diff --git a/girs/GstAnalytics-1.0.gir b/girs/GstAnalytics-1.0.gir
index e5839beefd..d5755528a2 100644
--- a/girs/GstAnalytics-1.0.gir
+++ b/girs/GstAnalytics-1.0.gir
@@ -1385,6 +1385,20 @@ dimension is dynamic.</doc>
           </parameter>
         </parameters>
       </method>
+      <function name="data_type_get_name" c:identifier="gst_tensor_data_type_get_name" version="1.28">
+        <doc xml:space="preserve" filename="../subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/analytics/gsttensor.c">Get a string version of the data type</doc>
+        <source-position filename="../subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/analytics/gsttensor.h"/>
+        <return-value transfer-ownership="none">
+          <doc xml:space="preserve" filename="../subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/analytics/gsttensor.c">a constant string with the name of the data type</doc>
+          <type name="utf8" c:type="const gchar*"/>
+        </return-value>
+        <parameters>
+          <parameter name="data_type" transfer-ownership="none">
+            <doc xml:space="preserve" filename="../subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/analytics/gsttensor.c">a #GstTensorDataType</doc>
+            <type name="TensorDataType" c:type="GstTensorDataType"/>
+          </parameter>
+        </parameters>
+      </function>
     </record>
     <enumeration name="TensorDataType" version="1.26" c:type="GstTensorDataType">
       <doc xml:space="preserve" filename="../subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/analytics/gsttensor.h">Describe the type of data contain in the tensor.</doc>
@@ -1891,6 +1905,20 @@ metadata type.</doc>
         <type name="MtdType" c:type="GstAnalyticsMtdType"/>
       </return-value>
     </function>
+    <function name="tensor_data_type_get_name" c:identifier="gst_tensor_data_type_get_name" moved-to="Tensor.data_type_get_name" version="1.28">
+      <doc xml:space="preserve" filename="../subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/analytics/gsttensor.c">Get a string version of the data type</doc>
+      <source-position filename="../subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/analytics/gsttensor.h"/>
+      <return-value transfer-ownership="none">
+        <doc xml:space="preserve" filename="../subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/analytics/gsttensor.c">a constant string with the name of the data type</doc>
+        <type name="utf8" c:type="const gchar*"/>
+      </return-value>
+      <parameters>
+        <parameter name="data_type" transfer-ownership="none">
+          <doc xml:space="preserve" filename="../subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/analytics/gsttensor.c">a #GstTensorDataType</doc>
+          <type name="TensorDataType" c:type="GstTensorDataType"/>
+        </parameter>
+      </parameters>
+    </function>
     <function name="tensor_meta_api_get_type" c:identifier="gst_tensor_meta_api_get_type" version="1.26" introspectable="0">
       <source-position filename="../subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/analytics/gsttensormeta.h"/>
       <return-value transfer-ownership="none">
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/analytics/gsttensor.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/analytics/gsttensor.c
index 67b24dcf01..f17fb494bf 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/analytics/gsttensor.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/analytics/gsttensor.c
@@ -209,3 +209,50 @@ gst_tensor_get_dims (GstTensor * tensor, gsize * num_dims)
     *num_dims = tensor->num_dims;
   return tensor->dims;
 }
+
+/**
+ * gst_tensor_data_type_get_name:
+ * @data_type: a #GstTensorDataType
+ *
+ * Get a string version of the data type
+ *
+ * Returns: a constant string with the name of the data type
+ *
+ * Since: 1.28
+ */
+const gchar *
+gst_tensor_data_type_get_name (GstTensorDataType data_type)
+{
+  switch (data_type) {
+    case GST_TENSOR_DATA_TYPE_INT4:
+      return "int4";
+    case GST_TENSOR_DATA_TYPE_INT8:
+      return "int8";
+    case GST_TENSOR_DATA_TYPE_INT16:
+      return "int16";
+    case GST_TENSOR_DATA_TYPE_INT32:
+      return "int32";
+    case GST_TENSOR_DATA_TYPE_INT64:
+      return "int64";
+    case GST_TENSOR_DATA_TYPE_UINT4:
+      return "uint4";
+    case GST_TENSOR_DATA_TYPE_UINT8:
+      return "uint8";
+    case GST_TENSOR_DATA_TYPE_UINT16:
+      return "uint16";
+    case GST_TENSOR_DATA_TYPE_UINT32:
+      return "uint32";
+    case GST_TENSOR_DATA_TYPE_UINT64:
+      return "uint64";
+    case GST_TENSOR_DATA_TYPE_FLOAT16:
+      return "float16";
+    case GST_TENSOR_DATA_TYPE_FLOAT32:
+      return "float32";
+    case GST_TENSOR_DATA_TYPE_FLOAT64:
+      return "float64";
+    case GST_TENSOR_DATA_TYPE_BFLOAT16:
+      return "bfloat16";
+    default:
+      return NULL;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/analytics/gsttensor.h b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/analytics/gsttensor.h
index 0781286406..5952dab7de 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/analytics/gsttensor.h
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/analytics/gsttensor.h
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ gsize * gst_tensor_get_dims (GstTensor * tensor, gsize * num_dims);
 GST_ANALYTICS_META_API
 GType gst_tensor_get_type (void);
 
+GST_ANALYTICS_META_API
+const gchar *gst_tensor_data_type_get_name (GstTensorDataType data_type);
+
 G_END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* __GST_TENSOR_H__ */