diff --git a/src/extras/getChildByName.js b/src/extras/getChildByName.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29c651d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/extras/getChildByName.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+var DisplayObject = require('../core/display/DisplayObject'),
+    Container = require('../core/display/Container');
+
+/**
+ * The instance name of the object.
+ *
+ * @member {string}
+ */
+DisplayObject.prototype.name = null;
+
+/**
+* Returns the display object in the container
+*
+* @param name {string} instance name
+* @return {DisplayObject}
+*/
+Container.prototype.getChildByName = function (name)
+{
+    for (var i = 0; i < this.children.length; i++) 
+    {
+        if (this.children[i].name === name) 
+        {
+            return this.children[i];
+        }
+    }
+    return null;
+};
+
+module.exports = {};
\ No newline at end of file

diff --git a/src/extras/getChildByName.js b/src/extras/getChildByName.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29c651d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/extras/getChildByName.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+var DisplayObject = require('../core/display/DisplayObject'),
+    Container = require('../core/display/Container');
+
+/**
+ * The instance name of the object.
+ *
+ * @member {string}
+ */
+DisplayObject.prototype.name = null;
+
+/**
+* Returns the display object in the container
+*
+* @param name {string} instance name
+* @return {DisplayObject}
+*/
+Container.prototype.getChildByName = function (name)
+{
+    for (var i = 0; i < this.children.length; i++) 
+    {
+        if (this.children[i].name === name) 
+        {
+            return this.children[i];
+        }
+    }
+    return null;
+};
+
+module.exports = {};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/extras/index.js b/src/extras/index.js
index 61c24b5..267e97c 100644
--- a/src/extras/index.js
+++ b/src/extras/index.js
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@
     MovieClip:      require('./MovieClip'),
     TilingSprite:   require('./TilingSprite'),
     mesh:           require('./mesh/index'),
-    cacheAsBitmap:  require('./cacheAsBitmap')
+    cacheAsBitmap:  require('./cacheAsBitmap'),
+    getChildByName: require('./getChildByName')
 };