diff --git a/sjrpc/core/rpcconnection.py b/sjrpc/core/rpcconnection.py
index daa290e40624d856e1d0e514225e80cf503df9ea..d1e28fda8eed74e179133d0beab2f12bf10c44e5 100644
--- a/sjrpc/core/rpcconnection.py
+++ b/sjrpc/core/rpcconnection.py
@@ -406,3 +406,13 @@ class RpcConnection(object):
         '''
         
         return self._sock.fileno()
+
+    def getpeername(self):
+        '''
+        Get the peer name.
+
+        :return: string representing the peer name
+        '''
+
+        return '%s:%s' % self._sock.getpeername()
+