diff --git a/src/main/java/spoon/reflect/visitor/DefaultJavaPrettyPrinter.java b/src/main/java/spoon/reflect/visitor/DefaultJavaPrettyPrinter.java
index 626af2cd6e5..eabcb18c064 100644
--- a/src/main/java/spoon/reflect/visitor/DefaultJavaPrettyPrinter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/spoon/reflect/visitor/DefaultJavaPrettyPrinter.java
@@ -1986,6 +1986,13 @@ public Map<Integer, Integer> getLineNumberMapping() {
 		return getPrinterHelper().getLineNumberMapping();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return current {@link TokenWriter}, so the subclasses of {@link DefaultJavaPrettyPrinter} can print tokens too
+	 */
+	protected TokenWriter getPrinterTokenWriter() {
+		return printer;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Set {@link TokenWriter}, which has to be used to print tokens
 	 */