diff --git a/include/llvm-c/Core.h b/include/llvm-c/Core.h
index d8a491d82be..39c3cb40117 100644
--- a/include/llvm-c/Core.h
+++ b/include/llvm-c/Core.h
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ void LLVMSetTarget(LLVMModuleRef M, const char *Triple);
 LLVMBool LLVMAddTypeName(LLVMModuleRef M, const char *Name, LLVMTypeRef Ty);
 void LLVMDeleteTypeName(LLVMModuleRef M, const char *Name);
 LLVMTypeRef LLVMGetTypeByName(LLVMModuleRef M, const char *Name);
+const char *LLVMGetTypeName(LLVMModuleRef M, LLVMTypeRef Ty);
 
 /** See Module::dump. */
 void LLVMDumpModule(LLVMModuleRef M);
diff --git a/lib/VMCore/Core.cpp b/lib/VMCore/Core.cpp
index 5fd37351e2d..35c3a2e9258 100644
--- a/lib/VMCore/Core.cpp
+++ b/lib/VMCore/Core.cpp
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ LLVMTypeRef LLVMGetTypeByName(LLVMModuleRef M, const char *Name) {
   return wrap(unwrap(M)->getTypeByName(Name));
 }
 
+const char *LLVMGetTypeName(LLVMModuleRef M, LLVMTypeRef Ty) {
+  return unwrap(M)->getTypeName(unwrap(Ty)).c_str();
+}
+
 void LLVMDumpModule(LLVMModuleRef M) {
   unwrap(M)->dump();
 }