diff --git a/source/Ox/js/Function.js b/source/Ox/js/Function.js
index 789c0946..ce1e2ed6 100644
--- a/source/Ox/js/Function.js
+++ b/source/Ox/js/Function.js
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ Ox.cache = function(fn, options) {
     return ret;
 };
 
+Ox.identity = function(val) {
+    return val;
+};
+
 /*@
 Ox.void <f> Returns nothing and calls options callback without arguments
     This can be useful to combine a synchronous and an asynchronous code path.