diff --git a/sources/application/UI/UIBlock.php b/sources/application/UI/UIBlock.php
index ec59edd63..0bb634ca6 100644
--- a/sources/application/UI/UIBlock.php
+++ b/sources/application/UI/UIBlock.php
@@ -125,6 +125,17 @@ abstract class UIBlock implements iUIBlock
 		return uniqid(static::BLOCK_CODE.'-');
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Return the block code of the object instance
+	 *
+	 * @see static::BLOCK_CODE
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function GetBlockCode()
+	{
+		return static::BLOCK_CODE;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @inheritDoc
 	 */