diff --git a/util/hb-info.cc b/util/hb-info.cc
index 7d5684635..019f9bed3 100644
--- a/util/hb-info.cc
+++ b/util/hb-info.cc
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ struct info_t
       {"show-upem",	0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	&this->show_upem,		"Show Units-Per-EM",		nullptr},
       {"show-extents",	0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	&this->show_extents,		"Show extents",			nullptr},
 
+      {"get-name",	0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY,&this->get_name,		"Get name",			"name id; eg. '13'"},
       {"get-metric",	0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY,&this->get_metric,		"Get metric",			"metric tag; eg. 'hasc'"},
       {"get-baseline",	0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY,&this->get_baseline,		"Get baseline",			"baseline tag; eg. 'hang'"},
 
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ struct info_t
   hb_bool_t show_upem = false;
   hb_bool_t show_extents = false;
 
+  char **get_name = nullptr;
   char **get_metric = nullptr;
   char **get_baseline = nullptr;
 
@@ -218,6 +220,7 @@ struct info_t
     if (show_upem)	  _show_upem ();
     if (show_extents)	  _show_extents ();
 
+    if (get_name)	  _get_name ();
     if (get_metric)	  _get_metric ();
     if (get_baseline)	  _get_baseline ();
 
@@ -389,6 +392,15 @@ struct info_t
     printf ("%d\n", extents.line_gap);
   }
 
+  void _get_name ()
+  {
+    for (char **p = get_name; *p; p++)
+    {
+      hb_ot_name_id_t name_id = (hb_ot_name_id_t) atoi (*p);
+      _show_name (*p, name_id);
+    }
+  }
+
   void _get_metric ()
   {
     bool fallback = false;