diff --git a/assuan/assuan-connect.c b/assuan/assuan-connect.c
index 778b3a77..37d42625 100644
--- a/assuan/assuan-connect.c
+++ b/assuan/assuan-connect.c
@@ -127,3 +127,9 @@ assuan_pipe_disconnect (ASSUAN_CONTEXT ctx)
   waitpid (ctx->pid, NULL, 0);  /* FIXME Check return value.  */
   assuan_deinit_pipe_server (ctx);
 }
+
+pid_t
+assuan_get_pid (ASSUAN_CONTEXT ctx)
+{
+  return ctx ? ctx->pid : -1;
+}
diff --git a/assuan/assuan.h b/assuan/assuan.h
index 97462fb9..5154d56f 100644
--- a/assuan/assuan.h
+++ b/assuan/assuan.h
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 #ifndef ASSUAN_H
 #define ASSUAN_H
 
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" { 
 #if 0
@@ -100,6 +103,7 @@ void assuan_deinit_pipe_server (ASSUAN_CONTEXT ctx);
 AssuanError assuan_pipe_connect (ASSUAN_CONTEXT *ctx, const char *name,
                                  char *const argv[]);
 void assuan_pipe_disconnect (ASSUAN_CONTEXT ctx);
+pid_t assuan_get_pid (ASSUAN_CONTEXT ctx);
 
 /*-- assuan-util.c --*/
 void assuan_set_malloc_hooks ( void *(*new_alloc_func)(size_t n),