diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/unicode/unum.h b/icu4c/source/i18n/unicode/unum.h
index 734b11223aa..240578bb1be 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/unicode/unum.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/unicode/unum.h
@@ -493,7 +493,9 @@ enum UNumberFormatTextAttribute{
   /** Negative suffix */
   UNUM_NEGATIVE_SUFFIX,
   /** The character used to pad to the format width. */
-  UNUM_PADDING_CHARACTER
+  UNUM_PADDING_CHARACTER,
+  /** The ISO currency code */
+  UNUM_CURRENCY_CODE
 };
 typedef enum UNumberFormatTextAttribute UNumberFormatTextAttribute;
 
diff --git a/icu4c/source/i18n/unum.cpp b/icu4c/source/i18n/unum.cpp
index cd25f48bdbc..04e29dad57a 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/i18n/unum.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/i18n/unum.cpp
@@ -540,6 +540,10 @@ unum_getTextAttribute(const UNumberFormat*  fmt,
     *result = ((DecimalFormat*)fmt)->getPadCharacter();
     return 1;
 
+  case UNUM_CURRENCY_CODE:
+    res = UnicodeString(((DecimalFormat*)fmt)->getCurrency(), "");
+    break;
+
   default:
     *status = U_UNSUPPORTED_ERROR;
     return -1;
@@ -582,6 +586,13 @@ unum_setTextAttribute(    UNumberFormat*                    fmt,
     ((DecimalFormat*)fmt)->setPadCharacter(*newValue);
     break;
 
+  case UNUM_CURRENCY_CODE: {
+      char currency[4];
+      val.extract(0, 3, currency, "");
+      currency[3] = 0;
+      ((DecimalFormat*)fmt)->setCurrency(currency); }
+      break;
+
   default:
     *status = U_UNSUPPORTED_ERROR;
     break;