diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/psi/JetUnaryExpression.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/psi/JetUnaryExpression.java
index f5ed8996f6b..ae7893bfca7 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/psi/JetUnaryExpression.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/psi/JetUnaryExpression.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.jetbrains.jet.lang.psi;
 
 import com.intellij.lang.ASTNode;
+import com.intellij.psi.tree.IElementType;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.JetNodeTypes;
@@ -34,4 +35,8 @@ public abstract class JetUnaryExpression extends JetExpressionImpl implements Je
     public JetSimpleNameExpression getOperationReference() {
         return (JetSimpleNameExpression) findChildByType(JetNodeTypes.OPERATION_REFERENCE);
     }
+
+    public IElementType getOperationToken() {
+        return getOperationReference().getReferencedNameElementType();
+    }
 }