diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/FormulaRecord.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/FormulaRecord.java
index db6c28ed7a..fa0f8ed6d5 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/FormulaRecord.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/FormulaRecord.java
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ public class FormulaRecord
                                             int offset)
     {
         Stack stack = new Stack();
-        /*int   pos   = 22 + offset;
+        int   pos   = 22 + offset;
 
         while (pos < size)
         {
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public class FormulaRecord
 
             pos += ptg.getSize();
             stack.push(ptg);
-        }*/
+        }
         return stack;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/FormulaParser.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/FormulaParser.java
index 4c0cefe4ff..f27e0fff0e 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/FormulaParser.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/FormulaParser.java
@@ -390,6 +390,18 @@ end;
             return (Ptg[]) tokens.toArray(retval);
        }
     }
+  
+    /**
+     * Convience method which takes in a list then passes it to the other toFormulaString
+     * signature
+     */
+    public static String toFormulaString(List lptgs) {
+        String retval = null;
+        Ptg[] ptgs = new Ptg[lptgs.size()];
+        ptgs = (Ptg[])lptgs.toArray(ptgs);
+        retval = toFormulaString(ptgs);
+        return retval;
+    }
     
     /** Static method to convert an array of Ptgs in RPN order 
      *  to a human readable string format in infix mode
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFCell.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFCell.java
index 080e977dac..fef0fc8b29 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFCell.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFCell.java
@@ -712,6 +712,15 @@ public class HSSFCell
         }
     }
     
+    public String getCellFormula() {
+        String retval=null;
+        
+        retval = 
+              FormulaParser.toFormulaString(((FormulaRecord)record).getParsedExpression());
+        
+        return retval;   
+    }
+    
     
     /**
      * get the value of the cell as a number.  For strings we throw an exception.