diff --git a/lib/master.pike.in b/lib/master.pike.in
index 0023d10201063103dbe7b3c35ce8960065faadab..fd5e3b0948f89cb13f1f0d3c57dfecc85651b783 100644
--- a/lib/master.pike.in
+++ b/lib/master.pike.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: master.pike.in,v 1.73 1999/11/26 21:51:46 grubba Exp $
+/* $Id: master.pike.in,v 1.74 1999/11/29 16:36:12 grubba Exp $
  * 
  * Master-file for Pike.
  *
@@ -1039,6 +1039,11 @@ void set_inhibit_compile_errors(mixed f)
 {
   inhibit_compile_errors->set(f);
 }
+
+mixed get_inhibit_compile_errors()
+{
+  return inhibit_compiler_errors->get();
+}
 #else /* !constant(thread_local) */
 mixed inhibit_compile_errors;
 
@@ -1046,6 +1051,11 @@ void set_inhibit_compile_errors(mixed f)
 {
   inhibit_compile_errors=f;
 }
+
+mixed get_inhibit_compile_errors()
+{
+  return inhibit_compiler_errors;
+}
 #endif /* constant(thread_local) */
 
 string trim_file_name(string s)