diff --git a/include/libopencm3/lm4f/uart.h b/include/libopencm3/lm4f/uart.h
index 920e26be..26f43400 100644
--- a/include/libopencm3/lm4f/uart.h
+++ b/include/libopencm3/lm4f/uart.h
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ enum uart_fifo_tx_trigger_level {
 BEGIN_DECLS
 
 void uart_set_baudrate(uint32_t uart, uint32_t baud);
+uint32_t uart_get_baudrate(uint32_t uart);
 void uart_set_databits(uint32_t uart, uint8_t databits);
 uint8_t uart_get_databits(uint32_t uart);
 void uart_set_stopbits(uint32_t uart, uint8_t stopbits);
diff --git a/lib/lm4f/uart.c b/lib/lm4f/uart.c
index 2835dc7a..eb9fa4fc 100644
--- a/lib/lm4f/uart.c
+++ b/lib/lm4f/uart.c
@@ -130,6 +130,25 @@ void uart_set_baudrate(uint32_t uart, uint32_t baud)
 	UART_FBRD(uart) = div % 64;
 }
 
+/**
+ * \brief Get UART baudrate
+ *
+ * @param[in] uart UART block register address base @ref uart_reg_base
+ * @return Baud rate in bits per second (bps)
+ */
+uint32_t uart_get_baudrate(uint32_t uart)
+{
+	/* Are we running off the internal clock or system clock? */
+	const uint32_t clock = UART_CC(uart) == UART_CC_CS_PIOSC ? 16000000U : rcc_get_system_clock_frequency();
+
+	/* Read back divisor parts. Baudrate = clock/16 / (ibrd+fbrd/64). */
+	const uint16_t ibrd = UART_IBRD(uart);
+	const uint16_t fbrd = UART_FBRD(uart);
+	uint32_t div = ibrd * 64U + fbrd;
+	/* Recalculate the actual baudrate. Note that 4 comes from 1/(16/64). */
+	return 4U * clock / div;
+}
+
 /**
  * \brief Set UART databits
  *