diff --git a/src/storage/jani/Automaton.cpp b/src/storage/jani/Automaton.cpp
index d3958b6d8..dd8548c96 100644
--- a/src/storage/jani/Automaton.cpp
+++ b/src/storage/jani/Automaton.cpp
@@ -39,12 +39,18 @@ namespace storm {
             return locations;
         }
         
-        void Automaton::addLocation(Location const& location) {
+        uint64_t Automaton::addLocation(Location const& location) {
             STORM_LOG_THROW(!this->hasLocation(location.getName()), storm::exceptions::WrongFormatException, "Cannot add location with name '" << location.getName() << "', because a location with this name already exists.");
             locationToIndex.emplace(location.getName(), locations.size());
             locations.push_back(location);
+            return locations.size() - 1;
         }
-        
+
+        uint64_t Automaton::getLocationId(std::string const& name) const {
+            assert(hasLocation(name));
+            return locationToIndex.at(name);
+        }
+
         void Automaton::setInitialLocation(std::string const& name) {
             auto it = locationToIndex.find(name);
             STORM_LOG_THROW(it != locationToIndex.end(), storm::exceptions::InvalidArgumentException, "Cannot make unknown location '" << name << "' the initial location.");
diff --git a/src/storage/jani/Automaton.h b/src/storage/jani/Automaton.h
index 270f0921c..d065a6dc9 100644
--- a/src/storage/jani/Automaton.h
+++ b/src/storage/jani/Automaton.h
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ namespace storm {
              * Retrieves whether the automaton has a location with the given name.
              */
             bool hasLocation(std::string const& name) const;
+
+            /*!
+             * Get location id for a location with a given name.
+             * Yields undefined behaviour if no such location exists;
+             *
+             * @name the name of the location
+             */
+            uint64_t getLocationId(std::string const& name) const;
             
             /*!
              * Retrieves the locations of the automaton.
@@ -56,7 +64,7 @@ namespace storm {
             /*!
              * Adds the given location to the automaton.
              */
-            void addLocation(Location const& location);
+            uint64_t addLocation(Location const& location);
             
             /*!
              * Uses the location with the given name as the initial location.