diff --git a/ApplicationCode/ReservoirDataModel/RigWellLogFile.cpp b/ApplicationCode/ReservoirDataModel/RigWellLogFile.cpp
index 3d5defddca..222fc6257a 100644
--- a/ApplicationCode/ReservoirDataModel/RigWellLogFile.cpp
+++ b/ApplicationCode/ReservoirDataModel/RigWellLogFile.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "RigWellLogFile.h"
 
 #include "well.hpp"
+#include "laswell.hpp"
 
 #include <QString>
 #include <QFileInfo>
@@ -138,3 +139,19 @@ std::vector<double> RigWellLogFile::values(const QString& name) const
 
     return std::vector<double>();
 }
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+/// 
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+QString RigWellLogFile::depthUnit() const
+{
+    QString unit;
+
+    NRLib::LasWell* lasWell = dynamic_cast<NRLib::LasWell*>(m_wellLogFile);
+    if (lasWell)
+    {
+        unit = QString::fromStdString(lasWell->depthUnit());
+    }
+
+    return unit;
+}
diff --git a/ApplicationCode/ReservoirDataModel/RigWellLogFile.h b/ApplicationCode/ReservoirDataModel/RigWellLogFile.h
index f69c38ed34..3aa251c4eb 100644
--- a/ApplicationCode/ReservoirDataModel/RigWellLogFile.h
+++ b/ApplicationCode/ReservoirDataModel/RigWellLogFile.h
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ public:
     std::vector<double> depthValues() const;
     std::vector<double> values(const QString& name) const;
 
+    QString depthUnit() const;
+
 private:
     void close();
 
diff --git a/ThirdParty/NRLib/nrlib/well/laswell.hpp b/ThirdParty/NRLib/nrlib/well/laswell.hpp
index 38b91dadef..d1bc9afa55 100644
--- a/ThirdParty/NRLib/nrlib/well/laswell.hpp
+++ b/ThirdParty/NRLib/nrlib/well/laswell.hpp
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ public:
 
   void WriteToFile(const std::string              & filename,
                    const std::vector<std::string> & comment_header);
+
+  std::string depthUnit() const { return depth_unit_; };
+
 private:
   void ReadHeader(const std::string        & filename,
                   std::ifstream            & fin,