diff --git a/indra/llui/lltextbase.h b/indra/llui/lltextbase.h
index 5fdde445ef55a50f755e1aa1a03e61e893b40a1a..3331b8aeee8a67adeae0fa9047892540788389c7 100644
--- a/indra/llui/lltextbase.h
+++ b/indra/llui/lltextbase.h
@@ -366,6 +366,8 @@ class LLTextBase
 	virtual void	onFocusReceived();
 	virtual void	onFocusLost();
 
+    void        setParseHTML(bool parse_html) { mParseHTML = parse_html; }
+
 	// LLSpellCheckMenuHandler overrides
 	/*virtual*/ bool		getSpellCheck() const;