diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
index 7512bd08e7..f2ae5dc8e2 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
@@ -4548,6 +4548,18 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
             return m_sceneGraph.GetSceneObjectGroup(name);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Attempt to get the SOG via its UUID
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="fullID"></param>
+        /// <param name="sog"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public bool TryGetSceneObjectGroup(UUID fullID, out SceneObjectGroup sog)
+        {
+            sog = GetSceneObjectGroup(fullID);
+            return sog != null;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Get a prim by name from the scene (will return the first
         /// found, if there are more than one prim with the same name)