diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/AuditLog.php b/lib/Doctrine/AuditLog.php
index 1f4083407..72d086c46 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/AuditLog.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/AuditLog.php
@@ -45,7 +45,69 @@ class Doctrine_AuditLog
     {
     	$this->_table = $table;
     }
-
+    /**
+     * __get
+     * an alias for getOption
+     *
+     * @param string $option
+     */
+    public function __get($option)
+    {
+        if (isset($this->options[$option])) {
+            return $this->options[$option];
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+    /**
+     * __isset
+     *
+     * @param string $option
+     */
+    public function __isset($option) 
+    {
+        return isset($this->options[$option]);
+    }
+    /**
+     * getOptions
+     * returns all options of this table and the associated values
+     *
+     * @return array    all options and their values
+     */
+    public function getOptions()
+    {
+        return $this->options;
+    }
+    /**
+     * setOption
+     * sets an option and returns this object in order to
+     * allow flexible method chaining
+     *
+     * @see slef::$_options             for available options
+     * @param string $name              the name of the option to set
+     * @param mixed $value              the value of the option
+     * @return Doctrine_AuditLog        this object
+     */
+    public function setOption($name, $value)
+    {
+        if ( ! isset($this->_options[$name])) {
+            throw new Doctrine_Exception('Unknown option ' . $name);
+        }
+        $this->options[$name] = $value;
+    }
+    /**
+     * getOption
+     * returns the value of given option
+     *
+     * @param string $name  the name of the option
+     * @return mixed        the value of given option
+     */
+    public function getOption($name)
+    {
+        if (isset($this->options[$name])) {
+            return $this->options[$name];
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
     public function audit()
     {
         $conn = $this->_table->getConnection();