diff --git a/src/xrt/auxiliary/util/u_json.c b/src/xrt/auxiliary/util/u_json.c
index 25bde6d36..a052b83fc 100644
--- a/src/xrt/auxiliary/util/u_json.c
+++ b/src/xrt/auxiliary/util/u_json.c
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ get(const cJSON *json, const char *f)
 	return cJSON_GetObjectItemCaseSensitive(json, f);
 }
 
+const cJSON *
+u_json_get(const cJSON *json, const char *f)
+{
+	return get(json, f);
+}
+
 bool
 u_json_get_string_into_array(const cJSON *json, char *out_str, size_t max_size)
 {
diff --git a/src/xrt/auxiliary/util/u_json.h b/src/xrt/auxiliary/util/u_json.h
index 939585ac3..94c2a1740 100644
--- a/src/xrt/auxiliary/util/u_json.h
+++ b/src/xrt/auxiliary/util/u_json.h
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif // __cplusplus
 
+/*!
+ * @brief Get a JSON object by string from a JSON object.
+ *
+ * @return The JSON object with the given name if successful, NULL if not.
+ */
+const cJSON *
+u_json_get(const cJSON *json, const char *f);
 
 /*!
  * @brief Parse a string from a JSON object into a char array.