Index: include/lldb/API/SBSection.h
===================================================================
--- include/lldb/API/SBSection.h
+++ include/lldb/API/SBSection.h
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@
     SectionType
     GetSectionType ();
 
+    uint32_t
+    GetPermissions () const;
+
     //------------------------------------------------------------------
     /// Return the size of a target's byte represented by this section
     /// in numbers of host bytes. Note that certain architectures have
Index: scripts/interface/SBSection.i
===================================================================
--- scripts/interface/SBSection.i
+++ scripts/interface/SBSection.i
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@
     SectionType
     GetSectionType ();
 
+    uint32_t
+    GetPermissions () const;
+
     %feature("docstring", "
     //------------------------------------------------------------------
     /// Return the size of a target's byte represented by this section
Index: source/API/SBSection.cpp
===================================================================
--- source/API/SBSection.cpp
+++ source/API/SBSection.cpp
@@ -251,6 +251,15 @@
 }
 
 uint32_t
+SBSection::GetPermissions () const
+{
+    SectionSP section_sp (GetSP());
+    if (section_sp.get())
+        return section_sp->GetPermissions();
+    return 0;
+}
+
+uint32_t
 SBSection::GetTargetByteSize ()
 {
     SectionSP section_sp (GetSP());