diff --git a/jira/resources.py b/jira/resources.py
index faf43b3f0..25778ad6e 100644
--- a/jira/resources.py
+++ b/jira/resources.py
@@ -692,6 +692,27 @@ def update(  # type: ignore[override] # incompatible supertype ignored
 
         super(Issue, self).update(async_=async_, jira=jira, notify=notify, fields=data)
 
+    def get_field(self, field_name: str) -> Any:
+        """Obtain the (parsed) value from the Issue's field.
+
+        Args:
+            field_name (str): The name of the field to get
+
+        Raises:
+            AttributeError: If the field does not exist or if the field starts with an ``_``
+
+        Returns:
+            Any: Returns the parsed data stored in the field. For example, "project" would be of class :py:class:`Project`
+        """
+
+        if field_name.startswith("_"):
+            raise AttributeError(
+                f"An issue field_name cannot start with underscore (_): {field_name}",
+                field_name,
+            )
+        else:
+            return getattr(self.fields, field_name)
+
     def add_field_value(self, field: str, value: str):
         """Add a value to a field that supports multiple values, without resetting the existing values.
 
diff --git a/tests/resources/test_issue.py b/tests/resources/test_issue.py
index ca7bcbcd0..4b744102f 100644
--- a/tests/resources/test_issue.py
+++ b/tests/resources/test_issue.py
@@ -26,6 +26,18 @@ def test_issue(self):
         self.assertEqual(issue.key, self.issue_1)
         self.assertEqual(issue.fields.summary, "issue 1 from %s" % self.project_b)
 
+    def test_issue_get_field(self):
+        issue = self.jira.issue(self.issue_1)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            issue.fields.description, issue.get_field(field_name="description")
+        )
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(AttributeError, ": _something"):
+            issue.get_field("_something")
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(AttributeError, "customfield_1234"):
+            issue.get_field("customfield_1234")
+
     def test_issue_field_limiting(self):
         issue = self.jira.issue(self.issue_2, fields="summary,comment")
         self.assertEqual(issue.fields.summary, "issue 2 from %s" % self.project_b)