diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/jscript/AVMNode.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/jscript/AVMNode.java
index 957072fe0b..d65a0c9d6e 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/jscript/AVMNode.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/jscript/AVMNode.java
@@ -123,6 +123,19 @@ public class AVMNode extends ScriptNode
         return getVersion();
     }
     
+    /**
+     * @return AVM path to the parent node
+     */
+    public String getParentPath()
+    {
+        return AVMNodeConverter.SplitBase(this.path)[0];
+    }
+    
+    public String jsGet_parentPath()
+    {
+        return getParentPath();
+    }
+    
     /**
      * @return QName type of this node
      */