diff --git a/include/hpp/manipulation/graph/edge.hh b/include/hpp/manipulation/graph/edge.hh
index 38925a2e0248422f1538126b132dd49182dfc3b1..159b1adec540ed1084b23351ec818f5a38f8dff1 100644
--- a/include/hpp/manipulation/graph/edge.hh
+++ b/include/hpp/manipulation/graph/edge.hh
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ namespace hpp {
             isShort_ = isShort;
           }
 
+          bool isShort () const {
+            return isShort_;
+          }
+
         protected:
           /// Initialization of the object.
           void init (const EdgeWkPtr_t& weak, const GraphWkPtr_t& graph, const NodeWkPtr_t& from,