diff --git a/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-option.hpp b/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-option.hpp
index 1a91c6138c..15b78876a7 100644
--- a/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-option.hpp
+++ b/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-option.hpp
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ class GncOption
 public:
     template <typename OptionType>
     GncOption(OptionType option) : m_option{option} {}
+
     template <typename ValueType> ValueType get_value() const
     {
         return boost::apply_visitor(GetValueVisitor<ValueType>(), m_option);
@@ -218,6 +219,22 @@ public:
     {
         boost::apply_visitor(SetValueVisitor<ValueType>(value), m_option);
     }
+    const std::string& get_section() const
+    {
+        return boost::apply_visitor(GetSectionVisitor(), m_option);
+    }
+    const std::string& get_name() const
+    {
+        return boost::apply_visitor(GetNameVisitor(), m_option);
+    }
+    const std::string& get_key() const
+    {
+        return boost::apply_visitor(GetKeyVisitor(), m_option);
+    }
+    const std::string& get_docstring() const
+    {
+        return boost::apply_visitor(GetDocstringVisitor(), m_option);
+    }
 private:
     template <typename ValueType>
     struct GetValueVisitor : public boost::static_visitor<ValueType>
@@ -277,6 +294,35 @@ private:
             return option.get_scm_default_value();
         }
     };
+    struct GetSectionVisitor : public boost::static_visitor<const std::string&>
+    {
+        template <class OptionType>
+        const std::string& operator()(OptionType& option) const {
+            return option.m_section;
+        }
+    };
+    struct GetNameVisitor : public boost::static_visitor<const std::string&>
+    {
+        template <class OptionType>
+        const std::string& operator()(OptionType& option) const {
+            return option.m_name;
+        }
+    };
+    struct GetKeyVisitor : public boost::static_visitor<const std::string&>
+    {
+        template <class OptionType>
+        const std::string& operator()(OptionType& option) const {
+            return option.m_sort_tag;
+        }
+    };
+    struct GetDocstringVisitor :
+        public boost::static_visitor<const std::string&>
+    {
+        template <class OptionType>
+        const std::string& operator()(OptionType& option) const {
+            return option.m_doc_string;
+        }
+    };
     GncOptionVariant m_option;
 };
 
diff --git a/libgnucash/app-utils/test/gtest-gnc-option.cpp b/libgnucash/app-utils/test/gtest-gnc-option.cpp
index be9b3b5603..b4a7f187c4 100644
--- a/libgnucash/app-utils/test/gtest-gnc-option.cpp
+++ b/libgnucash/app-utils/test/gtest-gnc-option.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ TEST(GncOption, test_text_ctor)
         });
 }
 
+TEST(GncOption, test_string_classifier_getters)
+{
+    auto option = gnc_make_string_option("foo", "bar", "baz", "Phony Option",
+                                         std::string{"waldo"});
+    EXPECT_STREQ("foo", option.get_section().c_str());
+    EXPECT_STREQ("bar", option.get_name().c_str());
+    EXPECT_STREQ("baz", option.get_key().c_str());
+    EXPECT_STREQ("Phony Option", option.get_docstring().c_str());
+}
+
 TEST(GncOption, test_string_default_value)
 {
     auto option = gnc_make_string_option("foo", "bar", "baz", "Phony Option",