diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 40643a5a..3deb93f1 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -139,6 +139,16 @@ pub struct Metadata {
     __do_not_match_exhaustively: (),
 }
 
+impl Metadata {
+    /// Get the root package of this metadata instance.
+    pub fn root_package(&self) -> Option<&Package> {
+        self.resolve
+            .as_ref()
+            .and_then(|res| res.root.as_ref())
+            .and_then(|root| self.packages.iter().find(|pkg| &pkg.id == root))
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'a> std::ops::Index<&'a PackageId> for Metadata {
     type Output = Package;