diff --git a/mailnews/base/util/nsMessage.cpp b/mailnews/base/util/nsMessage.cpp
index e566ccdc6fc0..6d7dbd689412 100644
--- a/mailnews/base/util/nsMessage.cpp
+++ b/mailnews/base/util/nsMessage.cpp
@@ -399,6 +399,15 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP nsMessage::SetPriority(const char *priority)
 		return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
 }
 
+NS_IMETHODIMP nsMessage::GetPriority(nsMsgPriority *result)
+{
+	if(mMsgHdr)
+		return mMsgHdr->GetPriority(result);
+	else
+		return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
+}
+
+
 NS_IMETHODIMP nsMessage::GetMessageOffset(PRUint32 *result)
 {
 	if(mMsgHdr)
diff --git a/mailnews/base/util/nsMessage.h b/mailnews/base/util/nsMessage.h
index b3ec7ffa4ab0..893c7993f15d 100644
--- a/mailnews/base/util/nsMessage.h
+++ b/mailnews/base/util/nsMessage.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ public:
     NS_IMETHOD GetMessageOffset(PRUint32 *result);
     NS_IMETHOD GetStatusOffset(PRUint32 *result); 
 	NS_IMETHOD GetCharSet(nsString &result);
+    NS_IMETHOD GetPriority(nsMsgPriority *result);
 
 	//nsIMessage
 	NS_IMETHOD GetMsgFolder(nsIMsgFolder **folder);