diff --git a/wavinfo/wave_ixml_reader.py b/wavinfo/wave_ixml_reader.py
index 9454a4c..ca3555f 100644
--- a/wavinfo/wave_ixml_reader.py
+++ b/wavinfo/wave_ixml_reader.py
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ class WavIXMLFormat:
         if e is not None:
             return e.text
 
+    @property
+    def raw_xml(self):
+        """
+        The root entity of the iXML document.
+        """
+        return self.parsed
+        
     @property
     def project(self):
         """