diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/fge/jsonpatch/JsonPatch.java b/src/main/java/com/github/fge/jsonpatch/JsonPatch.java
index 02579798..357a33ac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/fge/jsonpatch/JsonPatch.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/fge/jsonpatch/JsonPatch.java
@@ -177,4 +177,8 @@ public void serializeWithType(final JsonGenerator jgen,
     {
         serialize(jgen, provider);
     }
+
+    public List<JsonPatchOperation> getOperations() {
+        return ImmutableList.copyOf(operations);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/fge/jsonpatch/JsonPatchTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/fge/jsonpatch/JsonPatchTest.java
index 6e2af6d3..46c0f341 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/fge/jsonpatch/JsonPatchTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/fge/jsonpatch/JsonPatchTest.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 import static org.testng.Assert.*;
@@ -120,4 +121,15 @@ public void whenOneOperationFailsNextOperationIsNotCalled()
 
         verifyZeroInteractions(op2);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getOperationsReturnsTheCorrectOpsInTheCorrectOrder()
+    {
+        final JsonPatch patch = new JsonPatch(ImmutableList.of(op1, op2));
+
+        List<JsonPatchOperation> operations = patch.getOperations();
+        assertEquals(operations.size(), 2);
+        assertEquals(operations.get(0), op1);
+        assertEquals(operations.get(1), op2);
+    }
 }