diff --git a/contrib/ldapc++/src/LDAPObjClass.cpp b/contrib/ldapc++/src/LDAPObjClass.cpp
index c78a675db8..6ebc513729 100644
--- a/contrib/ldapc++/src/LDAPObjClass.cpp
+++ b/contrib/ldapc++/src/LDAPObjClass.cpp
@@ -121,3 +121,9 @@ string LDAPObjClass::getName () {
     else
 	return *(names.begin());
 }
+
+int LDAPObjClass::getKind () {
+     return kind;
+}
+
+
diff --git a/contrib/ldapc++/src/LDAPObjClass.h b/contrib/ldapc++/src/LDAPObjClass.h
index 4a383d6dfd..94e0ea9b5f 100644
--- a/contrib/ldapc++/src/LDAPObjClass.h
+++ b/contrib/ldapc++/src/LDAPObjClass.h
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ class LDAPObjClass{
 	 */
 	string getName ();
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns object class kind: 0=ABSTRACT, 1=STRUCTURAL, 2=AUXILIARY
+	 */
+	int getKind ();
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns all object class names
 	 */