diff --git a/model/ccnx-name-components.cc b/model/ccnx-name-components.cc
index fd0064f..77ac75c 100644
--- a/model/ccnx-name-components.cc
+++ b/model/ccnx-name-components.cc
@@ -55,6 +55,17 @@
   return m_prefix;
 }
 
+std::string
+CcnxNameComponents::GetLastComponent () const
+{
+  if (m_prefix.size () == 0)
+    {
+      return "";
+    }
+
+  return m_prefix.back ();
+}
+
 std::list<boost::reference_wrapper<const std::string> >
 CcnxNameComponents::GetSubComponents (size_t num) const
 {
diff --git a/model/ccnx-name-components.h b/model/ccnx-name-components.h
index fdffe91..58ca927 100644
--- a/model/ccnx-name-components.h
+++ b/model/ccnx-name-components.h
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@
   const std::list<std::string> &
   GetComponents () const;
 
+  std::string
+  GetLastComponent () const;
+
   /**
    * \brief Get subcomponents of the name, starting with first component
    * \param num Number of components to return. Valid value is in range [1, GetComponents ().size ()]