diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index ea5842adf..ae3861f9d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 
   - <https://github.com/georust/gdal/pull/239>
 
+- Add `gdal::vector::geometry_type_to_name`
+
+  - <https://github.com/georust/gdal/pull/250>
+
 ## 0.12
 
 - Bump Rust edition to 2021
diff --git a/src/vector/geometry.rs b/src/vector/geometry.rs
index 5a8de3dc1..bec35889b 100644
--- a/src/vector/geometry.rs
+++ b/src/vector/geometry.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::fmt::{self, Debug};
-use std::ptr::null_mut;
+use std::ptr::{null, null_mut};
 
 use libc::{c_char, c_double, c_int, c_void};
 
@@ -437,11 +437,18 @@ impl PartialEq for Geometry {
 
 impl Eq for Geometry {}
 
+pub fn geometry_type_to_name(ty: OGRwkbGeometryType::Type) -> String {
+    let rv = unsafe { gdal_sys::OGRGeometryTypeToName(ty) };
+    // If the type is invalid, OGRGeometryTypeToName returns a valid string anyway.
+    assert!(rv != null());
+    _string(rv)
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use crate::spatial_ref::SpatialRef;
 
-    use super::Geometry;
+    use super::{geometry_type_to_name, Geometry};
 
     #[test]
     #[allow(clippy::float_cmp)]
@@ -540,4 +547,14 @@ mod tests {
         );
         assert!(buffered.area() > 10.0);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    pub fn test_geometry_type_to_name() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            geometry_type_to_name(::gdal_sys::OGRwkbGeometryType::wkbLineString),
+            "Line String"
+        );
+        // We don't care what it returns when passed an invalid value, just that it doesn't crash.
+        geometry_type_to_name(4372521);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/vector/mod.rs b/src/vector/mod.rs
index 3dbe64e81..be94a79ca 100644
--- a/src/vector/mod.rs
+++ b/src/vector/mod.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pub mod sql;
 pub use defn::{Defn, Field, FieldIterator};
 pub use feature::{Feature, FieldValue, FieldValueIterator};
 pub use gdal_sys::{OGRFieldType, OGRwkbGeometryType};
-pub use geometry::Geometry;
+pub use geometry::{geometry_type_to_name, Geometry};
 pub use layer::{FeatureIterator, FieldDefn, Layer, LayerCaps};
 pub use ops::GeometryIntersection;