diff --git a/tokio-xmpp/src/client/simple_client.rs b/tokio-xmpp/src/client/simple_client.rs
index 4b69045b3479c12fb6b1176b3d31d48649a2b6c2..df87ef0e5965b077a09f6e86b3e914ed1018ff0d 100644
--- a/tokio-xmpp/src/client/simple_client.rs
+++ b/tokio-xmpp/src/client/simple_client.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ impl Client {
         Ok(Client { stream })
     }
 
+    /// Get direct access to inner XMPP Stream
+    pub fn into_inner(self) -> XMPPStream {
+        self.stream
+    }
+
     async fn connect(jid: Jid, password: String) -> Result<XMPPStream, Error> {
         let username = jid.clone().node().unwrap();
         let password = password;