diff --git a/source/cIsThread.cpp b/source/cIsThread.cpp
index 3f4442f7f..13e9a0a07 100644
--- a/source/cIsThread.cpp
+++ b/source/cIsThread.cpp
@@ -149,3 +149,16 @@ bool cIsThread::Wait(void)
 
 
 
+
+unsigned long cIsThread::GetCurrentID(void)
+{
+	#ifdef _WIN32
+		return (unsigned long) GetCurrentThreadId();
+	#else
+		return (unsigned long) pthread_self();
+	#endif
+}
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/source/cIsThread.h b/source/cIsThread.h
index fda789d3a..55bb62a11 100644
--- a/source/cIsThread.h
+++ b/source/cIsThread.h
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ public:
 	bool Start(void);  // Starts the thread
 	bool Wait(void);   // Waits for the thread to finish
 	
+	static unsigned long GetCurrentID(void);  // Returns the OS-dependent thread ID for the caller's thread
+
 private:
 	AString mThreadName;