diff --git a/includes/entity.inc b/includes/entity.inc
index 2fe9997..5442f69 100644
--- a/includes/entity.inc
+++ b/includes/entity.inc
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class Entity {
   protected $entityInfo;
   protected $idKey, $nameKey, $statusKey;
   protected $defaultLabel = FALSE;
+  protected $wrapper;
 
   /**
    * Creates a new entity.
@@ -112,6 +113,19 @@ class Entity {
   }
 
   /**
+   * Returns the EntityMetadataWrapper of the entity.
+   *
+   * @return EntityMetadataWrapper
+   *   The EntityMetadataWrapper object built from the entity.
+   */
+  public function wrapper() {
+    if (empty($this->wrapper)) {
+      $this->wrapper = entity_metadata_wrapper($this->entityType, $this);
+    }
+    return $this->wrapper;
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Returns the label of the entity.
    *
    * Modules may alter the label by specifying another 'label callback' using