diff --git a/xchart/src/main/java/org/knowm/xchart/XChartPanel.java b/xchart/src/main/java/org/knowm/xchart/XChartPanel.java
index 12250f63a0e09769a8edd67179722e10798a8d51..a94b3fd27e90d7935fb0cf58998fe1cec502b9b6 100644
--- a/xchart/src/main/java/org/knowm/xchart/XChartPanel.java
+++ b/xchart/src/main/java/org/knowm/xchart/XChartPanel.java
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ public class XChartPanel extends JPanel {
     g2d.dispose();
   }
 
+  public Chart getChart() {
+    return this.chart;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
 
@@ -308,4 +312,4 @@ public class XChartPanel extends JPanel {
 
     return series;
   }
-}
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+}