diff --git a/src/mgr/BaseMgrModule.cc b/src/mgr/BaseMgrModule.cc
index 5c587b91cbc..038490dedad 100644
--- a/src/mgr/BaseMgrModule.cc
+++ b/src/mgr/BaseMgrModule.cc
@@ -347,6 +347,26 @@ ceph_get_mgr_id(BaseMgrModule *self, PyObject *args)
   return PyString_FromString(g_conf()->name.get_id().c_str());
 }
 
+static PyObject*
+ceph_option_get(BaseMgrModule *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+  char *what = nullptr;
+  if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s:ceph_option_get", &what)) {
+    derr << "Invalid args!" << dendl;
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+
+  std::string value;
+  int r = g_conf().get_val(string(what), &value);
+  if (r >= 0) {
+    dout(10) << "ceph_option_get " << what << " found: " << value << dendl;
+    return PyString_FromString(value.c_str());
+  } else {
+    dout(4) << "ceph_config_get " << what << " not found " << dendl;
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+  }
+}
+
 static PyObject*
 ceph_config_get(BaseMgrModule *self, PyObject *args)
 {
@@ -690,6 +710,9 @@ PyMethodDef BaseMgrModule_methods[] = {
   {"_ceph_get_mgr_id", (PyCFunction)ceph_get_mgr_id, METH_NOARGS,
    "Get the name of the Mgr daemon where we are running"},
 
+  {"_ceph_get_option", (PyCFunction)ceph_option_get, METH_VARARGS,
+   "Get a configuration option value"},
+
   {"_ceph_get_config", (PyCFunction)ceph_config_get, METH_VARARGS,
    "Get a configuration value"},
 
diff --git a/src/pybind/mgr/mgr_module.py b/src/pybind/mgr/mgr_module.py
index cc5079c5ad9..3c9510fbdab 100644
--- a/src/pybind/mgr/mgr_module.py
+++ b/src/pybind/mgr/mgr_module.py
@@ -630,6 +630,9 @@ class MgrModule(ceph_module.BaseMgrModule):
         """
         return self._ceph_get_mgr_id()
 
+    def get_option(self, key):
+        return self._ceph_get_option(key)
+
     def _validate_option(self, key):
         """
         Helper: don't allow get/set config callers to