diff --git a/src/Func.cc b/src/Func.cc
index 7a120e0538..5233074630 100644
--- a/src/Func.cc
+++ b/src/Func.cc
@@ -503,6 +503,21 @@ void ScriptFunc::AddBody(StmtPtr new_body,
 	sort(bodies.begin(), bodies.end());
 	}
 
+void ScriptFunc::ReplaceBody(const StmtPtr& old_body, StmtPtr new_body)
+	{
+	bool found_it = false;
+
+	for ( auto& body : bodies )
+		if ( body.stmts.get() == old_body.get() )
+			{
+			body.stmts = new_body;
+			found_it = true;
+			}
+
+	ASSERT(found_it);
+	current_body = new_body;
+	}
+
 void ScriptFunc::AddClosure(IDPList ids, Frame* f)
 	{
 	if ( ! f )
diff --git a/src/Func.h b/src/Func.h
index 191a766218..7d9a9686ff 100644
--- a/src/Func.h
+++ b/src/Func.h
@@ -196,6 +196,11 @@ public:
 	             const std::vector<IDPtr>& new_inits,
 	             size_t new_frame_size, int priority) override;
 
+	// Replace the given current instance of a function body with
+	// a new one.
+	void ReplaceBody(const detail::StmtPtr& old_body,
+				detail::StmtPtr new_body);
+
 	StmtPtr CurrentBody() const		{ return current_body; }
 
 	/**