diff --git a/src/gui/macOS/fileprovider.h b/src/gui/macOS/fileprovider.h
index 8132c11b3..a76b29af8 100644
--- a/src/gui/macOS/fileprovider.h
+++ b/src/gui/macOS/fileprovider.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ public:
 
     [[nodiscard]] static bool fileProviderAvailable();
 
+    [[nodiscard]] FileProviderXPC *xpc() const;
+
 public slots:
     void createDebugArchiveForDomain(const QString &domainIdentifier, const QString &filename) const;
 
diff --git a/src/gui/macOS/fileprovider_mac.mm b/src/gui/macOS/fileprovider_mac.mm
index 94b1d9f01..d54608a6e 100644
--- a/src/gui/macOS/fileprovider_mac.mm
+++ b/src/gui/macOS/fileprovider_mac.mm
@@ -102,5 +102,10 @@ void FileProvider::createDebugArchiveForDomain(const QString &domainIdentifier,
     _xpc->createDebugArchiveForExtension(domainIdentifier, filename);
 }
 
+FileProviderXPC *FileProvider::xpc() const
+{
+    return _xpc.get();
+}
+
 } // namespace Mac
 } // namespace OCC