1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/network/handler.rb b/lib/puppet/network/handler.rb
index 33343e4fe..c2fbfcba5 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/network/handler.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/network/handler.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module Puppet::Network
         # This is so that the handlers can subclass just 'Handler', rather
         # then having to specify the full class path.
         Handler = self
-        attr_accessor :server
+        attr_accessor :server, :local
 
         extend Puppet::Util::SubclassLoader
         extend Puppet::Util
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ module Puppet::Network
         # Create an empty init method with the same signature.
         def initialize(hash = {})
         end
+
+        def local?
+            self.local
+        end
     end
 end