diff --git a/src/screen.cc b/src/screen.cc
index 0c90d747..f5cc0092 100644
--- a/src/screen.cc
+++ b/src/screen.cc
@@ -867,6 +867,11 @@ void Screen::setDesktopName(unsigned int i, const otk::ustring &name)
                      otk::Property::utf8, newnames);
 }
 
+otk::ustring Screen::desktopName(unsigned int i) const
+{
+  if (i >= _num_desktops) return "";
+  return _desktop_names[i];
+}
 
 const otk::Rect& Screen::area(unsigned int desktop) const {
   assert(desktop < _num_desktops || desktop == 0xffffffff);
diff --git a/src/screen.hh b/src/screen.hh
index 55518fc9..4eb81d4a 100644
--- a/src/screen.hh
+++ b/src/screen.hh
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ public:
   */
   void setDesktopName(unsigned int i, const otk::ustring &name);
 
+  otk::ustring desktopName(unsigned int i) const;
+
   void installColormap(bool install) const;
 
   virtual void propertyHandler(const XPropertyEvent &e);