diff --git a/capnp/capnp.pyx b/capnp/capnp.pyx
index fd1e9dd..9c041b7 100644
--- a/capnp/capnp.pyx
+++ b/capnp/capnp.pyx
@@ -380,6 +380,11 @@ cdef class _StructSchema:
                                       for i in xrange(nfields))
             return self.__fieldnames
 
+    property node:
+        """The raw schema node"""
+        def __get__(self):
+            return _DynamicStructReader()._init(self.thisptr.getProto(), None)
+
 cdef class _ParsedSchema:
     cdef C_ParsedSchema thisptr
     cdef _init(self, C_ParsedSchema other):
diff --git a/capnp/capnp_cpp.pxd b/capnp/capnp_cpp.pxd
index 794a0ec..658e50e 100644
--- a/capnp/capnp_cpp.pxd
+++ b/capnp/capnp_cpp.pxd
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ cdef extern from "capnp/schema.h" namespace " ::capnp":
             uint size()
             Field operator[](uint index)
 
-        Node.Reader getProto()
         FieldList getFields()
         Field getFieldByName(char * name)