Index: src/XMPPMessage.h
==================================================================
--- src/XMPPMessage.h
+++ src/XMPPMessage.h
@@ -25,10 +25,14 @@
 
 /**
  * \brief A class describing a message stanza.
  */
 @interface XMPPMessage: XMPPStanza
+#ifdef OF_HAVE_PROPERTIES
+@property (copy) OFString *body;
+#endif
+
 /**
  * Creates a new autoreleased XMPPMessage.
  *
  * \return A new autoreleased XMPPMessage
  */
@@ -92,11 +96,18 @@
  */
 - initWithType: (OFString*)type
 	    ID: (OFString*)ID;
 
 /**
- * Sets the body element of the XMPPMessage.
+ * Sets the text content of the body of the XMPPMessage.
  *
  * \param body The text content of the body element or nil to remove the body
  */
 - (void)setBody: (OFString*)body;
+
+/**
+ * Returns the text content of the body element of the XMPPMessage.
+ *
+ * \return The text content of the body element of the XMPPMessage.
+ */
+- (OFString*)body;
 @end

Index: src/XMPPMessage.m
==================================================================
--- src/XMPPMessage.m
+++ src/XMPPMessage.m
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@
 	if (body != nil)
 		[self addChild: [OFXMLElement elementWithName: @"body"
 						    namespace: XMPP_NS_CLIENT
 						  stringValue: body]];
 }
+
+- (OFString*)body
+{
+	return [[self elementForName: @"body"
+			   namespace: XMPP_NS_CLIENT] stringValue];
+}
 @end