diff --git a/library/LuaApi.cpp b/library/LuaApi.cpp
index 8c76a36f7..4288802ea 100644
--- a/library/LuaApi.cpp
+++ b/library/LuaApi.cpp
@@ -1337,6 +1337,7 @@ static const LuaWrapper::FunctionReg dfhack_job_module[] = {
     WRAPM(Job,checkDesignationsNow),
     WRAPM(Job,isSuitableItem),
     WRAPM(Job,isSuitableMaterial),
+    WRAPM(Job,getName),
     WRAPN(is_equal, jobEqual),
     WRAPN(is_item_equal, jobItemEqual),
     { NULL, NULL }
diff --git a/library/include/modules/Job.h b/library/include/modules/Job.h
index b13d9c5a9..4b3950ebd 100644
--- a/library/include/modules/Job.h
+++ b/library/include/modules/Job.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ namespace DFHack
 
         DFHACK_EXPORT bool isSuitableItem(df::job_item *item, df::item_type itype, int isubtype);
         DFHACK_EXPORT bool isSuitableMaterial(df::job_item *item, int mat_type, int mat_index);
+        DFHACK_EXPORT std::string getName(df::job *job);
     }
 
     DFHACK_EXPORT bool operator== (const df::job_item &a, const df::job_item &b);
diff --git a/library/modules/Job.cpp b/library/modules/Job.cpp
index a86a82d8a..8750db4c7 100644
--- a/library/modules/Job.cpp
+++ b/library/modules/Job.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ using namespace std;
 #include "df/general_ref.h"
 #include "df/general_ref_unit_workerst.h"
 #include "df/general_ref_building_holderst.h"
+#include "df/interface_button_building_new_jobst.h"
 
 using namespace DFHack;
 using namespace df::enums;
@@ -476,3 +477,25 @@ bool Job::isSuitableMaterial(df::job_item *item, int mat_type, int mat_index)
 
     return minfo.isValid() && iinfo.matches(*item, &minfo);
 }
+
+std::string Job::getName(df::job *job)
+{
+    CHECK_NULL_POINTER(job);
+
+    std::string desc;
+    auto button = df::allocate<df::interface_button_building_new_jobst>();
+    button->reaction_name = job->reaction_name;
+    button->hist_figure_id = job->hist_figure_id;
+    button->job_type = job->job_type;
+    button->item_type = job->item_type;
+    button->item_subtype = job->item_subtype;
+    button->mat_type = job->mat_type;
+    button->mat_index = job->mat_index;
+    button->item_category = job->item_category;
+    button->material_category = job->material_category;
+
+    button->getLabel(&desc);
+    delete button;
+
+    return desc;
+}