diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9d392dacb20..dcb405547c3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Timezone initialization failure from serialized data will now throw an
     instance of Error from __wakeup() or __set_state() instead of resulting in
     a fatal error. (Aaron Piotrowski)
+  . Export date_get_interface_ce() for extension use. (Jeremy Mikola)
 
 - DOM:
   . Invalid schema or RelaxNG validation contexts will throw an instance of
diff --git a/ext/date/php_date.c b/ext/date/php_date.c
index d6cff1ad460..41147977026 100644
--- a/ext/date/php_date.c
+++ b/ext/date/php_date.c
@@ -585,6 +585,11 @@ PHPAPI zend_class_entry *php_date_get_immutable_ce(void)
 	return date_ce_immutable;
 }
 
+PHPAPI zend_class_entry *php_date_get_interface_ce(void)
+{
+	return date_ce_interface;
+}
+
 PHPAPI zend_class_entry *php_date_get_timezone_ce(void)
 {
 	return date_ce_timezone;
diff --git a/ext/date/php_date.h b/ext/date/php_date.h
index c336268a95a..d3f4a4f44fd 100644
--- a/ext/date/php_date.h
+++ b/ext/date/php_date.h
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ PHPAPI timelib_tzinfo *get_timezone_info(void);
 /* Grabbing CE's so that other exts can use the date objects too */
 PHPAPI zend_class_entry *php_date_get_date_ce(void);
 PHPAPI zend_class_entry *php_date_get_immutable_ce(void);
+PHPAPI zend_class_entry *php_date_get_interface_ce(void);
 PHPAPI zend_class_entry *php_date_get_timezone_ce(void);
 
 /* Functions for creating DateTime objects, and initializing them from a string */