diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index aa81d7007ff033..2af631e1bfaaeb 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -18741,6 +18741,10 @@ 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 98eee8c49165f8..ddd8af293aa609 100644
--- a/ggml.h
+++ b/ggml.h
@@ -1653,6 +1653,7 @@ 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