diff --git a/quickjs.c b/quickjs.c
index 221ef6d..946caf5 100644
--- a/quickjs.c
+++ b/quickjs.c
@@ -1755,6 +1755,10 @@ void JS_SetDumpFlags(JSRuntime *rt, uint64_t flags)
     rt->dump_flags = flags;
 }
 
+size_t JS_GetGCThreshold(JSRuntime *rt) {
+    return rt->malloc_gc_threshold;
+}
+
 /* use 0 to disable automatic GC */
 void JS_SetGCThreshold(JSRuntime *rt, size_t gc_threshold)
 {
diff --git a/quickjs.h b/quickjs.h
index c9843d2..e3ac650 100644
--- a/quickjs.h
+++ b/quickjs.h
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ JS_EXTERN void JS_SetRuntimeInfo(JSRuntime *rt, const char *info);
 /* use 0 to disable memory limit */
 JS_EXTERN void JS_SetMemoryLimit(JSRuntime *rt, size_t limit);
 JS_EXTERN void JS_SetDumpFlags(JSRuntime *rt, uint64_t flags);
+JS_EXTERN size_t JS_GetGCThreshold(JSRuntime *rt);
 /* use 0 to disable automatic GC */
 JS_EXTERN void JS_SetGCThreshold(JSRuntime *rt, size_t gc_threshold);
 /* use 0 to disable maximum stack size check */