diff --git a/spring-context-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/transaction/TransactionAwareCacheDecorator.java b/spring-context-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/transaction/TransactionAwareCacheDecorator.java
index e4b045b231..a7c843ddb6 100644
--- a/spring-context-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/transaction/TransactionAwareCacheDecorator.java
+++ b/spring-context-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/transaction/TransactionAwareCacheDecorator.java
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ public class TransactionAwareCacheDecorator implements Cache {
 		this.targetCache = targetCache;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Return the target Cache that this Cache should delegate to.
+	 */
+	public Cache getTargetCache() {
+		return this.targetCache;
+	}
 
 	@Override
 	public String getName() {
diff --git a/spring-context-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/transaction/TransactionAwareCacheDecoratorTests.java b/spring-context-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/transaction/TransactionAwareCacheDecoratorTests.java
index ea1c194fee..16ee78c915 100644
--- a/spring-context-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/transaction/TransactionAwareCacheDecoratorTests.java
+++ b/spring-context-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/transaction/TransactionAwareCacheDecoratorTests.java
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ public class TransactionAwareCacheDecoratorTests {
 		new TransactionAwareCacheDecorator(null);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void getTargetCache() {
+		Cache target = new ConcurrentMapCache("testCache");
+		TransactionAwareCacheDecorator cache = new TransactionAwareCacheDecorator(target);
+		assertSame(target, cache.getTargetCache());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void regularOperationsOnTarget() {
 		Cache target = new ConcurrentMapCache("testCache");