diff --git a/library/include/Console.h b/library/include/Console.h
index f0f56ca85..39a19b152 100644
--- a/library/include/Console.h
+++ b/library/include/Console.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ distribution.
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
+#include <vector>
 namespace tthread
 {
     class mutex;
@@ -114,6 +115,12 @@ namespace  DFHack
         {
             history.pop_front();
         }
+        /// adds the current list of entries to the given vector
+        void getEntries(std::vector<std::string> &entries)
+        {
+            for (auto &entry : history)
+                entries.push_back(entry);
+        }
     private:
         std::size_t capacity;
         std::deque <std::string> history;