diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/AbstractMatchingTask.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/AbstractMatchingTask.java
index aae4a1852..9d70502c5 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/AbstractMatchingTask.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/myrmidon/framework/AbstractMatchingTask.java
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractMatchingTask
 {
     private FileSet m_fileset = new FileSet();
 
+    /**
+     * Retrieve fileset for Matching task.
+     */
+    protected FileSet getFileSet()
+    {
+        return m_fileset;
+    }
+
     /**
      * The attribute that contains a list of itesm to be included.
      */