diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/server/deployment/module/AdditionalModuleSpecification.java b/server/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/server/deployment/module/AdditionalModuleSpecification.java
index ed9c0b9ebd8..f08aeaeb642 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/server/deployment/module/AdditionalModuleSpecification.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/server/deployment/module/AdditionalModuleSpecification.java
@@ -36,10 +36,16 @@ public AdditionalModuleSpecification(ModuleIdentifier moduleIdentifier, Collecti
         this.resourceRoots = new ArrayList<ResourceRoot>(resourceRoots);
     }
 
+    /** @deprecated use {@link #getModuleName()}  */
+    @Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
     public ModuleIdentifier getModuleIdentifier() {
         return moduleIdentifier;
     }
 
+    public String getModuleName() {
+        return moduleIdentifier.toString();
+    }
+
 
     public void addResourceRoot(ResourceRoot resourceRoot) {
         this.resourceRoots.add(resourceRoot);