diff --git a/include/editline.h b/include/editline.h
index eb1a569..7ae8810 100644
--- a/include/editline.h
+++ b/include/editline.h
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ extern void  add_history        (const char *line);
 extern int   read_history       (const char *filename);
 extern int   write_history      (const char *filename);
 
+extern rl_getc_func_t *rl_set_getc_func(rl_getc_func_t *func);
+
 extern rl_completion_func_t  *rl_attempted_completion_function;
 extern rl_complete_func_t    *rl_set_complete_func    (rl_complete_func_t *func);
 extern rl_list_possib_func_t *rl_set_list_possib_func (rl_list_possib_func_t *func);
diff --git a/src/editline.c b/src/editline.c
index 1d0cfa6..2f34835 100644
--- a/src/editline.c
+++ b/src/editline.c
@@ -1948,6 +1948,13 @@ el_status_t el_bind_key_in_metamap(int key, el_keymap_func_t function)
     return el_bind_key_in_map(key, function, MetaMap, NELEMS(MetaMap));
 }
 
+rl_getc_func_t *rl_set_getc_func(rl_getc_func_t *func)
+{
+    rl_getc_func_t *old = rl_getc_function;
+    rl_getc_function = func;
+    return old;
+}
+
 /**
  * Local Variables:
  *  c-file-style: "k&r"