diff --git a/src/widgets/roller/lv_roller.c b/src/widgets/roller/lv_roller.c
index 7780f0c15f..2e71c03b1f 100644
--- a/src/widgets/roller/lv_roller.c
+++ b/src/widgets/roller/lv_roller.c
@@ -287,26 +287,7 @@ void lv_roller_get_selected_str(const lv_obj_t * obj, char * buf, uint32_t buf_s
     LV_ASSERT_OBJ(obj, MY_CLASS);
 
     lv_roller_t * roller = (lv_roller_t *)obj;
-    lv_obj_t * label = get_label(obj);
-    uint32_t i;
-    uint32_t line        = 0;
-    const char * opt_txt = lv_label_get_text(label);
-    size_t txt_len     = lv_strlen(opt_txt);
-
-    for(i = 0; i < txt_len && line != roller->sel_opt_id; i++) {
-        if(opt_txt[i] == '\n') line++;
-    }
-
-    uint32_t c;
-    for(c = 0; i < txt_len && opt_txt[i] != '\n'; c++, i++) {
-        if(buf_size && c >= buf_size - 1) {
-            LV_LOG_WARN("the buffer was too small");
-            break;
-        }
-        buf[c] = opt_txt[i];
-    }
-
-    buf[c] = '\0';
+    lv_roller_get_option_str(obj, roller->sel_opt_id, buf, buf_size);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -353,6 +334,37 @@ lv_observer_t * lv_roller_bind_value(lv_obj_t * obj, lv_subject_t * subject)
 }
 #endif /*LV_USE_OBSERVER*/
 
+lv_result_t lv_roller_get_option_str(const lv_obj_t * obj, uint32_t option, char * buf, uint32_t buf_size)
+{
+    LV_ASSERT_OBJ(obj, MY_CLASS);
+
+    lv_obj_t * label = get_label(obj);
+    uint32_t i;
+    uint32_t line        = 0;
+    const char * opt_txt = lv_label_get_text(label);
+    size_t txt_len     = lv_strlen(opt_txt);
+
+    for(i = 0; i < txt_len && line != option; i++) {
+        if(opt_txt[i] == '\n') line++;
+    }
+
+    if(line != option) {
+        return LV_RESULT_INVALID;
+    }
+
+    uint32_t c;
+    for(c = 0; i < txt_len && opt_txt[i] != '\n'; c++, i++) {
+        if(buf_size && c >= buf_size - 1) {
+            LV_LOG_WARN("the buffer was too small");
+            break;
+        }
+        buf[c] = opt_txt[i];
+    }
+
+    buf[c] = '\0';
+    return LV_RESULT_OK;
+}
+
 /**********************
  *   STATIC FUNCTIONS
  **********************/
diff --git a/src/widgets/roller/lv_roller.h b/src/widgets/roller/lv_roller.h
index 7f960c7dcc..b4f3089b70 100644
--- a/src/widgets/roller/lv_roller.h
+++ b/src/widgets/roller/lv_roller.h
@@ -129,6 +129,15 @@ const char * lv_roller_get_options(const lv_obj_t * obj);
  */
 uint32_t lv_roller_get_option_count(const lv_obj_t * obj);
 
+/**
+ * Get an option as a string.
+ * @param obj       pointer to roller object
+ * @param option    index of chosen option
+ * @param buf       pointer to an array to store the string
+ * @param buf_size  size of `buf` in bytes. 0: to ignore it.
+ * @return          LV_RESULT_OK if option found
+ */
+lv_result_t lv_roller_get_option_str(const lv_obj_t * obj, uint32_t option, char * buf, uint32_t buf_size);
 
 #if LV_USE_OBSERVER
 /**
diff --git a/tests/src/test_cases/widgets/test_roller.c b/tests/src/test_cases/widgets/test_roller.c
index 089a82bf60..1818ba8b3a 100644
--- a/tests/src/test_cases/widgets/test_roller.c
+++ b/tests/src/test_cases/widgets/test_roller.c
@@ -57,6 +57,33 @@ void test_roller_get_options(void)
     TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING(default_roller_options, lv_roller_get_options(roller));
 }
 
+void test_roller_get_option_str(void)
+{
+    lv_result_t res;
+    char option_str[OPTION_BUFFER_SZ] = {0x00};
+    char * expected_strs[] = {"One", "Two", "Three"};
+    uint16_t expected_str_count = sizeof(expected_strs) / sizeof(expected_strs[0]);
+
+    /* Select the last option, index starts at 0 */
+    uint16_t option_count = lv_roller_get_option_count(roller);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(expected_str_count, option_count);
+
+    for(uint16_t i = 0; i < option_count; ++i) {
+        memset(option_str, 0x00, sizeof(option_str));
+        res = lv_roller_get_option_str(roller, i, option_str, OPTION_BUFFER_SZ);
+        TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(res, LV_RESULT_OK);
+        TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING(expected_strs[i], option_str);
+    }
+
+    memset(option_str, 0x00, sizeof(option_str));
+    res = lv_roller_get_option_str(roller, option_count, option_str, OPTION_BUFFER_SZ);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(res, LV_RESULT_INVALID);
+
+    memset(option_str, 0x00, sizeof(option_str));
+    res = lv_roller_get_option_str(roller, -1, option_str, OPTION_BUFFER_SZ);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(res, LV_RESULT_INVALID);
+}
+
 void test_roller_get_selected_option(void)
 {
     char actual_str[OPTION_BUFFER_SZ] = {0x00};