diff --git a/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/api/sharedpreferences/AbstractPrefField.java b/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/api/sharedpreferences/AbstractPrefField.java
index 27b0e771ab..a73190db02 100644
--- a/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/api/sharedpreferences/AbstractPrefField.java
+++ b/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/api/sharedpreferences/AbstractPrefField.java
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ public final boolean exists() {
 		return sharedPreferences.contains(key);
 	}
 
+	public String key() {
+		return this.key;
+	}
+
 	public final void remove() {
 		apply(edit().remove(key));
 	}