diff --git a/includes/formatters/EventPresentationModel.php b/includes/formatters/EventPresentationModel.php
index 0e8dd0b16..948232f23 100644
--- a/includes/formatters/EventPresentationModel.php
+++ b/includes/formatters/EventPresentationModel.php
@@ -143,6 +143,15 @@ abstract class EchoEventPresentationModel implements JsonSerializable {
 		return $this->event->getCategory();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the distribution type
+	 *
+	 * @return string 'web' or 'email'
+	 */
+	final public function getDistributionType() {
+		return $this->distributionType;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Equivalent to IContextSource::msg for the current
 	 * language