diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Configuration.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Configuration.php
index 0bc206d27..999d0c84c 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Configuration.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Configuration.php
@@ -163,6 +163,16 @@ class Configuration extends \Doctrine\DBAL\Configuration
     {
         $this->_attributes['entityNamespaces'] = $entityNamespaces;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the list of registered entity namespace aliases.
+     * 
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getEntityNamespaces()
+    {
+        return $this->_attributes['entityNamespaces'];
+    }
 
     /**
      * Gets the cache driver implementation that is used for the mapping metadata.