diff --git a/doc/lua.adoc b/doc/lua.adoc
index 859cf922d..6d028085e 100644
--- a/doc/lua.adoc
+++ b/doc/lua.adoc
@@ -259,6 +259,15 @@ Example:
  local str = nh.ing_suffix("foo");
 
 
+=== int_to_pmname
+
+Convert integer value to monster type name.
+
+Example:
+
+ local pmname = nh.int_to_pmname(12);
+
+
 === is_genocided
 
 Is specific monster type genocided?  Returns a boolean value.
@@ -1564,6 +1573,9 @@ These constants are in the `nhc` table.
 |===
 | COLNO | Number of map columns
 | ROWNO | Number of map rows
+| NUMMONS | Number of different monster types
+| LOW_PM  | First monster type id. See <<_int_to_pmname>>.
+| HIGH_PM | Last monster type id. See <<_int_to_pmname>>.
 | DLB   | 1 or 0, depending if NetHack is compiled with DLB
 |===
 
diff --git a/src/nhlua.c b/src/nhlua.c
index 767726277..c83e81865 100644
--- a/src/nhlua.c
+++ b/src/nhlua.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct e;
 staticfn int nhl_dump_fmtstr(lua_State *);
 #endif /* DUMPLOG */
 staticfn int nhl_dnum_name(lua_State *);
+staticfn int nhl_int_to_pm_name(lua_State *);
 staticfn int nhl_stairways(lua_State *);
 staticfn int nhl_pushkey(lua_State *);
 staticfn int nhl_doturn(lua_State *);
@@ -1164,6 +1165,26 @@ nhl_dnum_name(lua_State *L)
     return 1;
 }
 
+/* return gender-neutral monster type name by integer value,
+   or empty string if outside LOW_PM - HIGH_PM range */
+/* local montypename = int_to_pmname(12); */
+staticfn int
+nhl_int_to_pm_name(lua_State *L)
+{
+    int argc = lua_gettop(L);
+
+    if (argc == 1) {
+        lua_Integer i = luaL_checkinteger(L, 1);
+
+        if (i >= LOW_PM && i <= HIGH_PM)
+            lua_pushstring(L, mons[i].pmnames[NEUTRAL]);
+        else
+            lua_pushstring(L, "");
+    } else
+        nhl_error(L, "Expected an integer parameter");
+    return 1;
+}
+
 DISABLE_WARNING_UNREACHABLE_CODE
 /* because nhl_error() does not return */
 
@@ -1836,6 +1857,7 @@ static const struct luaL_Reg nhl_functions[] = {
     { "dump_fmtstr", nhl_dump_fmtstr },
 #endif /* DUMPLOG */
     { "dnum_name", nhl_dnum_name },
+    { "int_to_pmname", nhl_int_to_pm_name },
     { "variable", nhl_variable },
     { "stairways", nhl_stairways },
     { "pushkey", nhl_pushkey },
@@ -1851,6 +1873,9 @@ static const struct {
 } nhl_consts[] = {
     { "COLNO",  COLNO },
     { "ROWNO",  ROWNO },
+    { "NUMMONS", NUMMONS },
+    { "LOW_PM", LOW_PM },
+    { "HIGH_PM", HIGH_PM },
 #ifdef DLB
     { "DLB", 1 },
 #else
diff --git a/test/test_des.lua b/test/test_des.lua
index 6f4ba5f95..b75f04c1c 100644
--- a/test/test_des.lua
+++ b/test/test_des.lua
@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ function test_monster()
    des.monster({ id = "Angel", align = "law" });
    des.monster({ id = "archeologist" });
    des.monster({ id = "wizard", name = "Rincewind", peaceful = true });
+
+   for i = nhc.LOW_PM, nhc.HIGH_PM do
+      des.monster({ id = nh.int_to_pmname(i) });
+   end
+
    des.reset_level();
    des.level_init();
 end