diff --git a/hugolib/hugo_sites_build_test.go b/hugolib/hugo_sites_build_test.go
index fdfc33c5a15..a90f2799d36 100644
--- a/hugolib/hugo_sites_build_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/hugo_sites_build_test.go
@@ -396,7 +396,9 @@ func doTestMultiSitesBuild(t *testing.T, configTemplate, configSuffix string) {
 	bundleFr := frSite.getPage(page.KindPage, "bundles/b1/index.md")
 	c.Assert(bundleFr, qt.Not(qt.IsNil))
 	c.Assert(len(bundleFr.Resources()), qt.Equals, 1)
-	logoFr := bundleFr.Resources().GetMatch("logo*")
+	logoFr, _ := bundleFr.Resources().GetMatch("logo*")
+	logoFrGet, _ := bundleFr.Resources().Get("logo.png")
+	c.Assert(logoFrGet, qt.Equals, logoFr)
 	c.Assert(logoFr, qt.Not(qt.IsNil))
 	b.AssertFileContent("public/fr/bundles/b1/index.html", "Resources: image/png: /blog/fr/bundles/b1/logo.png")
 	b.AssertFileContent("public/fr/bundles/b1/logo.png", "PNG Data")
@@ -405,7 +407,7 @@ func doTestMultiSitesBuild(t *testing.T, configTemplate, configSuffix string) {
 	c.Assert(bundleEn, qt.Not(qt.IsNil))
 	b.AssertFileContent("public/en/bundles/b1/index.html", "RelPermalink: /blog/en/bundles/b1/|")
 	c.Assert(len(bundleEn.Resources()), qt.Equals, 1)
-	logoEn := bundleEn.Resources().GetMatch("logo*")
+	logoEn, _ := bundleEn.Resources().GetMatch("logo*")
 	c.Assert(logoEn, qt.Not(qt.IsNil))
 	b.AssertFileContent("public/en/bundles/b1/index.html", "Resources: image/png: /blog/en/bundles/b1/logo.png")
 	b.AssertFileContent("public/en/bundles/b1/logo.png", "PNG Data")
diff --git a/hugolib/pagebundler_test.go b/hugolib/pagebundler_test.go
index 1694b02ee8a..bbeb508b4eb 100644
--- a/hugolib/pagebundler_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/pagebundler_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/resources/resource"
+
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/config"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugofs/files"
@@ -184,9 +186,17 @@ func TestPageBundlerSiteRegular(t *testing.T) {
 						c.Assert(firstPage.Parent(), qt.Equals, leafBundle1)
 						c.Assert(secondPage.Parent(), qt.Equals, leafBundle1)
 
-						c.Assert(pageResources.GetMatch("1*"), qt.Equals, firstPage)
-						c.Assert(pageResources.GetMatch("2*"), qt.Equals, secondPage)
-						c.Assert(pageResources.GetMatch("doesnotexist*"), qt.IsNil)
+						mustGetMatch := func(r resource.Resources, pattern string) resource.Resource {
+							res, err := r.GetMatch(pattern)
+							if err != nil {
+								panic(err)
+							}
+							return res
+						}
+
+						c.Assert(mustGetMatch(pageResources, "1*"), qt.Equals, firstPage)
+						c.Assert(mustGetMatch(pageResources, "2*"), qt.Equals, secondPage)
+						c.Assert(mustGetMatch(pageResources, "doesnotexist*"), qt.IsNil)
 
 						imageResources := leafBundle1.Resources().ByType("image")
 						c.Assert(len(imageResources), qt.Equals, 3)
@@ -327,9 +337,9 @@ func TestPageBundlerSiteMultilingual(t *testing.T) {
 
 				// See https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/4295
 				// Every resource should have its Name prefixed with its base folder.
-				cBundleResources := bundleWithSubPath.Resources().Match("c/**")
+				cBundleResources, _ := bundleWithSubPath.Resources().Match("c/**")
 				c.Assert(len(cBundleResources), qt.Equals, 4)
-				bundlePage := bundleWithSubPath.Resources().GetMatch("c/page*")
+				bundlePage, _ := bundleWithSubPath.Resources().GetMatch("c/page*")
 				c.Assert(bundlePage, qt.Not(qt.IsNil))
 
 				bcBundleNN, _ := nnSite.getPageNew(nil, "bc")
@@ -553,8 +563,9 @@ HEADLESS {{< myShort >}}
 
 	headlessResources := headless.Resources()
 	c.Assert(len(headlessResources), qt.Equals, 3)
-	c.Assert(len(headlessResources.Match("l*")), qt.Equals, 2)
-	pageResource := headlessResources.GetMatch("p*")
+	res, _ := headlessResources.Match("l*")
+	c.Assert(len(res), qt.Equals, 2)
+	pageResource, _ := headlessResources.GetMatch("p*")
 	c.Assert(pageResource, qt.Not(qt.IsNil))
 	p := pageResource.(page.Page)
 	c.Assert(content(p), qt.Contains, "SHORTCODE")
diff --git a/resources/resource/resources.go b/resources/resource/resources.go
index ac5dd0b2b03..e87c742b2f6 100644
--- a/resources/resource/resources.go
+++ b/resources/resource/resources.go
@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugofs/glob"
+	"github.com/spf13/cast"
 )
 
