diff --git a/src/scriptapi.cpp b/src/scriptapi.cpp
index 83987fc..b130863 100644
--- a/src/scriptapi.cpp
+++ b/src/scriptapi.cpp
@@ -2049,6 +2049,40 @@ class InvRef
                return 1;
        }
 
+       // get_location() -> location (like minetest.get_inventory(location))
+       static int l_get_location(lua_State *L)
+       {
+               InvRef *ref = checkobject(L, 1);
+               const InventoryLocation &loc = ref->m_loc;
+               switch(loc.type){
+               case InventoryLocation::UNDEFINED:
+               case InventoryLocation::CURRENT_PLAYER:
+                       return 0;
+               case InventoryLocation::PLAYER:
+                       lua_newtable(L);
+                       lua_pushstring(L, "player");
+                       lua_setfield(L, -2, "type");
+                       lua_pushstring(L, loc.name.c_str());
+                       lua_setfield(L, -2, "name");
+                       return 1;
+               case InventoryLocation::NODEMETA:
+                       lua_newtable(L);
+                       lua_pushstring(L, "nodemeta");
+                       lua_setfield(L, -2, "type");
+                       push_v3s16(L, loc.p);
+                       lua_setfield(L, -2, "name");
+                       return 1;
+               case InventoryLocation::DETACHED:
+                       lua_newtable(L);
+                       lua_pushstring(L, "detached");
+                       lua_setfield(L, -2, "type");
+                       lua_pushstring(L, loc.name.c_str());
+                       lua_setfield(L, -2, "name");
+                       return 1;
+               }
+               return 0;
+       }
+
 public:
        InvRef(const InventoryLocation &loc):
                m_loc(loc)