diff --git a/bacnet-stack/include/bactext.h b/bacnet-stack/include/bactext.h
index b2ce0cc2..25dac6b9 100644
--- a/bacnet-stack/include/bactext.h
+++ b/bacnet-stack/include/bactext.h
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ extern "C" {
         unsigned index);
     const char *bactext_binary_present_value_name(
         unsigned index);
+    bool bactext_binary_present_value_index(
+        const char *search_name,
+        unsigned *found_index);
     const char *bactext_reliability_name(
         unsigned index);
     const char *bactext_device_status_name(
diff --git a/bacnet-stack/src/bactext.c b/bacnet-stack/src/bactext.c
index e24809df..72b1249f 100644
--- a/bacnet-stack/src/bactext.c
+++ b/bacnet-stack/src/bactext.c
@@ -1819,6 +1819,16 @@ const char *bactext_binary_present_value_name(
         ASHRAE_Reserved_String);
 }
 
+bool bactext_binary_present_value_index(
+    const char *search_name,
+    unsigned *found_index)
+{
+    return indtext_by_istring(
+        bacnet_binary_present_value_names,
+        search_name,
+        found_index);
+}
+
 INDTEXT_DATA bacnet_reliability_names[] = {
     {RELIABILITY_NO_FAULT_DETECTED, "no-fault-detected"}
     ,