diff --git a/libguile/frames.c b/libguile/frames.c
index f8eed861a..2064ef3c1 100644
--- a/libguile/frames.c
+++ b/libguile/frames.c
@@ -203,6 +203,16 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_frame_local_set_x, "frame-local-set!", 3, 0, 0,
 }
 #undef FUNC_NAME
 
+SCM_DEFINE (scm_frame_address, "frame-address", 1, 0, 0,
+	    (SCM frame),
+	    "Return the frame pointer for @var{frame}.")
+#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_frame_address
+{
+  SCM_VALIDATE_VM_FRAME (1, frame);
+  return scm_from_ulong ((unsigned long) SCM_VM_FRAME_FP (frame));
+}
+#undef FUNC_NAME
+
 SCM_DEFINE (scm_frame_instruction_pointer, "frame-instruction-pointer", 1, 0, 0,
 	    (SCM frame),
 	    "")
diff --git a/libguile/frames.h b/libguile/frames.h
index 33432eb48..89d0f33bf 100644
--- a/libguile/frames.h
+++ b/libguile/frames.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ SCM_API SCM scm_frame_source (SCM frame);
 SCM_API SCM scm_frame_num_locals (SCM frame);
 SCM_API SCM scm_frame_local_ref (SCM frame, SCM index);
 SCM_API SCM scm_frame_local_set_x (SCM frame, SCM index, SCM val);
+SCM_API SCM scm_frame_address (SCM frame);
 SCM_API SCM scm_frame_instruction_pointer (SCM frame);
 SCM_API SCM scm_frame_return_address (SCM frame);
 SCM_API SCM scm_frame_mv_return_address (SCM frame);