diff --git a/lucene/analysis/common/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/hunspell/Dictionary.java b/lucene/analysis/common/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/hunspell/Dictionary.java
index fccfd69d0db..d66f8f9f9b0 100644
--- a/lucene/analysis/common/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/hunspell/Dictionary.java
+++ b/lucene/analysis/common/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/hunspell/Dictionary.java
@@ -1240,4 +1240,9 @@ public class Dictionary {
       }
     }
   }
+  
+  /** Returns true if this dictionary was constructed with the {@code ignoreCase} option */
+  public boolean getIgnoreCase() {
+    return ignoreCase;
+  }
 }