diff --git a/src/basic_block.rs b/src/basic_block.rs
index 7bed19a3168..e0adc785c45 100644
--- a/src/basic_block.rs
+++ b/src/basic_block.rs
@@ -275,6 +275,41 @@ impl<'ctx> BasicBlock<'ctx> {
         unsafe { Some(InstructionValue::new(value)) }
     }
 
+    /// Obtains a instruction based on the name
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    /// ```rust
+    /// use inkwell::context::Context;
+    /// use inkwell::AddressSpace;
+    ///
+    /// let context = Context::create();
+    /// let module = context.create_module("ret");
+    /// let builder = context.create_builder();
+    ///
+    /// let void_type = context.void_type();
+    /// let i32_type = context.i32_type();
+    /// let i32_ptr_type = i32_type.ptr_type(AddressSpace::default());
+    ///
+    /// let fn_type = void_type.fn_type(&[i32_ptr_type.into()], false);
+    /// let fn_value = module.add_function("ret", fn_type, None);
+    /// let entry = context.append_basic_block(fn_value, "entry");
+    /// builder.position_at_end(entry);
+    ///
+    /// let var = builder.build_alloca(i32_type, "some_number");
+    /// builder.build_store(var, i32_type.const_int(1 as u64, false));
+    /// builder.build_return(None);
+    ///
+    /// let block = fn_value.get_first_basic_block().unwrap();
+    /// let some_number = block.get_instruction_with_name("some_number");
+    ///
+    /// assert!(some_number.is_some());
+    /// assert_eq!( some_number.unwrap().get_name().unwrap().to_str(), Ok("some_number"))
+    /// ```
+    pub fn get_instruction_with_name(self, name: impl AsRef<str>) -> Option<InstructionValue<'ctx>> {
+        let instruction = self.get_first_instruction()?;
+        instruction.get_instruction_with_name(name)
+    }
+
     /// Obtains the terminating `InstructionValue` in this `BasicBlock`, if any. A `BasicBlock` must have a terminating instruction to be valid.
     ///
     /// # Example
diff --git a/src/values/instruction_value.rs b/src/values/instruction_value.rs
index 47f44e91c86..9a5ff56d6fe 100644
--- a/src/values/instruction_value.rs
+++ b/src/values/instruction_value.rs
@@ -150,6 +150,19 @@ impl<'ctx> InstructionValue<'ctx> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Get a instruction with it's name 
+    /// 
+    /// Compares against all instructions after self, and self.
+    pub fn get_instruction_with_name(&self, name:impl AsRef<str>) -> Option<InstructionValue<'ctx>> {
+        let Some(ins_name) = self.get_name() else {
+            return self.get_next_instruction()?.get_instruction_with_name(name);
+        };
+        if ins_name.to_str() == Ok(name.as_ref()) {
+            return Some(*self);
+        }
+        None
+    }
+
     /// Set name of the `InstructionValue`.
     pub fn set_name(&self, name: &str) -> Result<(), &'static str> {
         if self.get_type().is_void_type() {