diff --git a/bacnet-stack/include/bactext.h b/bacnet-stack/include/bactext.h
index a12c95a4..b2ce0cc2 100644
--- a/bacnet-stack/include/bactext.h
+++ b/bacnet-stack/include/bactext.h
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ extern "C" {
        unsigned *found_index);
     const char *bactext_property_name(
         unsigned index);
+    bool bactext_property_index(
+        const char *search_name,
+        unsigned *found_index);
     const char *bactext_engineering_unit_name(
         unsigned index);
     bool bactext_engineering_unit_index(
diff --git a/bacnet-stack/src/bactext.c b/bacnet-stack/src/bactext.c
index f106e4a7..e24809df 100644
--- a/bacnet-stack/src/bactext.c
+++ b/bacnet-stack/src/bactext.c
@@ -933,6 +933,16 @@ unsigned bactext_property_id(
     return indtext_by_istring_default(bacnet_property_names, name, 0);
 }
 
+bool bactext_property_index(
+    const char *search_name,
+    unsigned *found_index)
+{
+    return indtext_by_istring(
+        bacnet_property_names,
+        search_name,
+        found_index);
+}
+
 INDTEXT_DATA bacnet_engineering_unit_names[] = {
     {UNITS_SQUARE_METERS, "square-meters"}
     ,