diff --git a/libobs/obs.c b/libobs/obs.c
index e278f533e1e3a30e07f40e7b3d7c1ce3bd2d1e97..4b95b3bb68afdfd33cab318af9c31fe966e67695 100644
--- a/libobs/obs.c
+++ b/libobs/obs.c
@@ -2149,6 +2149,15 @@ bool obs_obj_invalid(void *obj)
 	return !context->data;
 }
 
+void *obs_obj_get_data(void *obj)
+{
+	struct obs_context_data *context = obj;
+	if (!context)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return context->data;
+}
+
 bool obs_set_audio_monitoring_device(const char *name, const char *id)
 {
 	if (!obs || !name || !id || !*name || !*id)
diff --git a/libobs/obs.h b/libobs/obs.h
index 759e253f8d2496a0341f086aaeb930f8647d09b7..fd02d51626bc9ab5d5d03e5d5fb67310857651aa 100644
--- a/libobs/obs.h
+++ b/libobs/obs.h
@@ -674,6 +674,7 @@ enum obs_obj_type {
 EXPORT enum obs_obj_type obs_obj_get_type(void *obj);
 EXPORT const char *obs_obj_get_id(void *obj);
 EXPORT bool obs_obj_invalid(void *obj);
+EXPORT void *obs_obj_get_data(void *obj);
 
 typedef bool (*obs_enum_audio_device_cb)(void *data, const char *name,
 		const char *id);