diff --git a/include/libopencm3/lm4f/uart.h b/include/libopencm3/lm4f/uart.h
index 3f3aa661..fbde2229 100644
--- a/include/libopencm3/lm4f/uart.h
+++ b/include/libopencm3/lm4f/uart.h
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ void uart_set_baudrate(uint32_t uart, uint32_t baud);
 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);
+uint8_t uart_get_stopbits(uint32_t uart);
 void uart_set_parity(uint32_t uart, enum uart_parity parity);
 void uart_set_mode(uint32_t uart, uint32_t mode);
 void uart_set_flow_control(uint32_t uart, enum uart_flowctl flow);
diff --git a/lib/lm4f/uart.c b/lib/lm4f/uart.c
index 725c52cb..62c19cb9 100644
--- a/lib/lm4f/uart.c
+++ b/lib/lm4f/uart.c
@@ -172,6 +172,13 @@ void uart_set_stopbits(uint32_t uart, uint8_t stopbits)
 	}
 }
 
+uint8_t uart_get_stopbits(uint32_t uart)
+{
+	if (UART_LCRH(uart) & UART_LCRH_STP2)
+		return 2;
+	return 1;
+}
+
 /**
  * \brief Set UART parity
  *