diff --git a/api/icsneo/icsneo.cpp b/api/icsneo/icsneo.cpp
index dc911d3..021ab52 100644
--- a/api/icsneo/icsneo.cpp
+++ b/api/icsneo/icsneo.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,21 @@ ICSNEO_API icsneo_error_t icsneo_error_code(icsneo_error_t error_code, const cha
     return icsneo_error_success;
 }
 
+ICSNEO_API icsneo_error_t icsneo_device_type_from_type(icsneo_devicetype_t device_type, const char* value, uint32_t* value_length) {
+    if (!value || !value_length) {
+        return icsneo_error_invalid_parameters;
+    }
+
+    auto device_type_str = DeviceType::getGenericProductName(device_type);
+    // Find the minimum length of the device type string and set value_length
+    auto min_length = std::minmax(static_cast<uint32_t>(device_type_str.length()), *value_length).first;
+    *value_length = min_length;
+    // Copy the string into value
+    strncpy(const_cast<char *>(value), device_type_str.c_str(), min_length);
+
+    return icsneo_error_success;
+}
+
 ICSNEO_API icsneo_error_t icsneo_find(icsneo_device_t** devices, uint32_t* devices_count, void* reserved) {
     if (!devices || !devices_count) {
         return icsneo_error_invalid_parameters;
diff --git a/include/icsneo/icsneo.h b/include/icsneo/icsneo.h
index dbeae3a..7bfd94b 100644
--- a/include/icsneo/icsneo.h
+++ b/include/icsneo/icsneo.h
@@ -75,6 +75,16 @@ typedef uint32_t icsneo_error_t;
  */
 ICSNEO_API icsneo_error_t icsneo_error_code(icsneo_error_t error_code, const char* value, uint32_t* value_length);
 
+/** @brief Get the device type string for a icsneo_devicetype_t.
+ * 
+ * @param[in] icsneo_devicetype_t device_type The device type to get the description of.
+ * @param[out] const char* value Pointer to a buffer to copy the description into. Null terminated.
+ * @param[in,out] uint32_t* value_length Size of the value buffer. Modified with the length of the description.
+ * 
+ * @return icsneo_error_t icsneo_error_success if successful, icsneo_error_invalid_parameters otherwise.
+ */
+ICSNEO_API icsneo_error_t icsneo_device_type_from_type(icsneo_devicetype_t device_type, const char* value, uint32_t* value_length);
+
 /** @brief Find all hardware attached to the system. 
  * 
  * @param[out] icsneo_device_t array of devices to be filled with found devices.