diff --git a/src/zeroconf/avahi/Poll.hxx b/src/zeroconf/avahi/Poll.hxx
index 321be9ecb..80a3838c1 100644
--- a/src/zeroconf/avahi/Poll.hxx
+++ b/src/zeroconf/avahi/Poll.hxx
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ public:
 	MyAvahiPoll(const MyAvahiPoll &) = delete;
 	MyAvahiPoll &operator=(const MyAvahiPoll &) = delete;
 
+	EventLoop &GetEventLoop() const noexcept {
+		return event_loop;
+	}
+
 private:
 	static AvahiWatch *WatchNew(const AvahiPoll *api, int fd,
 				    AvahiWatchEvent event,