diff --git a/lib/openpgp.php b/lib/openpgp.php
index 39f9bbf..ff5dcc9 100644
--- a/lib/openpgp.php
+++ b/lib/openpgp.php
@@ -1249,6 +1249,10 @@ class OpenPGP_UserIDPacket extends OpenPGP_Packet {
     if ($this->email)   { $text[] = "<{$this->email}>"; }
     return implode(' ', $text);
   }
+
+  function body() {
+    return ''.$this; // Convert to string is the body
+  }
 }
 
 /**