diff --git a/hibernate-ogm-mongodb/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ogm/dialect/mongodb/MongoDBAssociationSnapshot.java b/hibernate-ogm-mongodb/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ogm/dialect/mongodb/MongoDBAssociationSnapshot.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/hibernate-ogm-mongodb/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ogm/dialect/mongodb/MongoDBAssociationSnapshot.java
+++ b/hibernate-ogm-mongodb/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ogm/dialect/mongodb/MongoDBAssociationSnapshot.java
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ public class MongoDBAssociationSnapshot implements AssociationSnapshot {
 		return map.keySet();
 	}
 
+	public DBObject getAssoc() {
+		return this.assoc;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
 		final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
OGM-<I> Expose the object sent back by the datastore (used in the UT)