diff --git a/core/extension/gdextension_interface.cpp b/core/extension/gdextension_interface.cpp
index a5bb0dbba0..42923814f5 100644
--- a/core/extension/gdextension_interface.cpp
+++ b/core/extension/gdextension_interface.cpp
@@ -547,6 +547,11 @@ static void gdextension_variant_get_type_name(GDExtensionVariantType p_type, GDE
 	memnew_placement(r_ret, String(name));
 }
 
+static GDExtensionVariantType gdextension_variant_get_type_by_name(GDExtensionConstStringPtr p_type) {
+	const String *type = (const String *)p_type;
+	return static_cast<GDExtensionVariantType>(Variant::get_type_by_name(*type));
+}
+
 static GDExtensionBool gdextension_variant_can_convert(GDExtensionVariantType p_from, GDExtensionVariantType p_to) {
 	return Variant::can_convert((Variant::Type)p_from, (Variant::Type)p_to);
 }
@@ -1743,6 +1748,7 @@ void gdextension_setup_interface() {
 	REGISTER_INTERFACE_FUNC(variant_has_key);
 	REGISTER_INTERFACE_FUNC(variant_get_object_instance_id);
 	REGISTER_INTERFACE_FUNC(variant_get_type_name);
+	REGISTER_INTERFACE_FUNC(variant_get_type_by_name);
 	REGISTER_INTERFACE_FUNC(variant_can_convert);
 	REGISTER_INTERFACE_FUNC(variant_can_convert_strict);
 	REGISTER_INTERFACE_FUNC(get_variant_from_type_constructor);
diff --git a/core/extension/gdextension_interface.json b/core/extension/gdextension_interface.json
index b9a6aa56ba..56ea9bfb5b 100644
--- a/core/extension/gdextension_interface.json
+++ b/core/extension/gdextension_interface.json
@@ -4978,6 +4978,28 @@
             ],
             "since": "4.1"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "variant_get_type_by_name",
+            "return_value": {
+                "type": "GDExtensionVariantType",
+                "description": [
+                    "The variant type for the given name; otherwise VARIANT_MAX if name is invalid."
+                ]
+            },
+            "arguments": [
+                {
+                    "name": "p_type_name",
+                    "type": "GDExtensionConstStringPtr",
+                    "description": [
+                        "The variant type name."
+                    ]
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": [
+                "Gets the Variant type by name."
+            ],
+            "since": "4.7"
+        },
         {
             "name": "variant_can_convert",
             "return_value": {