diff --git a/src/atom_vec_hybrid.cpp b/src/atom_vec_hybrid.cpp
index 88ebe6d343..0d82dd327b 100644
--- a/src/atom_vec_hybrid.cpp
+++ b/src/atom_vec_hybrid.cpp
@@ -1002,6 +1002,34 @@ void AtomVecHybrid::write_vel(FILE *fp, int n, double **buf)
   }
 }
 
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+   assign an index to named atom property and return index
+   returned value encodes which sub-style and index returned by sub-style
+   return -1 if name is unknown to any sub-styles
+------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+int AtomVecHybrid::property_atom(char *name)
+{
+  for (int k = 0; k < nstyles; k++) {
+    int index = styles[k]->property_atom(name);
+    if (index >= 0) return index*nstyles + k;
+  }
+  return -1;
+}
+
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+   pack per-atom data into buf for ComputePropertyAtom
+   index maps to data specific to this atom style
+------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+void AtomVecHybrid::pack_property_atom(int multiindex, double *buf, 
+                                       int nvalues, int groupbit)
+{
+  int k = multiindex % nstyles;
+  int index = multiindex/nstyles;
+  styles[k]->pack_property_atom(index,buf,nvalues,groupbit);
+}
+
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    allstyles = list of all atom styles in this LAMMPS executable
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/src/atom_vec_hybrid.h b/src/atom_vec_hybrid.h
index b5d2826c9a..90358525ed 100644
--- a/src/atom_vec_hybrid.h
+++ b/src/atom_vec_hybrid.h
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ class AtomVecHybrid : public AtomVec {
   void write_data(FILE *, int, double **);
   void pack_vel(double **);
   void write_vel(FILE *, int, double **);
+  int property_atom(char *);
+  void pack_property_atom(int, double *, int, int);
   bigint memory_usage();
 
  private: