diff --git a/smack-xmlparser/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/xml/XmlPullParser.java b/smack-xmlparser/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/xml/XmlPullParser.java
index 503ae3eda..cfc208751 100644
--- a/smack-xmlparser/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/xml/XmlPullParser.java
+++ b/smack-xmlparser/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/xml/XmlPullParser.java
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ public interface XmlPullParser {
 
     String getAttributeValue(String namespace, String name);
 
+    default String getAttributeValue(String name) {
+        return getAttributeValue(null, name);
+    }
+
     Event getEventType() throws XmlPullParserException;
 
     Event next() throws IOException, XmlPullParserException;