diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Lua/LuaUserData.lua b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Lua/LuaUserData.lua
index 756f9967c..b8f574f4d 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Lua/LuaUserData.lua
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Lua/LuaUserData.lua
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ luaUserData.UnregisterType = clrLuaUserData.UnregisterType
 luaUserData.RegisterGenericType = clrLuaUserData.RegisterGenericType
 luaUserData.UnregisterGenericType = clrLuaUserData.UnregisterGenericType
 luaUserData.IsTargetType = clrLuaUserData.IsTargetType
+luaUserData.TypeOf = clrLuaUserData.TypeOf
 luaUserData.GetType = clrLuaUserData.GetType
 luaUserData.CreateEnumTable = clrLuaUserData.CreateEnumTable
 luaUserData.MakeFieldAccessible = clrLuaUserData.MakeFieldAccessible
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Lua/LuaClasses/LuaUserData.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Lua/LuaClasses/LuaUserData.cs
index 4c883d217..960b83f2b 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Lua/LuaClasses/LuaUserData.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/LuaCs/Lua/LuaClasses/LuaUserData.cs
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ namespace Barotrauma
             return type == targetType;
         }
 
+        public static string TypeOf(object obj)
+        {
+            if (obj == null) { throw new ScriptRuntimeException("userdata is nil"); }
+
+            return obj.GetType().FullName;
+        }
+
         public static object CreateStatic(string typeName)
         {
             Type type = GetType(typeName);