diff --git a/icu4c/source/extra/ustdio/ufile.c b/icu4c/source/extra/ustdio/ufile.c
index cf47d4929a2..929db270784 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/extra/ustdio/ufile.c
+++ b/icu4c/source/extra/ustdio/ufile.c
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@
 *******************************************************************************
 */
 
+#include "uhash.h"
 #include "ustdio.h"
-#include "loccache.h"
 #include "ufile.h"
 #include "uloc.h"
+#include "loccache.h"
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -296,3 +297,9 @@ u_fsetcodepage(    const char    *codepage,
     return -1;
   return 0;
 }
+
+
+UConverter * u_fgetConverter(UFILE *file)
+{
+  return file->fConverter;
+}