diff --git a/libraries/AP_AHRS/AP_AHRS.h b/libraries/AP_AHRS/AP_AHRS.h
index f3eb87ca44..e2d6cd0863 100644
--- a/libraries/AP_AHRS/AP_AHRS.h
+++ b/libraries/AP_AHRS/AP_AHRS.h
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ public:
 
     // dead-reckoning support
     bool get_location(struct Location &loc) const;
+    // for scripting until aliases get sorted out:
+    bool get_position(struct Location &loc) const {
+        return get_location(loc);
+    }
 
     // get latest altitude estimate above ground level in meters and validity flag
     bool get_hagl(float &hagl) const WARN_IF_UNUSED;