diff --git a/moo/mooedit/mooedit.c b/moo/mooedit/mooedit.c
index 6243fd72..cdad7868 100644
--- a/moo/mooedit/mooedit.c
+++ b/moo/mooedit/mooedit.c
@@ -579,6 +579,18 @@ moo_edit_get_encoding (MooEdit *edit)
 }
 
 
+char*
+moo_edit_get_uri (MooEdit *edit)
+{
+    g_return_val_if_fail (MOO_IS_EDIT (edit), NULL);
+
+    if (edit->priv->filename)
+        return g_filename_to_uri (edit->priv->filename, NULL, NULL);
+    else
+        return NULL;
+}
+
+
 static GtkTextBuffer*
 get_buffer (MooEdit *edit)
 {
diff --git a/moo/mooedit/mooedit.h b/moo/mooedit/mooedit.h
index 0e13c37f..17848242 100644
--- a/moo/mooedit/mooedit.h
+++ b/moo/mooedit/mooedit.h
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ const char      *moo_edit_get_display_basename  (MooEdit        *edit);
 
 const char      *moo_edit_get_encoding          (MooEdit        *edit);
 
+char            *moo_edit_get_uri               (MooEdit        *edit);
+
 gboolean         moo_edit_is_empty              (MooEdit        *edit);
 void             moo_edit_set_modified          (MooEdit        *edit,
                                                  gboolean        modified);