diff --git a/lib/Cake/Routing/Router.php b/lib/Cake/Routing/Router.php
index 04679aded..95fe11907 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Routing/Router.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Routing/Router.php
@@ -174,6 +174,20 @@ class Router {
 		return self::$_namedExpressions;
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Resource map getter & setter.
+ *
+ * @param array $resourceMap Resource map
+ * @return mixed
+ * @see Router::$_resourceMap
+ */
+	public static function resourceMap($resourceMap = null) {
+		if ($resourceMap === null) {
+			return self::$_resourceMap;
+		}
+		self::$_resourceMap = $resourceMap;
+	}
+
 /**
  * Connects a new Route in the router.
  *