diff --git a/dotnet/IEC61850forCSharp/IEC61850ServerAPI.cs b/dotnet/IEC61850forCSharp/IEC61850ServerAPI.cs
index e1b0c813..55903ec8 100644
--- a/dotnet/IEC61850forCSharp/IEC61850ServerAPI.cs
+++ b/dotnet/IEC61850forCSharp/IEC61850ServerAPI.cs
@@ -797,7 +797,10 @@ namespace IEC61850
 			[DllImport("iec61850", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
 			static extern IntPtr ModelNode_getObjectReference(IntPtr self, IntPtr objectReference);
 
-			public IntPtr self;
+            [DllImport("iec61850", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+            static extern IntPtr ModelNode_getObjectReferenceEx(IntPtr self, IntPtr objectReference, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I1)] bool withoutIedName);
+
+            public IntPtr self;
 
 			internal ModelNode()
 			{
@@ -836,9 +839,14 @@ namespace IEC61850
 
 			}
 
-			public string GetObjectReference()
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Gets the object reference of the model node
+            /// </summary>
+            /// <returns>the object reference</returns>
+            /// <param name="withoutIedName">If set to <c>true</c> the object reference is created without IED name.</param>
+			public string GetObjectReference(bool withoutIedName = false)
 			{
-				IntPtr objRefPtr = ModelNode_getObjectReference(self, IntPtr.Zero);
+				IntPtr objRefPtr = ModelNode_getObjectReferenceEx(self, IntPtr.Zero, withoutIedName);
 
 				if (objRefPtr != IntPtr.Zero) {
 					string objRef = Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi(objRefPtr);
diff --git a/src/iec61850/inc/iec61850_model.h b/src/iec61850/inc/iec61850_model.h
index dc5fa918..9c23f105 100644
--- a/src/iec61850/inc/iec61850_model.h
+++ b/src/iec61850/inc/iec61850_model.h
@@ -397,6 +397,19 @@ ModelNode_getChildWithFc(ModelNode* self, const char* name, FunctionalConstraint
 LIB61850_API char*
 ModelNode_getObjectReference(ModelNode* self, char* objectReference);
 
+/**
+ * \brief Return the IEC 61850 object reference of a model node
+ *
+ * \param self the model node instance
+ * \param objectReference pointer to a buffer where to write the object reference string. If NULL
+ *        is given the buffer is allocated by the function.
+ * \param withoutIedName create object reference without IED name part
+ *
+ * \return the object reference string
+ */
+LIB61850_API char*
+ModelNode_getObjectReferenceEx(ModelNode* node, char* objectReference, bool withoutIedName);
+
 /**
  * \brief Get the type of the ModelNode
  *
diff --git a/src/iec61850/server/model/model.c b/src/iec61850/server/model/model.c
index 0c6e4d62..5d98c7f5 100644
--- a/src/iec61850/server/model/model.c
+++ b/src/iec61850/server/model/model.c
@@ -513,12 +513,12 @@ LogicalDevice_getChildByMmsVariableName(LogicalDevice* logicalDevice, const char
 }
 
 static int
-createObjectReference(ModelNode* node, char* objectReference)
+createObjectReference(ModelNode* node, char* objectReference, bool withoutIedName)
 {
     int bufPos;
 
     if (node->modelType != LogicalNodeModelType) {
-        bufPos = createObjectReference(node->parent, objectReference);
+        bufPos = createObjectReference(node->parent, objectReference, withoutIedName);
 
         objectReference[bufPos++] = '.';
     }
@@ -531,10 +531,18 @@ createObjectReference(ModelNode* node, char* objectReference)
 
         bufPos = 0;
 
-        int nameLength = strlen (iedModel->name) + strlen(lDevice->name);
+        int nameLength = 0;
 
-        strncpy(objectReference, iedModel->name, 64);
-        strncat(objectReference, lDevice->name, 64);
+        if (withoutIedName) {
+            nameLength = strlen(lDevice->name);
+            strncpy(objectReference, lDevice->name, 64);
+        }
+        else {
+            nameLength = strlen (iedModel->name) + strlen(lDevice->name);
+
+            strncpy(objectReference, iedModel->name, 64);
+            strncat(objectReference, lDevice->name, 64);
+        }
 
         bufPos += nameLength;
 
@@ -558,7 +566,20 @@ ModelNode_getObjectReference(ModelNode* node, char* objectReference)
     if (objectReference == NULL)
         objectReference = (char*) GLOBAL_MALLOC(130);
 
-    int bufPos = createObjectReference(node, objectReference);
+    int bufPos = createObjectReference(node, objectReference, false);
+
+    objectReference[bufPos] = 0;
+
+    return objectReference;
+}
+
+char*
+ModelNode_getObjectReferenceEx(ModelNode* node, char* objectReference, bool withoutIedName)
+{
+    if (objectReference == NULL)
+        objectReference = (char*) GLOBAL_MALLOC(130);
+
+    int bufPos = createObjectReference(node, objectReference, withoutIedName);
 
     objectReference[bufPos] = 0;