+var _ ResourceFinder = (*Resources)(nil)
+
 // Resources represents a slice of resources, which can be a mix of different types.
 // I.e. both pages and images etc.
 type Resources []Resource
 
+// var _ resource.ResourceFinder = (*Namespace)(nil)
 // ResourcesConverter converts a given slice of Resource objects to Resources.
 type ResourcesConverter interface {
 	ToResources() Resources
@@ -41,21 +45,42 @@ func (r Resources) ByType(tp string) Resources {
 	return filtered
 }
 
+// Get locates the name given in Resources.
+// The search is case insensitive.
+func (r Resources) Get(name interface{}) (Resource, error) {
+	namestr, err := cast.ToStringE(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	namestr = strings.ToLower(namestr)
+	for _, resource := range r {
+		if strings.EqualFold(namestr, resource.Name()) {
+			return resource, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
 // GetMatch finds the first Resource matching the given pattern, or nil if none found.
 // See Match for a more complete explanation about the rules used.
-func (r Resources) GetMatch(pattern string) Resource {
-	g, err := glob.GetGlob(pattern)
+func (r Resources) GetMatch(pattern interface{}) (Resource, error) {
+	patternstr, err := cast.ToStringE(pattern)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	g, err := glob.GetGlob(patternstr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	for _, resource := range r {
 		if g.Match(strings.ToLower(resource.Name())) {
-			return resource
+			return resource, nil
 		}
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return nil, nil
 }
 
 // Match gets all resources matching the given base filename prefix, e.g
@@ -67,10 +92,15 @@ func (r Resources) GetMatch(pattern string) Resource {
 // Match matches by using the value of Resource.Name, which, by default, is a filename with
 // path relative to the bundle root with Unix style slashes (/) and no leading slash, e.g. "images/logo.png".
 // See https://github.com/gobwas/glob for the full rules set.
-func (r Resources) Match(pattern string) Resources {
-	g, err := glob.GetGlob(pattern)
+func (r Resources) Match(pattern interface{}) (Resources, error) {
+	patternstr, err := cast.ToStringE(pattern)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	g, err := glob.GetGlob(patternstr)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	var matches Resources
@@ -79,7 +109,7 @@ func (r Resources) Match(pattern string) Resources {
 			matches = append(matches, resource)
 		}
 	}
-	return matches
+	return matches, nil
 }
 
 type translatedResource interface {
@@ -121,3 +151,34 @@ func (r Resources) MergeByLanguageInterface(in interface{}) (interface{}, error)
 type Source interface {
 	Publish() error
 }
+
+// ResourceFinder provides method to find Resources.
+type ResourceFinder interface {
+
+	// Get locates the filename given in Hugo's assets filesystem
+	// and creates a Resource object that can be used for further transformations.
+	Get(filename interface{}) (Resource, error)
+
+	// GetMatch finds the first Resource matching the given pattern, or nil if none found.
+	//
+	// See Match for a more complete explanation about the rules used.
+	GetMatch(pattern interface{}) (Resource, error)
+
+	// Match gets all resources matching the given base path prefix, e.g
+	// "*.png" will match all png files. The "*" does not match path delimiters (/),
+	// so if you organize your resources in sub-folders, you need to be explicit about it, e.g.:
+	// "images/*.png". To match any PNG image anywhere in the bundle you can do "**.png", and
+	// to match all PNG images below the images folder, use "images/**.jpg".
+	//
+	// The matching is case insensitive.
+	//
+	// Match matches by using a relative pathwith Unix style slashes (/) and no
+	// leading slash, e.g. "images/logo.png".
+	//
+	// See https://github.com/gobwas/glob for the full rules set.
+	//
+	// It looks for files in the assets file system.
+	//
+	// See Match for a more complete explanation about the rules used.
+	Match(pattern interface{}) (Resources, error)
+}
diff --git a/tpl/resources/resources.go b/tpl/resources/resources.go
index 850def00e27..d8affb4abe3 100644
--- a/tpl/resources/resources.go
+++ b/tpl/resources/resources.go
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ func New(deps *deps.Deps) (*Namespace, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
+var _ resource.ResourceFinder = (*Namespace)(nil)
+
 // Namespace provides template functions for the "resources" namespace.
 type Namespace struct {
 	deps *deps.Deps