diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/preprocessing/silence_periods.py b/src/spikeinterface/preprocessing/silence_periods.py
index 912b606174..60ac188b98 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/preprocessing/silence_periods.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/preprocessing/silence_periods.py
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ def __init__(
             )
             self.add_recording_segment(rec_segment)
 
+        self._periods = periods
+
         self._kwargs = dict(
             recording=recording,
             periods=periods,
@@ -144,6 +146,10 @@ def __init__(
             apodization_samples=apodization_samples,
         )
 
+    @property
+    def periods(self):
+        return self._periods
+
 
 def _all_period_list_to_periods_vec(list_periods, num_seg):
     if num_seg == 1: