diff --git a/protovalidate/internal/constraints.py b/protovalidate/internal/constraints.py
index 2519108d..48b1ca4d 100644
--- a/protovalidate/internal/constraints.py
+++ b/protovalidate/internal/constraints.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def make_timestamp(msg: message.Message) -> celtypes.TimestampType:
 
 
 def unwrap(msg: message.Message) -> celtypes.Value:
-    return _field_to_cel(msg, msg.DESCRIPTOR.fields_by_name["value"])
+    return field_to_cel(msg, msg.DESCRIPTOR.fields_by_name["value"])
 
 
 _MSG_TYPE_URL_TO_CTOR: dict[str, typing.Callable[..., celtypes.Value]] = {
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def __init__(self, msg: message.Message):
         for field in self.desc.fields:
             if field.containing_oneof is not None and not self.msg.HasField(field.name):
                 continue
-            self[field.name] = _field_to_cel(self.msg, field)
+            self[field.name] = field_to_cel(self.msg, field)
 
     def __getitem__(self, name):
         field = self.desc.fields_by_name[name]
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def _map_field_to_cel(msg: message.Message, field: descriptor.FieldDescriptor) -
     return _map_field_value_to_cel(_proto_message_get_field(msg, field), field)
 
 
-def _field_to_cel(msg: message.Message, field: descriptor.FieldDescriptor) -> celtypes.Value:
+def field_to_cel(msg: message.Message, field: descriptor.FieldDescriptor) -> celtypes.Value:
     if field.label == descriptor.FieldDescriptor.LABEL_REPEATED:
         return _repeated_field_to_cel(msg, field)
     elif field.message_type is not None and not _proto_message_has_field(msg, field):
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ def add_rule(
         rule_cel = None
         if rule_field is not None and self._rules is not None:
             rule_value = _proto_message_get_field(self._rules, rule_field)
-            rule_cel = _field_to_cel(self._rules, rule_field)
+            rule_cel = field_to_cel(self._rules, rule_field)
         self._cel.append(
             CelRunner(
                 runner=prog,
diff --git a/protovalidate/internal/extra_func.py b/protovalidate/internal/extra_func.py
index eca6e1b5..aa9c5fe9 100644
--- a/protovalidate/internal/extra_func.py
+++ b/protovalidate/internal/extra_func.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 from celpy import celtypes
 
 from protovalidate.internal import string_format
+from protovalidate.internal.constraints import MessageType, field_to_cel
 
 # See https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/input.html#valid-e-mail-address
 _email_regex = re.compile(
@@ -28,6 +29,19 @@
 )
 
 
+def cel_get_field(message: celtypes.Value, field_name: celtypes.Value) -> celpy.Result:
+    if not isinstance(message, MessageType):
+        msg = "invalid argument, expected message"
+        raise celpy.CELEvalError(msg)
+    if not isinstance(field_name, celtypes.StringType):
+        msg = "invalid argument, expected string"
+        raise celpy.CELEvalError(msg)
+    if field_name not in message.desc.fields_by_name:
+        msg = f"no such field: {field_name}"
+        raise celpy.CELEvalError(msg)
+    return field_to_cel(message.msg, message.desc.fields_by_name[field_name])
+
+
 def cel_is_ip(val: celtypes.Value, ver: typing.Optional[celtypes.Value] = None) -> celpy.Result:
     """Return True if the string is an IPv4 or IPv6 address, optionally limited to a specific version.
 
@@ -1545,6 +1559,7 @@ def make_extra_funcs(locale: str) -> dict[str, celpy.CELFunction]:
         # Missing standard functions
         "format": string_fmt.format,
         # protovalidate specific functions
+        "getField": cel_get_field,
         "isNan": cel_is_nan,
         "isInf": cel_is_inf,
         "isIp": cel_is_ip,