diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/node/archive/NodeArchiveService.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/node/archive/NodeArchiveService.java
index 72dd318b94..8ba5d9c02e 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/node/archive/NodeArchiveService.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/node/archive/NodeArchiveService.java
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ public interface NodeArchiveService
      */
     public NodeRef getStoreArchiveNode(StoreRef originalStoreRef);
     
+    /**
+     * Get the likely node reference for the original node.  There is no
+     * guarantee that the node exists in the archive store.
+     * 
+     * @param originalNodeRef the original node reference
+     * @return Returns the node ref of the node if it was archived.
+     */
+    public NodeRef getArchivedNode(NodeRef originalNodeRef);
+    
     /**
      * Attempt to restore the given archived node into its original location.
      * <p>
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/node/archive/NodeArchiveServiceImpl.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/node/archive/NodeArchiveServiceImpl.java
index 0fc0f48441..82840572f5 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/node/archive/NodeArchiveServiceImpl.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/node/archive/NodeArchiveServiceImpl.java
@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@ public class NodeArchiveServiceImpl implements NodeArchiveService
         return nodeService.getStoreArchiveNode(originalStoreRef);
     }
 
+    public NodeRef getArchivedNode(NodeRef originalNodeRef)
+    {
+        StoreRef orginalStoreRef = originalNodeRef.getStoreRef();
+        NodeRef archiveRootNodeRef = nodeService.getStoreArchiveNode(orginalStoreRef);
+        // create the likely location of the archived node
+        NodeRef archivedNodeRef = new NodeRef(
+                archiveRootNodeRef.getStoreRef(),
+                originalNodeRef.getId());
+        return archivedNodeRef;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get all the nodes that were archived <b>from</b> the given store.
      */