diff --git a/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/io/ArchiveRecordHeader.java b/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/io/ArchiveRecordHeader.java
index 51fbc3ea..953537b1 100644
--- a/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/io/ArchiveRecordHeader.java
+++ b/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/io/ArchiveRecordHeader.java
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ public interface ArchiveRecordHeader {
      * @return Return length of record.
      */
     public abstract long getLength();
+    
+    /**
+     * @return Return Content-Length of the contents of the record
+     */
+    public abstract long getContentLength();
+
 
     /**
      * @return Record subject-url.
diff --git a/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/io/arc/ARCRecordMetaData.java b/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/io/arc/ARCRecordMetaData.java
index 2b541196..3f617041 100644
--- a/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/io/arc/ARCRecordMetaData.java
+++ b/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/io/arc/ARCRecordMetaData.java
@@ -129,6 +129,14 @@ public class ARCRecordMetaData implements ArchiveRecordHeader, ARCConstants {
         return Long.parseLong((String)this.headerFields.
             get(LENGTH_FIELD_KEY));
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * @return Return Content-Length of the contents of the record
+     * Same as record length for arcs? TODO
+     */
+    public long getContentLength() {
+    	return getLength();
+    }
 
     /**
      * @return Header url.
diff --git a/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/io/warc/WARCRecord.java b/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/io/warc/WARCRecord.java
index e8611f31..635d1c3b 100644
--- a/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/io/warc/WARCRecord.java
+++ b/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/io/warc/WARCRecord.java
@@ -168,14 +168,21 @@ public class WARCRecord extends ArchiveRecord implements WARCConstants {
 				return this.headers.get(key);
 			}
 
-			public long getLength() {
+			// Returns just the Content-Length of the warc record
+			public long getContentLength() {
 				Object o = this.headers.get(CONTENT_LENGTH);
 				if (o == null) {
 					return -1;
 				}
 				long contentLength = (o instanceof Long)?
                     ((Long)o).longValue(): Long.parseLong((String)o);
-                return contentLength + contentOffset;
+                return contentLength;
+			}
+			
+			// Returns the full record length
+			public long getLength()
+			{
+				return getContentLength() + contentOffset;
 			}
 
 			public String getMimetype() {
diff --git a/commons/src/test/java/org/archive/io/HeaderedArchiveRecordTest.java b/commons/src/test/java/org/archive/io/HeaderedArchiveRecordTest.java
index 94a216ca..9f7e2a15 100644
--- a/commons/src/test/java/org/archive/io/HeaderedArchiveRecordTest.java
+++ b/commons/src/test/java/org/archive/io/HeaderedArchiveRecordTest.java
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ public class HeaderedArchiveRecordTest extends TestCase {
 
     public void testParseHttpHeadersInARC() throws IOException {
         final int len = HTTPHEADER.length() + BODY.length();
+        final int contentLength = BODY.length();
         final String url = "http://www.ly.gov.tw:80/accpart.htm";
         final String hdr = HTTPHEADER + BODY;
         // Interesting difference between ARCRecord and WARCRecord is that the
@@ -122,6 +123,10 @@ public class HeaderedArchiveRecordTest extends TestCase {
             public long getLength() {
                 return len;
             }
+            
+            public long getContentLength() {
+            	return contentLength;
+            }
 
             public String getMimetype() {
                 return null;