diff --git a/lib/celluloid/supervision_group.rb b/lib/celluloid/supervision_group.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/celluloid/supervision_group.rb
+++ b/lib/celluloid/supervision_group.rb
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ module Celluloid
       def start
         actor = @klass.send(@method, *@args)
         Actor[@name] = actor if @name
+        actor
       end
     end
   end
Return the actor for Celluloid::SupervisionGroup::Member#start