diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e6bf18041..499490de6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-09-06 Fred Kiefer <FredKiefer@gmx.de>
+
+	* Source/NSPopUpButton.m (-selectedTag): Return the tag of the
+	selected item. 
+	Patch by Douglas Simons <doug.simons@testplant.com>.
+
 2009-09-04  Nicola  <nicola.pero@meta-innovation.com>
 
 	* Images/GNUmakefile: Rewritten using the standard
diff --git a/Source/NSPopUpButton.m b/Source/NSPopUpButton.m
index 104b85b80..098c8e084 100644
--- a/Source/NSPopUpButton.m
+++ b/Source/NSPopUpButton.m
@@ -251,6 +251,14 @@ this to return nil to indicate that we have no context menu.
   return [_cell indexOfSelectedItem];
 }
 
+/**<p>Returns the tag of the selected item</p>
+   <p>See Also: [NSPopUpButtonCell-indexOfSelectedItem]</p>
+*/
+- (int) selectedTag
+{
+  return [[_cell selectedItem] tag];
+}
+
 - (void) selectItem: (id <NSMenuItem>)anObject
 {
   [self willChangeValueForKey: NSSelectedIndexBinding];