diff --git a/src/main/ruby/hbase/table.rb b/src/main/ruby/hbase/table.rb
index 6dcf47e697a..41dcf21b293 100644
--- a/src/main/ruby/hbase/table.rb
+++ b/src/main/ruby/hbase/table.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ include Java
 module Hbase
   class Table
     include HBaseConstants
+    attr_reader :table
 
     def initialize(configuration, table_name, formatter)
       @table = org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HTable.new(configuration, table_name)