diff --git a/src/text-editor.coffee b/src/text-editor.coffee
index 8cbcc94f3..fe9d03a72 100644
--- a/src/text-editor.coffee
+++ b/src/text-editor.coffee
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ class TextEditor extends Model
     this
   )
 
+  Object.defineProperty(@prototype, 'languageMode', get: -> @tokenizedBuffer)
+
   @deserialize: (state, atomEnvironment) ->
     # TODO: Return null on version mismatch when 1.8.0 has been out for a while
     if state.version isnt @prototype.serializationVersion and state.displayBuffer?