diff --git a/src/test_typing_extensions.py b/src/test_typing_extensions.py
index ac0a2691..4b303e92 100644
--- a/src/test_typing_extensions.py
+++ b/src/test_typing_extensions.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 from typing_extensions import clear_overloads, get_overloads, overload
 from typing_extensions import NamedTuple
 from typing_extensions import override, deprecated, Buffer, TypeAliasType, TypeVar
+from typing_extensions import get_typing_objects_by_name_of, is_typing_name
 from _typed_dict_test_helper import Foo, FooGeneric
 
 # Flags used to mark tests that only apply after a specific
@@ -4988,5 +4989,91 @@ class MyAlias(TypeAliasType):
                 pass
 
 
+class IntrospectionHelperTests(BaseTestCase):
+    def test_typing_objects_by_name_of(self):
+        for name in typing_extensions.__all__:
+            with self.subTest(name=name):
+                objs = get_typing_objects_by_name_of(name)
+                self.assertIsInstance(objs, tuple)
+                self.assertIn(len(objs), (1, 2))
+                te_obj = getattr(typing_extensions, name)
+                if len(objs) == 1:
+                    self.assertIs(te_obj, getattr(typing, name, te_obj))
+                else:
+                    self.assertTrue(hasattr(typing, name))
+                    self.assertIsNot(te_obj, getattr(typing, name))
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(
+            ValueError,
+            "Neither typing nor typing_extensions has an object called 'foo'"
+        ):
+            get_typing_objects_by_name_of("foo")
+
+    def test_typing_objects_by_name_not_in_typing_extensions(self):
+        objs = get_typing_objects_by_name_of("ByteString")
+        self.assertIsInstance(objs, tuple)
+        self.assertEqual(len(objs), 1)
+        bytestring = objs[0]
+        self.assertIs(bytestring, typing.ByteString)
+        self.assertEqual(bytestring.__module__, "typing")
+
+    def test_typing_objects_by_name_of_2(self):
+        classvar_objs = get_typing_objects_by_name_of("ClassVar")
+        self.assertEqual(len(classvar_objs), 1)
+        classvar_obj = classvar_objs[0]
+        self.assertIs(classvar_obj, typing.ClassVar)
+        self.assertIs(classvar_obj, typing_extensions.ClassVar)
+        self.assertEqual(classvar_obj.__module__, "typing")
+
+    @skipIf(TYPING_3_12_0, "We reexport TypeAliasType from typing on 3.12+")
+    def test_typing_objects_by_name_of_2(self):
+        name = "TypeAliasType"
+        # Sanity check; the test won't work correctly if this doesn't hold true:
+        self.assertFalse(hasattr(typing, name))
+        typealiastype_objs = get_typing_objects_by_name_of(name)
+        self.assertEqual(len(typealiastype_objs), 1)
+        typealiastype_obj = typealiastype_objs[0]
+        self.assertIs(typealiastype_obj, typing_extensions.TypeAliasType)
+        self.assertEqual(typealiastype_obj.__module__, "typing_extensions")
+
+    @skipUnless(
+        (3, 8) <= sys.version_info < (3, 12),
+        (
+            "Needs a Python version where typing.Protocol "
+            "and typing_extensions.Protocol are different objects"
+        )
+    )
+    def test_typing_objects_by_name_of_3(self):
+        name = "Protocol"
+        # Sanity check; the test won't work correctly if this doesn't hold true:
+        self.assertTrue(hasattr(typing, name))
+        protocol_objs = get_typing_objects_by_name_of(name)
+        self.assertEqual(len(protocol_objs), 2)
+        modules = {obj.__module__ for obj in protocol_objs}
+        self.assertEqual(modules, {"typing", "typing_extensions"})
+
+    def test_is_typing_name(self):
+        for name in typing_extensions.__all__:
+            te_obj = getattr(typing_extensions, name)
+            self.assertTrue(is_typing_name(te_obj, name))
+            if hasattr(typing, name):
+                typing_obj = getattr(typing, name)
+                self.assertTrue(is_typing_name(typing_obj, name))
+
+    def test_is_typing_name_fails_appropriately(self):
+        self.assertFalse(is_typing_name(typing_extensions.NoReturn, "ClassVar"))
+        self.assertFalse(is_typing_name(typing.NoReturn, "ClassVar"))
+        error_msg = "Neither typing nor typing_extensions has an object called 'foo'"
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, error_msg):
+            is_typing_name(typing_extensions.NoReturn, "foo")
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, error_msg):
+            is_typing_name(typing_extensions.NoReturn, "foo")
+
+    def test_is_typing_name_not_in_typing_extensions(self):
+        # Sanity check -- this is a useless test otherwise:
+        self.assertFalse(hasattr(typing_extensions, "ByteString"))
+        self.assertTrue(is_typing_name(typing.ByteString, "ByteString"))
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/src/typing_extensions.py b/src/typing_extensions.py
index 9aa84d7e..a66ca6bd 100644
--- a/src/typing_extensions.py
+++ b/src/typing_extensions.py
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@
     'NoReturn',
     'Required',
     'NotRequired',
+
+    # Introspection helpers unique to typing_extensions
+    # These will never be added to typing.py in CPython
+    'get_typing_objects_by_name_of',
+    'is_typing_name',
 ]
 
 # for backward compatibility
@@ -2873,3 +2878,38 @@ def __ror__(self, left):
                 if not _is_unionable(left):
                     return NotImplemented
                 return typing.Union[left, self]
+
+
+#############################################################
+# Introspection helpers for third-party libraries
+#
+# These are not part of the typing-module API,
+# and nor will they ever become part of the typing-module API.
+#
+# They are specific to typing-extensions
+##############################################################
+
+
+@functools.lru_cache(maxsize=None)
+def get_typing_objects_by_name_of(name: str) -> typing.Tuple[Any, ...]:
+    try:
+        te_obj = globals()[name]
+    except KeyError:
+        try:
+            typing_obj = getattr(typing, name)
+        except AttributeError:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Neither typing nor typing_extensions has an object called {name!r}!"
+            ) from None
+        else:
+            return (typing_obj,)
+    else:
+        if hasattr(typing, name):
+            typing_obj = getattr(typing, name)
+            if typing_obj is not te_obj:
+                return (te_obj, typing_obj)
+        return (te_obj,)
+
+
+def is_typing_name(obj: object, name: str) -> bool:
+    return any(obj is thing for thing in get_typing_objects_by_name_of(name))