diff --git a/src/shared/sound.h b/src/shared/sound.h
index d72f1771..536972d8 100644
--- a/src/shared/sound.h
+++ b/src/shared/sound.h
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ void Sound_PlayAt(vector worldPos, string sndDef);
 void Sound_PlayLocal(string shader);
 /** Client-side only: Update the sound parameters on a given entity. */
 void Sound_Update(entity targetEntity, int sndChannel, int sndSample, float desiredVolume);
+
+int Sound_GetID(string sndDef);
 #else
 /** Server-side only: Play a sentences.txt entry on a given entity. */
 void Sound_Speak(entity targetEntity, string sentencesEntry);
diff --git a/src/shared/sound.qc b/src/shared/sound.qc
index bddec284..5808423e 100644
--- a/src/shared/sound.qc
+++ b/src/shared/sound.qc
@@ -790,6 +790,14 @@ Sound_PlayLocal(string shader)
 	localsound(argv(r));
 }
 
+int
+Sound_GetID(string defName)
+{
+	if (defName == "")
+		return -1;
+	return (int)hash_get(g_hashsounds, defName, -1);
+}
+
 void
 Sound_Update(entity target, int channel, int sample, float volume)
 {