diff --git a/include/ada_c.h b/include/ada_c.h
index 0d01e57c4..a8abd1e4a 100644
--- a/include/ada_c.h
+++ b/include/ada_c.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ ada_string ada_get_pathname(ada_url result);
 ada_string ada_get_search(ada_url result);
 ada_string ada_get_protocol(ada_url result);
 uint8_t ada_get_host_type(ada_url result);
+uint8_t ada_get_schema_type(ada_url result);
 
 // url_aggregator setters
 // if ada_is_valid(result)) is false, the setters have no effect
diff --git a/src/ada_c.cpp b/src/ada_c.cpp
index 8e7f46dda..111a2e8d8 100644
--- a/src/ada_c.cpp
+++ b/src/ada_c.cpp
@@ -218,6 +218,14 @@ uint8_t ada_get_host_type(ada_url result) noexcept {
   return r->host_type;
 }
 
+uint8_t ada_get_schema_type(ada_url result) noexcept {
+  ada::result<ada::url_aggregator>& r = get_instance(result);
+  if (!r) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+  return r->type;
+}
+
 bool ada_set_href(ada_url result, const char* input, size_t length) noexcept {
   ada::result<ada::url_aggregator>& r = get_instance(result);
   if (!r) {
diff --git a/tests/ada_c.cpp b/tests/ada_c.cpp
index f0537aadc..b1f6a77db 100644
--- a/tests/ada_c.cpp
+++ b/tests/ada_c.cpp
@@ -209,3 +209,52 @@ TEST(ada_c, ada_clear_search) {
   ada_free(out);
   SUCCEED();
 }
+
+TEST(ada_c, ada_get_schema_type) {
+  std::string_view input;
+  ada_url out;
+
+  input = "http://www.google.com";
+  out = ada_parse(input.data(), input.size());
+  ASSERT_TRUE(ada_is_valid(out));
+  ASSERT_EQ(ada_get_schema_type(out), 0);
+
+  input = "notspecial://www.google.com";
+  ada_free(out);
+  out = ada_parse(input.data(), input.size());
+  ASSERT_TRUE(ada_is_valid(out));
+  ASSERT_EQ(ada_get_schema_type(out), 1);
+
+  input = "https://www.google.com";
+  ada_free(out);
+  out = ada_parse(input.data(), input.size());
+  ASSERT_TRUE(ada_is_valid(out));
+  ASSERT_EQ(ada_get_schema_type(out), 2);
+
+  input = "ws://www.google.com/ws";
+  ada_free(out);
+  out = ada_parse(input.data(), input.size());
+  ASSERT_TRUE(ada_is_valid(out));
+  ASSERT_EQ(ada_get_schema_type(out), 3);
+
+  input = "ftp://www.google.com/file.txt";
+  ada_free(out);
+  out = ada_parse(input.data(), input.size());
+  ASSERT_TRUE(ada_is_valid(out));
+  ASSERT_EQ(ada_get_schema_type(out), 4);
+
+  input = "wss://www.google.com/wss";
+  ada_free(out);
+  out = ada_parse(input.data(), input.size());
+  ASSERT_TRUE(ada_is_valid(out));
+  ASSERT_EQ(ada_get_schema_type(out), 5);
+
+  input = "file:///foo/bar";
+  ada_free(out);
+  out = ada_parse(input.data(), input.size());
+  ASSERT_TRUE(ada_is_valid(out));
+  ASSERT_EQ(ada_get_schema_type(out), 6);
+
+  ada_free(out);
+  SUCCEED();
+}