diff --git a/bindings/java/src/jni/javasigar.c b/bindings/java/src/jni/javasigar.c
index 0ee179d1..3ee9ff02 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/jni/javasigar.c
+++ b/bindings/java/src/jni/javasigar.c
@@ -218,6 +218,13 @@ static void sigar_set_pointer(JNIEnv *env, jobject obj, const void *ptr) {
 #endif
 }
 
+/* for jni/win32 */
+sigar_t *jsigar_get_sigar(JNIEnv *env, jobject sigar_obj)
+{
+    dSIGAR(NULL);
+    return jsigar->sigar;
+}
+
 int jsigar_list_init(JNIEnv *env, jsigar_list_t *obj)
 {
     jclass listclass =
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/jni/javasigar.h b/bindings/java/src/jni/javasigar.h
index 43093b9d..a3415610 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/jni/javasigar.h
+++ b/bindings/java/src/jni/javasigar.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <jni.h>
+#include "sigar.h"
 
 #define JENV (*env)
 
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ int jsigar_list_init(JNIEnv *env, jsigar_list_t *obj);
 
 int jsigar_list_add(void *data, char *value, int len);
 
+sigar_t *jsigar_get_sigar(JNIEnv *env, jobject sigar_obj);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif