diff --git a/parallel/parallelwin32.py b/parallel/parallelwin32.py
index 46a42dc..42f969c 100644
--- a/parallel/parallelwin32.py
+++ b/parallel/parallelwin32.py
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ def __init__(self, port=LPT1):
         self.ctrlRegAdr = self.dataRegAdr + 2
         self.ctrlReg = _pyparallel.inp(self.ctrlRegAdr)
 
+    def getData(self):
+        return(_pyparallel.inp(self.dataRegAdr))
+
     def setData(self, value):
         _pyparallel.outp(self.dataRegAdr, value)