diff --git a/include/tree_sitter/runtime.h b/include/tree_sitter/runtime.h
index cc551ebb..6f37c9a3 100644
--- a/include/tree_sitter/runtime.h
+++ b/include/tree_sitter/runtime.h
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ typedef enum {
   TSInputEncodingUTF16,
 } TSInputEncoding;
 
+typedef enum {
+  TSSymbolTypeRegular,
+  TSSymbolTypeAnonymous,
+  TSSymbolTypeAuxiliary,
+} TSSymbolType;
+
 typedef struct {
   void *payload;
   const char *(*read)(void *payload, uint32_t *bytes_read);
@@ -117,6 +123,7 @@ uint32_t ts_document_parse_count(const TSDocument *);
 
 uint32_t ts_language_symbol_count(const TSLanguage *);
 const char *ts_language_symbol_name(const TSLanguage *, TSSymbol);
+TSSymbolType ts_language_symbol_type(const TSLanguage *, TSSymbol);
 uint32_t ts_language_version(const TSLanguage *);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/src/runtime/language.c b/src/runtime/language.c
index 05361a81..8ca4de50 100644
--- a/src/runtime/language.c
+++ b/src/runtime/language.c
@@ -54,3 +54,14 @@ const char *ts_language_symbol_name(const TSLanguage *language, TSSymbol symbol)
   else
     return language->symbol_names[symbol];
 }
+
+TSSymbolType ts_language_symbol_type(const TSLanguage *language, TSSymbol symbol) {
+  TSSymbolMetadata metadata = ts_language_symbol_metadata(language, symbol);
+  if (metadata.named) {
+    return TSSymbolTypeRegular;
+  } else if (metadata.visible) {
+    return TSSymbolTypeAnonymous;
+  } else {
+    return TSSymbolTypeAuxiliary;
+  }
+}