diff --git a/src/JMS/Serializer/Serializer.php b/src/JMS/Serializer/Serializer.php
index 6b1be6e05..cc4f08180 100644
--- a/src/JMS/Serializer/Serializer.php
+++ b/src/JMS/Serializer/Serializer.php
@@ -120,4 +120,12 @@ public function deserialize($data, $type, $format, DeserializationContext $conte
 
         return $visitorResult;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @return MetadataFactoryInterface
+     */
+    public function getMetadataFactory()
+    {
+        return $this->factory;
+    }
 }