diff --git a/src/hb-shape-plan.cc b/src/hb-shape-plan.cc
index 7735d4eec..22a226f3a 100644
--- a/src/hb-shape-plan.cc
+++ b/src/hb-shape-plan.cc
@@ -304,4 +304,5 @@ retry:
 const char *
 hb_shape_plan_get_shaper (hb_shape_plan_t *shape_plan)
 {
+  return shape_plan->shaper_name;
 }