diff --git a/src/globalOption.zig b/src/globalOption.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f77ab3481fc85a34984dc46e006b807688f87db7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/globalOption.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const string = []const u8;
+const extras = @import("./lib.zig");
+const root = @import("root");
+
+pub fn globalOption(comptime T: type, comptime name: []const u8) ?T {
+    if (!@hasDecl(root, name)) return null;
+    return @as(T, @field(root, name));
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.zig b/src/lib.zig
index ba0c8ab8ea943c44e1a7f77985dadd36012190e0..3f0ed08ed25aae1e4a309501f7af12559fa59279 100644
--- a/src/lib.zig
+++ b/src/lib.zig
@@ -92,3 +92,4 @@ pub fn fd_realpath(fd: std.os.fd_t) ![std.fs.MAX_PATH_BYTES:0]u8 {
 pub usingnamespace @import("./rawInt.zig");
 pub usingnamespace @import("./expectSimilarType.zig");
 pub usingnamespace @import("./rawIntBytes.zig");
+pub usingnamespace @import("./globalOption.zig");