diff --git a/comphelper/inc/comphelper/types.hxx b/comphelper/inc/comphelper/types.hxx
index dfa1565c4493..a23116fb0ee2 100644
--- a/comphelper/inc/comphelper/types.hxx
+++ b/comphelper/inc/comphelper/types.hxx
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ namespace comphelper
     // no, we don't use templates here. This would lead to a lot of implicit uses of the conversion methods,
     // which would be difficult to trace ...
 
+    COMPHELPER_DLLPUBLIC sal_Int64      getINT64(const staruno::Any& _rAny);
     COMPHELPER_DLLPUBLIC sal_Int32      getINT32(const staruno::Any& _rAny);
     COMPHELPER_DLLPUBLIC sal_Int16      getINT16(const staruno::Any& _rAny);
     COMPHELPER_DLLPUBLIC double         getDouble(const staruno::Any& _rAny);
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/types.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/types.cxx
index f3df258e9d1f..c9eb6bb143c6 100644
--- a/comphelper/source/misc/types.cxx
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/types.cxx
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ sal_Bool operator ==(const Time& _rLeft, const Time& _rRight)
     ( _rLeft.Hours == _rRight.Hours) ;
 }
 
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+sal_Int64 getINT64(const Any& _rAny)
+{
+    sal_Int64 nReturn = 0;
+    OSL_VERIFY( _rAny >>= nReturn );
+    return nReturn;
+}
+
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 sal_Int32 getINT32(const Any& _rAny)
 {