diff --git a/src/core/capi.c b/src/core/capi.c
index 4532b435..0c7d342a 100644
--- a/src/core/capi.c
+++ b/src/core/capi.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ DEFINE_GETTER(fiber, FIBER, JanetFiber *)
 DEFINE_GETTER(function, FUNCTION, JanetFunction *)
 DEFINE_GETTER(cfunction, CFUNCTION, JanetCFunction)
 DEFINE_GETTER(boolean, BOOLEAN, int)
+DEFINE_GETTER(pointer, POINTER, void *)
 
 int32_t janet_getinteger(const Janet *argv, int32_t n) {
     Janet x = argv[n];
diff --git a/src/include/janet.h b/src/include/janet.h
index f4dd0da6..ec497372 100644
--- a/src/include/janet.h
+++ b/src/include/janet.h
@@ -1247,6 +1247,7 @@ JANET_API JanetFiber *janet_getfiber(const Janet *argv, int32_t n);
 JANET_API JanetFunction *janet_getfunction(const Janet *argv, int32_t n);
 JANET_API JanetCFunction janet_getcfunction(const Janet *argv, int32_t n);
 JANET_API int janet_getboolean(const Janet *argv, int32_t n);
+JANET_API void *janet_getpointer(const Janet *argv, int32_t n);
 
 JANET_API int32_t janet_getinteger(const Janet *argv, int32_t n);
 JANET_API int64_t janet_getinteger64(const Janet *argv, int32_t n);