diff --git a/libcorpus2/relation.h b/libcorpus2/relation.h
index 4a0f2b235c6d9c9d7a61dd5a3256c155e54f3784..21cce25e73e0bc868ca856f3a311be576a137184 100644
--- a/libcorpus2/relation.h
+++ b/libcorpus2/relation.h
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ public:
 		return to_;
 	}
 
+	/// Accessor to name of the relation
+	const std::string name() const {
+		return name_;
+	}
+
 private:
 	/// Direction name
 	const std::string& name_;