diff --git a/src/core/kcoreconfigskeleton.cpp b/src/core/kcoreconfigskeleton.cpp
index 98d9cdc..9c5fb4a 100644
--- a/src/core/kcoreconfigskeleton.cpp
+++ b/src/core/kcoreconfigskeleton.cpp
@@ -1022,6 +1022,11 @@ const KConfig *KCoreConfigSkeleton::config() const
     return d->mConfig.data();
 }
 
+KSharedConfig::Ptr KCoreConfigSkeleton::sharedConfig() const
+{
+    return d->mConfig;
+}
+
 void KCoreConfigSkeleton::setSharedConfig(KSharedConfig::Ptr pConfig)
 {
     d->mConfig = pConfig;
diff --git a/src/core/kcoreconfigskeleton.h b/src/core/kcoreconfigskeleton.h
index 9cd0799..a2b828a 100644
--- a/src/core/kcoreconfigskeleton.h
+++ b/src/core/kcoreconfigskeleton.h
@@ -1338,6 +1338,12 @@ public:
      */
     const KConfig *config() const;
 
+    /**
+     * Return the @ref KConfig object used for reading and writing the settings.
+     * @since 5.0
+     */
+    KSharedConfig::Ptr sharedConfig() const;
+
     /**
      * Set the @ref KSharedConfig object used for reading and writing the settings.
      */