diff --git a/filament/include/filament/View.h b/filament/include/filament/View.h
index d4c9848de8f..139dcac7f40 100644
--- a/filament/include/filament/View.h
+++ b/filament/include/filament/View.h
@@ -570,6 +570,13 @@ class UTILS_PUBLIC View : public FilamentAPI {
      */
     void setShadowType(ShadowType shadow) noexcept;
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the shadow mapping technique used by this View.
+     *
+     * @return value set by setShadowType().
+     */
+    ShadowType getShadowType() const noexcept;
+
     /**
      * Sets VSM shadowing options that apply across the entire View.
      *
diff --git a/filament/src/View.cpp b/filament/src/View.cpp
index 65635f3f647..0d5d3aa61ca 100644
--- a/filament/src/View.cpp
+++ b/filament/src/View.cpp
@@ -193,6 +193,10 @@ void View::setShadowType(View::ShadowType shadow) noexcept {
     downcast(this)->setShadowType(shadow);
 }
 
+View::ShadowType View::getShadowType() const noexcept {
+    return downcast(this)->getShadowType();
+}
+
 void View::setVsmShadowOptions(VsmShadowOptions const& options) noexcept {
     downcast(this)->setVsmShadowOptions(options);
 }