diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index 524ba46..2ad5d01 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ typedef struct {
 } error;
 static error global_error = { NULL, 0 };
 
+CJSON_PUBLIC(size_t) cJSON_GetErrorPos(void)
+{
+    return global_error.position;
+}
+
 CJSON_PUBLIC(const char *) cJSON_GetErrorPtr(void)
 {
     return (const char*) (global_error.json + global_error.position);
diff --git a/cJSON.h b/cJSON.h
index 95a9cf6..51a505a 100644
--- a/cJSON.h
+++ b/cJSON.h
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(const cJSON * const objec
 CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_HasObjectItem(const cJSON *object, const char *string);
 /* For analysing failed parses. This returns a pointer to the parse error. You'll probably need to look a few chars back to make sense of it. Defined when cJSON_Parse() returns 0. 0 when cJSON_Parse() succeeds. */
 CJSON_PUBLIC(const char *) cJSON_GetErrorPtr(void);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(size_t) cJSON_GetErrorPos(void);
 
 /* Check item type and return its value */
 CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_GetStringValue(const cJSON * const item);