diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ba5eda662..1e8a369c5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+**Features**:
+
+- Add `sentry_value_get_key(value, index)` function. ([#1142](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/1142))
+
 ## 0.7.20
 
 **Features**:
diff --git a/include/sentry.h b/include/sentry.h
index 39f4b2cc7..29eec6922 100644
--- a/include/sentry.h
+++ b/include/sentry.h
@@ -290,6 +290,12 @@ SENTRY_API sentry_value_t sentry_value_get_by_key_owned(
 SENTRY_API sentry_value_t sentry_value_get_by_key_owned_n(
     sentry_value_t value, const char *k, size_t k_len);
 
+/**
+ * Returns a key in a map by index.  If missing or value is not a map,
+ * an empty string is returned.
+ */
+SENTRY_API const char *sentry_value_get_key(sentry_value_t value, size_t index);
+
 /**
  * Looks up a value in a list by index.  If missing a null value is returned.
  * The returned value is borrowed.
diff --git a/src/sentry_value.c b/src/sentry_value.c
index 1258ee818..f15a5d4b5 100644
--- a/src/sentry_value.c
+++ b/src/sentry_value.c
@@ -778,6 +778,19 @@ sentry_value_get_by_key_owned(sentry_value_t value, const char *k)
     return rv;
 }
 
+const char *
+sentry_value_get_key(sentry_value_t value, size_t index)
+{
+    const thing_t *thing = value_as_thing(value);
+    if (thing && thing_get_type(thing) == THING_TYPE_OBJECT) {
+        obj_t *o = thing->payload._ptr;
+        if (index < o->len) {
+            return o->pairs[index].k;
+        }
+    }
+    return "";
+}
+
 sentry_value_t
 sentry_value_get_by_index(sentry_value_t value, size_t index)
 {
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_value.c b/tests/unit/test_value.c
index 8e738bc1d..2351b4c51 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_value.c
+++ b/tests/unit/test_value.c
@@ -252,8 +252,10 @@ SENTRY_TEST(value_object)
         sentry_value_t child = sentry_value_get_by_key(val, key);
         if (i < 10) {
             TEST_CHECK(sentry_value_as_int32(child) == (int32_t)i);
+            TEST_CHECK(strcmp(sentry_value_get_key(val, i), key) == 0);
         } else {
             TEST_CHECK(sentry_value_is_null(child));
+            TEST_CHECK(strlen(sentry_value_get_key(val, i)) == 0);
         }
     }