diff --git a/include/tree_sitter/runtime.h b/include/tree_sitter/runtime.h
index e68f9430..1143ad0e 100644
--- a/include/tree_sitter/runtime.h
+++ b/include/tree_sitter/runtime.h
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ void ts_document_invalidate(TSDocument *);
 TSNode ts_document_root_node(const TSDocument *);
 size_t ts_document_parse_count(const TSDocument *);
 
+size_t ts_language_symbol_count(const TSLanguage *);
+const char *ts_language_symbol_name(TSLanguage *, TSSymbol);
+
 #define ts_builtin_sym_error 0
 #define ts_builtin_sym_end 1
 #define ts_builtin_sym_start 2
diff --git a/project.gyp b/project.gyp
index c7d24219..1ebebb70 100644
--- a/project.gyp
+++ b/project.gyp
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
       ],
       'sources': [
         'src/runtime/document.c',
+        'src/runtime/language.c',
         'src/runtime/lexer.c',
         'src/runtime/node.c',
         'src/runtime/stack.c',
diff --git a/src/runtime/language.c b/src/runtime/language.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ece2dec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/runtime/language.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#include "tree_sitter/parser.h"
+
+size_t ts_language_symbol_count(const TSLanguage *language) {
+  return language->symbol_count;
+}
+
+const char *ts_language_symbol_name(TSLanguage *language, TSSymbol symbol) {
+  return language->symbol_names[symbol];
+}