diff --git a/quickjs.c b/quickjs.c
index 3feacd9..39dbfd0 100644
--- a/quickjs.c
+++ b/quickjs.c
@@ -3344,6 +3344,15 @@ JSClassID JS_NewClassID(JSRuntime *rt, JSClassID *pclass_id)
     return class_id;
 }
 
+JSClassID JS_GetClassID(JSValue v)
+{
+  JSObject *p;
+  if (JS_VALUE_GET_TAG(v) != JS_TAG_OBJECT)
+    return JS_INVALID_CLASS_ID;
+  p = JS_VALUE_GET_OBJ(v);
+  return p->class_id;
+}
+
 BOOL JS_IsRegisteredClass(JSRuntime *rt, JSClassID class_id)
 {
     return (class_id < rt->class_count &&
diff --git a/quickjs.h b/quickjs.h
index 34bcaef..453e03d 100644
--- a/quickjs.h
+++ b/quickjs.h
@@ -455,7 +455,10 @@ typedef struct JSClassDef {
     JSClassExoticMethods *exotic;
 } JSClassDef;
 
+#define JS_INVALID_CLASS_ID 0
 JS_EXTERN JSClassID JS_NewClassID(JSRuntime *rt, JSClassID *pclass_id);
+/* Returns the class ID if `v` is an object, otherwise returns JS_INVALID_CLASS_ID. */
+JS_EXTERN JSClassID JS_GetClassID(JSValue v);
 JS_EXTERN int JS_NewClass(JSRuntime *rt, JSClassID class_id, const JSClassDef *class_def);
 JS_EXTERN int JS_IsRegisteredClass(JSRuntime *rt, JSClassID class_id);