diff --git a/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/qlitehtmlwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/qlitehtmlwidget.cpp
index fd1525f6663..89425930a4e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/qlitehtmlwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/qlitehtmlwidget.cpp
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ display: block;
 class QLiteHtmlWidgetPrivate
 {
 public:
+    QString html;
     DocumentContainerContext context;
     QUrl url;
     DocumentContainer documentContainer;
@@ -421,6 +422,7 @@ QUrl QLiteHtmlWidget::url() const
 
 void QLiteHtmlWidget::setHtml(const QString &content)
 {
+    d->html = content;
     d->documentContainer.setPaintDevice(viewport());
     d->documentContainer.setDocument(content.toUtf8(), &d->context);
     verticalScrollBar()->setValue(0);
@@ -428,6 +430,11 @@ void QLiteHtmlWidget::setHtml(const QString &content)
     render();
 }
 
+QString QLiteHtmlWidget::html() const
+{
+    return d->html;
+}
+
 QString QLiteHtmlWidget::title() const
 {
     return d->documentContainer.caption();
diff --git a/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/qlitehtmlwidget.h b/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/qlitehtmlwidget.h
index 740ea27d54f..d314c4ca61c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/qlitehtmlwidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/help/qlitehtml/qlitehtmlwidget.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public:
     void setUrl(const QUrl &url);
     Q_INVOKABLE QUrl url() const;
     void setHtml(const QString &content);
+    Q_INVOKABLE QString html() const;
     Q_INVOKABLE QString title() const;
 
     void setZoomFactor(qreal scale);