diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/SNP.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/SNP.pm
index 9b760a805b7aa15a661060cefe17eeb886326aeb..9cc4a04fe478143b6dda18b117c3b23fd8c527b6 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/SNP.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/SNP.pm
@@ -113,6 +113,16 @@ sub end {
   return $self->{_gsf_end};
 }
 
+sub chr_name {
+  my ($self, $arg) = @_;
+
+  if(defined $arg) {
+    $self->{_chr_name} = $arg;
+  }
+
+  return $self->{_chr_name};
+}
+
 
 sub source {
    my ($self, $arg) = @_;