diff --git a/src/hb-font.cc b/src/hb-font.cc
index b91a35b67..a8b9e4c3b 100644
--- a/src/hb-font.cc
+++ b/src/hb-font.cc
@@ -1565,6 +1565,16 @@ hb_font_set_var_coords_normalized (hb_font_t *font,
   font->num_coords = coords_length;
 }
 
+int *
+hb_font_get_var_coords_normalized (hb_font_t *font,
+				   unsigned int *length)
+{
+  if (length)
+    *length = font->coords_length;
+
+  return font->coords;
+}
+
 
 #ifndef HB_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
 
diff --git a/src/hb-font.h b/src/hb-font.h
index 881328672..5f22331b6 100644
--- a/src/hb-font.h
+++ b/src/hb-font.h
@@ -609,6 +609,10 @@ hb_font_set_var_coords_normalized (hb_font_t *font,
 				   int *coords, /* XXX 2.14 normalized */
 				   unsigned int coords_length);
 
+HB_EXTERN int *
+hb_font_get_var_coords_normalized (hb_font_t *font,
+				   unsigned int *length);
+
 HB_END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* HB_FONT_H */