diff --git a/include/Tree/tree.hpp b/include/Tree/tree.hpp
index a97a221..a6fd400 100644
--- a/include/Tree/tree.hpp
+++ b/include/Tree/tree.hpp
@@ -170,6 +170,14 @@ namespace Tree
     */
     void addChild(const std::shared_ptr<Tree::BaseNode> &c) {c->setParent(shared_from_this()); children.push_back(c); }
 
+
+    /**
+    * @brief prepends a child to the node which is already a shared_ptr
+    *
+    * @param c - a shared_ptr to a BaseNode
+    */
+    void prependChild(const std::shared_ptr<Tree::BaseNode> &c) {c->setParent(shared_from_this()); children.push_front(c); }
+
     /**
     * @brief adds a container of nodes to the list of children
     *