diff --git a/src/main/java/build/buf/protovalidate/CustomDeclarations.java b/src/main/java/build/buf/protovalidate/CustomDeclarations.java
index 5c7310fc..095478bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/build/buf/protovalidate/CustomDeclarations.java
+++ b/src/main/java/build/buf/protovalidate/CustomDeclarations.java
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ static List<Decl> create() {
     // Add 'now' variable declaration
     decls.add(Decls.newVar("now", Decls.newObjectType(TimestampT.TimestampType.typeName())));
 
+    // Add 'getField' function declaration
+    decls.add(
+        Decls.newFunction(
+            "getField",
+            Decls.newOverload(
+                "get_field_any_string", Arrays.asList(Decls.Any, Decls.String), Decls.Any)));
+
     // Add 'isIp' function declaration
     decls.add(
         Decls.newFunction(
diff --git a/src/main/java/build/buf/protovalidate/CustomOverload.java b/src/main/java/build/buf/protovalidate/CustomOverload.java
index 968ad5fa..8383e38c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/build/buf/protovalidate/CustomOverload.java
+++ b/src/main/java/build/buf/protovalidate/CustomOverload.java
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 package build.buf.protovalidate;
 
+import com.google.protobuf.Descriptors;
+import com.google.protobuf.Message;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.projectnessie.cel.common.types.ListT;
 import org.projectnessie.cel.common.types.StringT;
 import org.projectnessie.cel.common.types.Types;
+import org.projectnessie.cel.common.types.pb.DefaultTypeAdapter;
 import org.projectnessie.cel.common.types.ref.TypeEnum;
 import org.projectnessie.cel.common.types.ref.Val;
 import org.projectnessie.cel.common.types.traits.Lister;
@@ -31,6 +34,7 @@
 /** Defines custom function overloads (the implementation). */
 final class CustomOverload {
 
+  private static final String OVERLOAD_GET_FIELD = "getField";
   private static final String OVERLOAD_FORMAT = "format";
   private static final String OVERLOAD_UNIQUE = "unique";
   private static final String OVERLOAD_STARTS_WITH = "startsWith";
@@ -58,6 +62,7 @@ final class CustomOverload {
    */
   static Overload[] create() {
     return new Overload[] {
+      celGetField(),
       celFormat(),
       celUnique(),
       celStartsWith(),
@@ -75,6 +80,30 @@ static Overload[] create() {
     };
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Creates a custom function overload for the "getField" operation.
+   *
+   * @return The {@link Overload} instance for the "getField" operation.
+   */
+  private static Overload celGetField() {
+    return Overload.binary(
+        OVERLOAD_GET_FIELD,
+        (msgarg, namearg) -> {
+          if (msgarg.type().typeEnum() != TypeEnum.Object
+              || namearg.type().typeEnum() != TypeEnum.String) {
+            return Err.newErr("no such overload");
+          }
+          Message message = msgarg.convertToNative(Message.class);
+          String fieldName = namearg.convertToNative(String.class);
+          Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field =
+              message.getDescriptorForType().findFieldByName(fieldName);
+          if (field == null) {
+            return Err.newErr("no such field: " + fieldName);
+          }
+          return DefaultTypeAdapter.Instance.nativeToValue(message.getField(field));
+        });
+  }
+
   /**
    * Creates a custom binary function overload for the "format" operation.
    *