diff --git a/capnp/capnp.pyx b/capnp/capnp.pyx
index 19af3fa..d1e2ba8 100644
--- a/capnp/capnp.pyx
+++ b/capnp/capnp.pyx
@@ -1469,6 +1469,9 @@ cdef class _StructSchema:
         def __get__(self):
             return _DynamicStructReader()._init(self.thisptr.getProto(), None)
 
+    cpdef get_dependency(self, id):
+        return _Schema()._init(self.thisptr.getDependency(id))
+
     def __richcmp__(_StructSchema self, _StructSchema other, mode):
         if mode == 2:
             return self.thisptr == other.thisptr
@@ -1504,6 +1507,9 @@ cdef class _InterfaceSchema:
         def __get__(self):
             return _DynamicStructReader()._init(self.thisptr.getProto(), None)
 
+    cpdef get_dependency(self, id):
+        return _Schema()._init(self.thisptr.getDependency(id))
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return '<schema for %s>' % self.node.displayName