diff --git a/cogl/cogl-primitive.c b/cogl/cogl-primitive.c
index 6fa9a9d42..bef50a723 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl-primitive.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl-primitive.c
@@ -524,6 +524,12 @@ cogl_primitive_set_indices (CoglPrimitive *primitive,
   primitive->n_vertices = n_indices;
 }
 
+CoglIndices *
+cogl_primitive_get_indices (CoglPrimitive *primitive)
+{
+  return primitive->indices;
+}
+
 CoglPrimitive *
 cogl_primitive_copy (CoglPrimitive *primitive)
 {
diff --git a/cogl/cogl-primitive.h b/cogl/cogl-primitive.h
index debaba1fb..fa54fc6b7 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl-primitive.h
+++ b/cogl/cogl-primitive.h
@@ -774,6 +774,19 @@ cogl_primitive_set_indices (CoglPrimitive *primitive,
                             CoglIndices *indices,
                             int n_indices);
 
+/**
+ * cogl_primitive_get_indices:
+ * @primitive: A #CoglPrimitive
+ *
+ * Return value: the indices that were set with
+ * cogl_primitive_set_indices() or %NULL if no indices were set.
+ *
+ * Since: 1.10
+ * Stability: unstable
+ */
+CoglIndices *
+cogl_primitive_get_indices (CoglPrimitive *primitive);
+
 /**
  * cogl_primitive_copy:
  * @primitive: A primitive copy
diff --git a/doc/reference/cogl-2.0-experimental/cogl-2.0-experimental-sections.txt b/doc/reference/cogl-2.0-experimental/cogl-2.0-experimental-sections.txt
index d338d8535..50abc6f95 100644
--- a/doc/reference/cogl-2.0-experimental/cogl-2.0-experimental-sections.txt
+++ b/doc/reference/cogl-2.0-experimental/cogl-2.0-experimental-sections.txt
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ cogl_primitive_set_n_vertices
 cogl_primitive_get_mode
 cogl_primitive_set_mode
 cogl_primitive_set_attributes
+cogl_primitive_get_indices
 cogl_primitive_set_indices
 cogl_primitive_draw
 cogl_primitive_copy