diff --git a/doc/classes/RichTextLabel.xml b/doc/classes/RichTextLabel.xml
index 99d3a9a45fd..a6c63cfb768 100644
--- a/doc/classes/RichTextLabel.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/RichTextLabel.xml
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@
 				Returns the number of visible lines.
 			</description>
 		</method>
+		<method name="get_content_height">
+			<return type="int">
+			</return>
+			<description>
+				Returns the height of the content.
+			</description>
+		</method>
 		<method name="newline">
 			<return type="void">
 			</return>
diff --git a/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp b/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp
index ffc8a72164f..34114ae7db3 100644
--- a/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp
@@ -692,9 +692,7 @@ void RichTextLabel::_scroll_changed(double) {
 
 void RichTextLabel::_update_scroll() {
 
-	int total_height = 0;
-	if (main->lines.size())
-		total_height = main->lines[main->lines.size() - 1].height_accum_cache + get_stylebox("normal")->get_minimum_size().height;
+	int total_height = get_content_height();
 
 	bool exceeds = total_height > get_size().height && scroll_active;
 
@@ -2058,6 +2056,13 @@ float RichTextLabel::get_percent_visible() const {
 	return percent_visible;
 }
 
+int RichTextLabel::get_content_height() {
+	int total_height = 0;
+	if (main->lines.size())
+		total_height = main->lines[main->lines.size() - 1].height_accum_cache + get_stylebox("normal")->get_minimum_size().height;
+	return total_height;
+}
+
 void RichTextLabel::_bind_methods() {
 
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("_gui_input"), &RichTextLabel::_gui_input);
@@ -2124,6 +2129,8 @@ void RichTextLabel::_bind_methods() {
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_line_count"), &RichTextLabel::get_line_count);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_visible_line_count"), &RichTextLabel::get_visible_line_count);
 
+	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_content_height"), &RichTextLabel::get_content_height);
+
 	ADD_GROUP("BBCode", "bbcode_");
 	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::BOOL, "bbcode_enabled"), "set_use_bbcode", "is_using_bbcode");
 	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::STRING, "bbcode_text", PROPERTY_HINT_MULTILINE_TEXT), "set_bbcode", "get_bbcode");
diff --git a/scene/gui/rich_text_label.h b/scene/gui/rich_text_label.h
index 850638bff3e..e054ce39355 100644
--- a/scene/gui/rich_text_label.h
+++ b/scene/gui/rich_text_label.h
@@ -340,6 +340,8 @@ public:
 	int get_line_count() const;
 	int get_visible_line_count() const;
 
+	int get_content_height();
+
 	VScrollBar *get_v_scroll() { return vscroll; }
 
 	virtual CursorShape get_cursor_shape(const Point2 &p_pos) const;