diff --git a/app/Controllers/BaseController.php b/app/Controllers/BaseController.php
index f92bd672a4dc..8508853669dd 100644
--- a/app/Controllers/BaseController.php
+++ b/app/Controllers/BaseController.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Controllers;
 
 use CodeIgniter\Controller;
+use CodeIgniter\HTTP\IncomingRequest;
 use CodeIgniter\HTTP\RequestInterface;
 use CodeIgniter\HTTP\ResponseInterface;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
@@ -20,6 +21,13 @@
 
 class BaseController extends Controller
 {
+	/**
+	 * Instance of the main Request object.
+	 *
+	 * @var IncomingRequest
+	 */
+	protected $request;
+
 	/**
 	 * An array of helpers to be loaded automatically upon
 	 * class instantiation. These helpers will be available