diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index f252363d9..030475062 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -18770,6 +18770,10 @@ size_t gguf_get_tensor_offset(struct gguf_context * ctx, int i) {
     return ctx->infos[i].offset;
 }
 
+char * gguf_get_tensor_name(struct gguf_context * ctx, int i) {
+    return ctx->infos[i].name.data;
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 int ggml_cpu_has_avx(void) {
diff --git a/ggml.h b/ggml.h
index fac0f5e68..1a748d8d8 100644
--- a/ggml.h
+++ b/ggml.h
@@ -1670,6 +1670,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
     GGML_API int    gguf_get_n_tensors    (struct gguf_context * ctx);
     GGML_API size_t gguf_get_tensor_offset(struct gguf_context * ctx, int i);
+    GGML_API char * gguf_get_tensor_name  (struct gguf_context * ctx, int i);
 
     //
     // system info