diff --git a/contrib/dataimporthandler/src/main/java/org/apache/solr/handler/dataimport/ContextImpl.java b/contrib/dataimporthandler/src/main/java/org/apache/solr/handler/dataimport/ContextImpl.java
index b18ed6cc387..e3fe378d8bf 100644
--- a/contrib/dataimporthandler/src/main/java/org/apache/solr/handler/dataimport/ContextImpl.java
+++ b/contrib/dataimporthandler/src/main/java/org/apache/solr/handler/dataimport/ContextImpl.java
@@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ public class ContextImpl extends Context {
     } 
   }
 
+  DocBuilder getDocBuilder(){
+    return docBuilder;
+  }
   public Object resolve(String var) {
     return resolver.resolve(var);
   }