diff --git a/DrBotIRC.py b/DrBotIRC.py
index 6f88362..d473716 100644
--- a/DrBotIRC.py
+++ b/DrBotIRC.py
@@ -196,6 +196,13 @@ class DrBotIRC(irclib.IRC):
             except Exception as e:
                 print("exception floated up to DrBotIrc: " + str(e))
 
+    def xmlrpc_register_function(self, func, name):
+        """Add a method to the XML-RPC interface."""
+
+        if func:
+            if hasattr(func, '__call__'):
+                self.xmlrpc.register_function(func, name)
+
     def _xmlrpc_listen(self):
         """Begin listening. Hopefully this was called in a new thread."""