diff --git a/src/mesh/MeshPacketQueue.cpp b/src/mesh/MeshPacketQueue.cpp
index 87347f30..51af89df 100644
--- a/src/mesh/MeshPacketQueue.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/MeshPacketQueue.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,16 @@ MeshPacket *MeshPacketQueue::dequeue()
     return p;
 }
 
+MeshPacket *MeshPacketQueue::getFront()
+{
+    if (empty()) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    auto *p = queue.front();
+    return p;
+}
+
 /** Attempt to find and remove a packet from this queue.  Returns a pointer to the removed packet, or NULL if not found */
 MeshPacket *MeshPacketQueue::remove(NodeNum from, PacketId id)
 {
diff --git a/src/mesh/MeshPacketQueue.h b/src/mesh/MeshPacketQueue.h
index c74addf4..8c93b452 100644
--- a/src/mesh/MeshPacketQueue.h
+++ b/src/mesh/MeshPacketQueue.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ class MeshPacketQueue
 
     MeshPacket *dequeue();
 
+    MeshPacket *getFront();
+
     /** Attempt to find and remove a packet from this queue.  Returns the packet which was removed from the queue */
     MeshPacket *remove(NodeNum from, PacketId id);
 };