diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/InnerScene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/InnerScene.cs
index cd5a9f5a0d..3be1592ec7 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/InnerScene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/InnerScene.cs
@@ -821,6 +821,32 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
             else
                 return null;
         }
+		
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Get a named prim contained in this scene (will return the first 
+        /// found, if there are more than one prim with the same name)
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="name"></param>
+        /// <returns>null if the part was not found</returns>
+        protected internal SceneObjectPart GetSceneObjectPart(string name)
+        {
+            List<EntityBase> EntityList = GetEntities();
+
+            foreach (EntityBase ent in EntityList)
+            {
+                if (ent is SceneObjectGroup)
+                {
+					foreach(SceneObjectPart p in ((SceneObjectGroup) ent).GetParts())
+					{
+						if (p.Name==name)
+						{
+							return p;
+						}
+					}
+                }
+            }
+            return null;
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Get a part contained in this scene.
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs
index 3799259a54..bbc50e67c2 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs
@@ -3882,6 +3882,17 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
         //            }
         //        }
 
+		/// <summary>
+        /// Get a named prim contained in this scene (will return the first 
+        /// found, if there are more than one prim with the same name)
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="name"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public SceneObjectPart GetSceneObjectPart(string name)
+        {
+            return m_innerScene.GetSceneObjectPart(name);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         ///
         /// </summary>