diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 92c8fe99..cad88a41 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - [#473] Added `BuildContext.SetEnableUVDistributionRecalculation` to allow opting out from the automatic call to
   `Mesh.RecalculateUVDistributionMetrics` on generated meshes.
 - [#478] Added `ProfilerScope` API
+- [#481] Added `NDMFPreview.GetOriginalObjectForProxy`
 - [#480] Added `IExtensionContext.Owner` API. Setting this property will allow errors to be correctly attributed to the
   plugin that contains an extension context.
 - [#479] Added `IAssetSaver` and `SerializationScope` APIs.
diff --git a/Editor/PreviewSystem/NDMFPreview.cs b/Editor/PreviewSystem/NDMFPreview.cs
index 111f5446..d587b394 100644
--- a/Editor/PreviewSystem/NDMFPreview.cs
+++ b/Editor/PreviewSystem/NDMFPreview.cs
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
-using JetBrains.Annotations;
+#nullable enable
+
+using System.Collections.Immutable;
+using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using nadena.dev.ndmf.preview.UI;
 using nadena.dev.ndmf.ui;
 using UnityEditor;
+using UnityEngine;
 
 namespace nadena.dev.ndmf.preview
 {
     /// <summary>
     ///     General utilities for controlling the NDMF preview system.
     /// </summary>
+    [PublicAPI]
     // ReSharper disable once InconsistentNaming
     public static class NDMFPreview
     {
@@ -93,5 +98,23 @@ internal static void ForceResetPreview()
         {
             _globalPreviewSession.ForceRebuild();
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// If the given game object is a preview proxy object, returns the original object that the proxy was created
+        /// for.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="proxy">The suspected proxy object</param>
+        /// <returns>The original object, or null if the given object is not a proxy</returns>
+        public static GameObject? GetOriginalObjectForProxy(GameObject proxy)
+        {
+            var sess = PreviewSession.Current;
+
+            if (sess == null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            return sess.ProxyToOriginalObject.GetValueOrDefault(proxy);
+        }
     }
 }
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