_ZONE_ACCESSOR_H
+#define _TIME_ZONE_ACCESSOR_H
+
+
+#include <TimeZone.h>
+
+
+struct BTimeZone::Accessor {
+								Accessor(const BTimeZone* timeZone = NULL)
+									: fTimeZone(timeZone)
+								{}
+
+			void				SetTo(const BTimeZone* timeZone)
+								{
+									fTimeZone = timeZone;
+								}
+
+			icu_44::TimeZone*	IcuTimeZone()
+								{
+									return fTimeZone->fIcuTimeZone;
+								}
+
+			const BTimeZone*	fTimeZone;
+};
+
+
+#endif	// _TIME_ZONE_ACCESSOR_H