diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3f879249..7bffbd1a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## 0.4.0 - ??
+- Add janet\_getmethod to CAPI for easier use of method like syntax.
+- Add get/set to abstract types to allow them to behave more
+  like objects with methods.
 - Add parser/insert to modify parser state programmatically
 - Add debug/stacktrace for easy, pretty stacktraces
 - Remove the status-pp function
diff --git a/examples/numarray/build.janet b/examples/numarray/build.janet
index 16edc0ed..75d688d8 100644
--- a/examples/numarray/build.janet
+++ b/examples/numarray/build.janet
@@ -20,5 +20,4 @@
 (:scale a 5)
 (for i 0 10 (print (a i)))
 
-#
 (print "sum=" (:sum a))
diff --git a/src/core/capi.c b/src/core/capi.c
index d1cfe78a..192f8f63 100644
--- a/src/core/capi.c
+++ b/src/core/capi.c
@@ -73,6 +73,16 @@ type janet_get##name(const Janet *argv, int32_t n) { \
     return janet_unwrap_##name(x); \
 }
 
+Janet janet_getmethod(const uint8_t *method, const JanetMethod *methods) {
+    while (methods->name) {
+        if (!janet_cstrcmp(method, methods->name))
+            return janet_wrap_cfunction(methods->cfun);
+        methods++;
+    }
+    janet_panicf("unknown method %S invoked", method);
+    return janet_wrap_nil();
+}
+
 DEFINE_GETTER(number, NUMBER, double)
 DEFINE_GETTER(array, ARRAY, JanetArray *)
 DEFINE_GETTER(tuple, TUPLE, const Janet *)
diff --git a/src/core/parse.c b/src/core/parse.c
index 855e1d05..09330a0a 100644
--- a/src/core/parse.c
+++ b/src/core/parse.c
@@ -609,11 +609,13 @@ static int parsergc(void *p, size_t size) {
     return 0;
 }
 
+static Janet parserget(void *p, Janet key);
+
 static JanetAbstractType janet_parse_parsertype = {
     "core/parser",
     parsergc,
     parsermark,
-    NULL,
+    parserget,
     NULL
 };
 
@@ -772,6 +774,26 @@ static Janet cfun_parse_state(int32_t argc, Janet *argv) {
     return janet_wrap_string(str);
 }
 
+static const JanetMethod parser_methods[] = {
+    {"byte", cfun_parse_byte},
+    {"consume", cfun_parse_consume},
+    {"error", cfun_parse_error},
+    {"flush", cfun_parse_flush},
+    {"has-more", cfun_parse_has_more},
+    {"insert", cfun_parse_insert},
+    {"produce", cfun_parse_produce},
+    {"state", cfun_parse_state},
+    {"status", cfun_parse_status},
+    {"where", cfun_parse_where},
+    {NULL, NULL}
+};
+
+static Janet parserget(void *p, Janet key) {
+    (void) p;
+    if (!janet_checktype(key, JANET_KEYWORD)) janet_panicf("expected keyword method");
+    return janet_getmethod(janet_unwrap_keyword(key), parser_methods);
+}
+
 static const JanetReg parse_cfuns[] = {
     {
         "parser/new", cfun_parse_parser,
diff --git a/src/include/janet/janet.h b/src/include/janet/janet.h
index fd6e16fa..e4a0f385 100644
--- a/src/include/janet/janet.h
+++ b/src/include/janet/janet.h
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ typedef struct JanetKV JanetKV;
 typedef struct JanetStackFrame JanetStackFrame;
 typedef struct JanetAbstractType JanetAbstractType;
 typedef struct JanetReg JanetReg;
+typedef struct JanetMethod JanetMethod;
 typedef struct JanetSourceMapping JanetSourceMapping;
 typedef struct JanetView JanetView;
 typedef struct JanetByteView JanetByteView;
@@ -754,6 +755,11 @@ struct JanetReg {
     const char *documentation;
 };
 
+struct JanetMethod {
+    const char *name;
+    JanetCFunction cfun;
+};
+
 struct JanetView {
     const Janet *items;
     int32_t len;
@@ -1146,6 +1152,7 @@ JANET_API void janet_panic_abstract(Janet x, int32_t n, const JanetAbstractType
 JANET_API void janet_arity(int32_t arity, int32_t min, int32_t max);
 JANET_API void janet_fixarity(int32_t arity, int32_t fix);
 
+JANET_API Janet janet_getmethod(const uint8_t *method, const JanetMethod *methods);
 JANET_API double janet_getnumber(const Janet *argv, int32_t n);
 JANET_API JanetArray *janet_getarray(const Janet *argv, int32_t n);
 JANET_API const Janet *janet_gettuple(const Janet *argv, int32_t n);