diff --git a/include/scheduler.hpp b/include/scheduler.hpp
index b0ccb26..1bf63a2 100644
--- a/include/scheduler.hpp
+++ b/include/scheduler.hpp
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ enum class TaskState {
 };
 
 
+std::string_view get_state_string(TaskState);
+
+
 class Task {
     friend class Scheduler;
 
@@ -84,6 +87,9 @@ public:
     TaskState get_state() const {
         return state;
     }
+    std::string_view get_state_string() const {
+        return ::CoSched::get_state_string(state);
+    }
 
     // Returns the scheduler that is scheduling this task
     Scheduler& get_scheduler() const {
diff --git a/scheduler.cpp b/scheduler.cpp
index ae29ae2..0e8140d 100644
--- a/scheduler.cpp
+++ b/scheduler.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@
 
 
 namespace CoSched {
+std::string_view get_state_string(TaskState state) {
+    switch (state) {
+    case TaskState::dead: return "dead";
+    case TaskState::running: return "running";
+    case TaskState::sleeping: return "sleeping";
+    case TaskState::terminating: return "terminating";
+    default: return "invalid";
+    }
+}
+
+
 void CoSched::Task::kill() {
     get_scheduler().delete_task(this);
 }