2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/utils/scan_name.cpp b/src/utils/scan_name.cpp
index 77e15fa07..4949a8ee8 100644
--- a/src/utils/scan_name.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/scan_name.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ namespace Botan {
 SCAN_Name::SCAN_Name(const std::string& algo_spec,
                      const std::string& prov_names)
    {
+   orig_algo_spec = algo_spec;
+   orig_providers = prov_names;
+
    name = parse_algorithm_name(algo_spec);
    for(u32bit i = 0; i != name.size(); ++i)
       name[i] = global_state().deref_alias(name[i]);
diff --git a/src/utils/scan_name.h b/src/utils/scan_name.h
index d311af2a8..06f0cc571 100644
--- a/src/utils/scan_name.h
+++ b/src/utils/scan_name.h
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ class SCAN_Name
       */
       u32bit argument_as_u32bit(u32bit i, u32bit def_value) const;
 
+      std::string as_string() const { return orig_algo_spec; }
+      std::string providers_string() const { return orig_providers; }
    private:
+      std::string orig_algo_spec, orig_providers;
       std::vector<std::string> name;
       std::set<std::string> providers;
    };