diff --git a/headers/private/kernel/elf.h b/headers/private/kernel/elf.h
index da11badbd1..8694e3754a 100644
--- a/headers/private/kernel/elf.h
+++ b/headers/private/kernel/elf.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ status_t elf_debug_lookup_symbol_address(addr_t address, addr_t *_baseAddress,
 status_t elf_debug_lookup_user_symbol_address(struct team* team, addr_t address,
 			addr_t *_baseAddress, const char **_symbolName,
 			const char **_imageName, bool *_exactMatch);
+struct elf_image_info* elf_get_kernel_image();
 status_t elf_get_image_info_for_address(addr_t address, image_info* info);
 image_id elf_create_memory_image(const char* imageName, addr_t text,
 			size_t textSize, addr_t data, size_t dataSize);
diff --git a/src/system/kernel/elf.cpp b/src/system/kernel/elf.cpp
index f3fe09bb5e..ee2e9c435e 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/elf.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/elf.cpp
@@ -1849,6 +1849,13 @@ unload_kernel_add_on(image_id id)
 }
 
 
+struct elf_image_info*
+elf_get_kernel_image()
+{
+	return sKernelImage;
+}
+
+
 status_t
 elf_get_image_info_for_address(addr_t address, image_info* info)
 {