diff --git a/src/Resource/ResourceManager.php b/src/Resource/ResourceManager.php
index 1e203a76..142cd746 100644
--- a/src/Resource/ResourceManager.php
+++ b/src/Resource/ResourceManager.php
@@ -118,6 +118,19 @@ public function clearPluginCache($instance_id) {
     $this->plugins->remove($instance_id);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getResourceIdFromRequest() {
+    $resource_name = &drupal_static(__METHOD__);
+    if (isset($resource_name)) {
+      return $resource_name;
+    }
+    $path = $this->request->getPath(FALSE);
+    list($resource_name,) = static::getPageArguments($path);
+    return $resource_name;
+  }
+
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
diff --git a/src/Resource/ResourceManagerInterface.php b/src/Resource/ResourceManagerInterface.php
index 7b7eab91..00e846bd 100644
--- a/src/Resource/ResourceManagerInterface.php
+++ b/src/Resource/ResourceManagerInterface.php
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ public function getPlugin($instance_id, RequestInterface $request = NULL);
    */
   public function clearPluginCache($instance_id);
 
+  /**
+   * Get the resource name for the current request.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   The resource ID.
+   */
+  public function getResourceIdFromRequest();
+
   /**
    * Gets the major and minor version for the current request.
    *
diff --git a/tests/RestfulHookMenuTestCase.test b/tests/RestfulHookMenuTestCase.test
index c3c5396f..5ddf71d4 100644
--- a/tests/RestfulHookMenuTestCase.test
+++ b/tests/RestfulHookMenuTestCase.test
@@ -139,26 +139,31 @@ class RestfulHookMenuTestCase extends RestfulCurlBaseTestCase {
         'path' => 'api/v1.1/articles',
         'version_header' => NULL,
         'expected_version' => array(1, 1),
+        'expected_resource' => 'articles',
       ),
       array(
         'path' => 'api/v1/articles',
         'version_header' => NULL,
         'expected_version' => array(1, 7),
+        'expected_resource' => 'articles',
       ),
       array(
         'path' => 'api/articles',
         'version_header' => 'v1',
         'expected_version' => array(1, 7),
+        'expected_resource' => 'articles',
       ),
       array(
         'path' => 'api/articles',
         'version_header' => 'v1.0',
         'expected_version' => array(1, 0),
+        'expected_resource' => 'articles',
       ),
       array(
         'path' => 'api/articles',
         'version_header' => NULL,
         'expected_version' => array(2, 1),
+        'expected_resource' => 'articles',
       ),
     );
 
@@ -173,6 +178,7 @@ class RestfulHookMenuTestCase extends RestfulCurlBaseTestCase {
       $resource_manager = new \Drupal\restful\Resource\ResourceManager($request);
       drupal_static_reset('Drupal\restful\Resource\ResourceManager::getVersionFromRequest');
       $this->assertEqual($resource_manager->getVersionFromRequest(), $test_item['expected_version'], sprintf('%s resolves correctly.', $test_item['path']));
+      $this->assertEqual($resource_manager->getResourceIdFromRequest(), $test_item['expected_resource'], sprintf('Resource name obtained correctly from %s.', $test_item['path']));
     }
 
   }