diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2494048..4f1dbae 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 ## Added:
 
 - `Master` trait: provides methods to manage mcaptcha
+- `MCaptcha::get_defense()`: returns the `MCaptcha` instance's defense
+  configuration
 
 ## Changed:
 
diff --git a/src/mcaptcha.rs b/src/mcaptcha.rs
index d4d2f86..1dd0ef9 100644
--- a/src/mcaptcha.rs
+++ b/src/mcaptcha.rs
@@ -136,4 +136,10 @@ impl MCaptcha {
     pub fn get_visitors(&self) -> u32 {
         self.visitor_threshold
     }
+
+    /// get mCaptcha's defense configuration
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn get_defense(&self) -> Defense {
+        self.defense.clone()
+    }
 }