diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/render/pagedworldspacewidget.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/render/pagedworldspacewidget.cpp
index e30f238a2..414076cea 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/render/pagedworldspacewidget.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/render/pagedworldspacewidget.cpp
@@ -432,6 +432,11 @@ void CSVRender::PagedWorldspaceWidget::setCellSelection (const CSMWorld::CellSel
     emit cellSelectionChanged (mSelection);
 }
 
+const CSMWorld::CellSelection& CSVRender::PagedWorldspaceWidget::getCellSelection() const
+{
+    return mSelection;
+}
+
 std::pair< int, int > CSVRender::PagedWorldspaceWidget::getCoordinatesFromId (const std::string& record) const
 {
     std::istringstream stream (record.c_str());
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/render/pagedworldspacewidget.hpp b/apps/opencs/view/render/pagedworldspacewidget.hpp
index bc8e0da64..647341d1f 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/render/pagedworldspacewidget.hpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/render/pagedworldspacewidget.hpp
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ namespace CSVRender
 
             void setCellSelection(const CSMWorld::CellSelection& selection);
 
+            const CSMWorld::CellSelection& getCellSelection() const;
+
             /// \return Drop handled?
             virtual bool handleDrop (const std::vector<CSMWorld::UniversalId>& data,
                 DropType type);