diff --git a/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino/Stream.h b/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino/Stream.h
index db71bb6cd..e4fd4338c 100644
--- a/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino/Stream.h
+++ b/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino/Stream.h
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ class Stream : public Print
 // parsing methods
 
   void setTimeout(unsigned long timeout);  // sets maximum milliseconds to wait for stream data, default is 1 second
-
+  unsigned long getTimeout(void) { return _timeout; }
+  
   bool find(char *target);   // reads data from the stream until the target string is found
   bool find(uint8_t *target) { return find ((char *)target); }
   // returns true if target string is found, false if timed out (see setTimeout)
diff --git a/hardware/arduino/sam/cores/arduino/Stream.h b/hardware/arduino/sam/cores/arduino/Stream.h
index db71bb6cd..3582a1818 100644
--- a/hardware/arduino/sam/cores/arduino/Stream.h
+++ b/hardware/arduino/sam/cores/arduino/Stream.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class Stream : public Print
 // parsing methods
 
   void setTimeout(unsigned long timeout);  // sets maximum milliseconds to wait for stream data, default is 1 second
+  unsigned long getTimeout(void) { return _timeout; }
 
   bool find(char *target);   // reads data from the stream until the target string is found
   bool find(uint8_t *target) { return find ((char *)target); }