diff --git a/module/finc/src/finc/RecordDriver/SolrDefaultFincTrait.php b/module/finc/src/finc/RecordDriver/SolrDefaultFincTrait.php
index e824de945fcff8ef5e706967e08b57b18c7009a5..0ec2e010c52d06a3f9b346350d31ffd1685166bf 100644
--- a/module/finc/src/finc/RecordDriver/SolrDefaultFincTrait.php
+++ b/module/finc/src/finc/RecordDriver/SolrDefaultFincTrait.php
@@ -423,6 +423,17 @@ trait SolrDefaultFincTrait
         return $array;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the recordtype of the current Record
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getRecordType()
+    {
+        return isset($this->fields['recordtype']) ?
+            $this->fields['recordtype'] : '';
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get percentage of relevance of a title. First implementaion for TUBAF.
      *