diff --git a/cake/console/console_option_parser.php b/cake/console/console_option_parser.php
index ccc1670cc..d37fd6898 100644
--- a/cake/console/console_option_parser.php
+++ b/cake/console/console_option_parser.php
@@ -320,6 +320,15 @@ class ConsoleOptionParser {
 		return $this->_options;
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Get the array of defined subcommands
+ *
+ * @return array
+ */
+	public function subcommands() {
+		return $this->_subcommands;
+	}
+
 /**
  * Parse the argv array into a set of params and args.
  *