diff --git a/ext/reflection/TODO b/ext/reflection/TODO
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..a2c9ba08872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/reflection/TODO
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Reflection ToDo:
+
+- Drop ReflectionParameter::getClass() as soon as 5.2 comes out
diff --git a/ext/reflection/php_reflection.c b/ext/reflection/php_reflection.c
index 098196a5f5e..b892a8152cd 100644
--- a/ext/reflection/php_reflection.c
+++ b/ext/reflection/php_reflection.c
@@ -4365,6 +4365,7 @@ static zend_function_entry reflection_parameter_functions[] = {
 	ZEND_ME(reflection_parameter, getName, NULL, 0)
 	ZEND_ME(reflection_parameter, isPassedByReference, NULL, 0)
 	ZEND_ME(reflection_parameter, getDeclaringClass, NULL, 0)
+	ZEND_MALIAS(reflection_parameter, getClass, getDeclaringClass, NULL, ZEND_ACC_PUBLIC|ZEND_ACC_DEPRECATED)
 	ZEND_ME(reflection_parameter, isArray, NULL, 0)
 	ZEND_ME(reflection_parameter, allowsNull, NULL, 0)
 	ZEND_ME(reflection_parameter, isOptional, NULL, 0)