diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ttk/test_widgets.py b/Lib/test/test_ttk/test_widgets.py
index d5620becfa7187..a731be4c0b7cd9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ttk/test_widgets.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ttk/test_widgets.py
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ def test_cb(arg1, **kw):
         self.widget.state(['active', '!disabled'])
         self.assertEqual(self.widget.state(), ('active', ))
 
+    def test_widget_cget(self):
+        # Check whether the return value of cget is a string
+        self.assertEqual(self.widget.cget("state"), tkinter.NORMAL)
+        self.assertEqual(self.widget.cget("text"), "Text")
+
 
 class AbstractToplevelTest(AbstractWidgetTest, PixelSizeTests):
     _rounds_pixels = False
diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/ttk.py b/Lib/tkinter/ttk.py
index 8ddb7f97e3b233..0fd5d5e24efd6d 100644
--- a/Lib/tkinter/ttk.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/ttk.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
            "tclobjs_to_py", "setup_master"]
 
 import tkinter
+import _tkinter
 from tkinter import _flatten, _join, _stringify, _splitdict
 
 
@@ -572,6 +573,16 @@ def state(self, statespec=None):
         return self.tk.splitlist(str(self.tk.call(self._w, "state", statespec)))
 
 
+    def cget(self, key):
+        """Return the resource value for a KEY given as string."""
+        return_value = super().cget(key)
+        if isinstance(return_value, _tkinter.Tcl_Obj):
+            return str(return_value)
+        return return_value
+
+    __getitem__ = cget
+
+
 class Button(Widget):
     """Ttk Button widget, displays a textual label and/or image, and
     evaluates a command when pressed."""
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-10-29-03-32-28.gh-issue-126008.wcuSmo.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-10-29-03-32-28.gh-issue-126008.wcuSmo.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7d37bded1249f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-10-29-03-32-28.gh-issue-126008.wcuSmo.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix an incorrect return value type when getting resource value of ttk widgets.