diff --git a/package/MDAnalysis/lib/formats/libdcd.pyx b/package/MDAnalysis/lib/formats/libdcd.pyx
index d07dfb1c80d..aabcb1f8116 100644
--- a/package/MDAnalysis/lib/formats/libdcd.pyx
+++ b/package/MDAnalysis/lib/formats/libdcd.pyx
@@ -296,3 +296,7 @@ cdef class DCDFile:
         if ok != 0:
             raise IOError("DCD seek failed with system errno={}".format(ok))
         self.current_frame = frame
+
+    def tell(self):
+        """Get current frame"""
+        return self.current_frame