diff --git a/core/object/script_language.cpp b/core/object/script_language.cpp
index 3b274ecc2f2..0b2d5e41cfc 100644
--- a/core/object/script_language.cpp
+++ b/core/object/script_language.cpp
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ void Script::_bind_methods() {
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_base_script"), &Script::get_base_script);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_instance_base_type"), &Script::get_instance_base_type);
 
+	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_global_name"), &Script::get_global_name);
+
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("has_script_signal", "signal_name"), &Script::has_script_signal);
 
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_script_property_list"), &Script::_get_script_property_list);
diff --git a/doc/classes/Script.xml b/doc/classes/Script.xml
index 28d763585d3..fa8e4ef5f27 100644
--- a/doc/classes/Script.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/Script.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,27 @@
 				Returns the script directly inherited by this script.
 			</description>
 		</method>
+		<method name="get_global_name" qualifiers="const">
+			<return type="StringName" />
+			<description>
+				Returns the class name associated with the script, if there is one. Returns an empty string otherwise.
+				To give the script a global name, you can use the [code]class_name[/code] keyword in GDScript and the [code][GlobalClass][/code] attribute in C#.
+				[codeblocks]
+				[gdscript]
+				class_name MyNode
+				extends Node
+				[/gdscript]
+				[csharp]
+				using Godot;
+
+				[GlobalClass]
+				public partial class MyNode : Node
+				{
+				}
+				[/csharp]
+				[/codeblocks]
+			</description>
+		</method>
 		<method name="get_instance_base_type" qualifiers="const">
 			<return type="StringName" />
 			<description>