diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index cef719f576570941d980ff70c31af36bdfa84999..d4d2bed20b7a3a5a35dbb2a521592d7de110ee3f 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(const char *) cJSON_GetErrorPtr(void)
     return (const char*) (global_error.json + global_error.position);
 }
 
+CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_GetStringValue(cJSON *item) {
+    if (!cJSON_IsString(item)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return item->valuestring;
+}
+
 /* This is a safeguard to prevent copy-pasters from using incompatible C and header files */
 #if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 6) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 0)
     #error cJSON.h and cJSON.c have different versions. Make sure that both have the same.
diff --git a/cJSON.h b/cJSON.h
index 7c4f8e7cdbea2108496f3fb5be8819977bcdfe3d..c8650000cffff82f673f8d983f21032954d8b898 100644
--- a/cJSON.h
+++ b/cJSON.h
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_HasObjectItem(const cJSON *object, const char *st
 /* For analysing failed parses. This returns a pointer to the parse error. You'll probably need to look a few chars back to make sense of it. Defined when cJSON_Parse() returns 0. 0 when cJSON_Parse() succeeds. */
 CJSON_PUBLIC(const char *) cJSON_GetErrorPtr(void);
 
+/* Check if the item is a string and return its valuestring */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_GetStringValue(cJSON *item);
+
 /* These functions check the type of an item */
 CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsInvalid(const cJSON * const item);
 CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_IsFalse(const cJSON * const item);
diff --git a/tests/misc_tests.c b/tests/misc_tests.c
index 1643007e36662e1b93f739a3b25ace85fc372bee..af0cc7f92b0cf2fc8e5b43b75fe1a78df6c26ce7 100644
--- a/tests/misc_tests.c
+++ b/tests/misc_tests.c
@@ -450,6 +450,19 @@ static void skip_utf8_bom_should_not_skip_bom_if_not_at_beginning(void)
     TEST_ASSERT_NULL(skip_utf8_bom(&buffer));
 }
 
+static void cjson_get_string_value_should_get_a_string(void)
+{
+    cJSON *string = cJSON_CreateString("test");
+    cJSON *number = cJSON_CreateNumber(1);
+
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(cJSON_GetStringValue(string) == string->valuestring);
+    TEST_ASSERT_NULL(cJSON_GetStringValue(number));
+    TEST_ASSERT_NULL(cJSON_GetStringValue(NULL));
+
+    cJSON_Delete(number);
+    cJSON_Delete(string);
+}
+
 int main(void)
 {
     UNITY_BEGIN();
@@ -468,6 +481,7 @@ int main(void)
     RUN_TEST(ensure_should_fail_on_failed_realloc);
     RUN_TEST(skip_utf8_bom_should_skip_bom);
     RUN_TEST(skip_utf8_bom_should_not_skip_bom_if_not_at_beginning);
+    RUN_TEST(cjson_get_string_value_should_get_a_string);
 
     return UNITY_END();
 }