diff --git a/lib/linker.version b/lib/linker.version
index 490b4a23..06f6e40a 100644
--- a/lib/linker.version
+++ b/lib/linker.version
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ MOSQ_1.5 {
 MOSQ_1.6 {
 	global:
 		mosquitto_connect_bind_with_properties;
+		mosquitto_connect_v5_callback_set;
+		mosquitto_disconnect_v5_callback_set;
 		mosquitto_disconnect_with_properties;
+		mosquitto_message_v5_callback_set;
 		mosquitto_property_add_binary;
 		mosquitto_property_add_byte;
 		mosquitto_property_add_int16;
@@ -103,20 +106,25 @@ MOSQ_1.6 {
 		mosquitto_property_add_string;
 		mosquitto_property_add_string_pair;
 		mosquitto_property_add_varint;
+		mosquitto_property_get_property;
+		mosquitto_property_read_binary;
+		mosquitto_property_read_byte;
+		mosquitto_property_read_int16;
+		mosquitto_property_read_int32;
+		mosquitto_property_read_string;
+		mosquitto_property_read_string_pair;
+		mosquitto_property_read_varint;
 		mosquitto_property_free_all;
 		mosquitto_property_check_command;
 		mosquitto_property_check_all;
+		mosquitto_publish_v5_callback_set;
 		mosquitto_publish_with_properties;
 		mosquitto_string_to_command;
 		mosquitto_string_to_property_info;
 		mosquitto_subscribe_multiple;
+		mosquitto_subscribe_v5_callback_set;
 		mosquitto_subscribe_with_properties;
+		mosquitto_unsubscribe_v5_callback_set;
 		mosquitto_unsubscribe_with_properties;
 		mosquitto_will_set_with_properties;
-		mosquitto_connect_v5_callback_set;
-		mosquitto_disconnect_v5_callback_set;
-		mosquitto_publish_v5_callback_set;
-		mosquitto_message_v5_callback_set;
-		mosquitto_subscribe_v5_callback_set;
-		mosquitto_unsubscribe_v5_callback_set;
 } MOSQ_1.5;
diff --git a/lib/mosquitto.h b/lib/mosquitto.h
index 0f586fb2..ec392a04 100644
--- a/lib/mosquitto.h
+++ b/lib/mosquitto.h
@@ -2412,6 +2412,152 @@ libmosq_EXPORT int mosquitto_property_add_string(mosquitto_property **proplist,
  */
 libmosq_EXPORT int mosquitto_property_add_string_pair(mosquitto_property **proplist, int identifier, const char *name, const char *value);
 
+/*
+ * Function: mosquitto_property_get_property
+ *
+ * Retrieve a property matching an identifier, from a property list. This
+ * function can search for multiple entries of an identifier by using the
+ * returned value and skip_first.
+ *
+ * Parameters:
+ *	proplist - mosquitto_property pointer, the list of properties
+ *	identifier - property identifier (e.g. MQTT_PROP_PAYLOAD_FORMAT_INDICATOR)
+ *	skip_first - boolean that indicates whether the first item in the list
+ *	             should be ignored or not.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *	A valid property pointer if the property is found
+ *	NULL, if the property is not found, or proplist is NULL.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ *	// proplist is obtained from a callback
+ *	mosquitto_property *prop;
+ *	prop = mosquitto_property_get_property(proplist, MQTT_PROP_USER_PROPERTY, false);
+ *	while(prop){
+ *		mosquitto_property_read_string_pair(prop, &key, &value);
+ *		printf("key: %s value: %s\n", key, value);
+ *
+ *		prop = mosquitto_property_get_property(prop, MQTT_PROP_USER_PROPERTY, true);
+ *	}
+ */
+libmosq_EXPORT const mosquitto_property *mosquitto_property_get_property(const mosquitto_property *proplist, int identifier, bool skip_first);
+
+/*
+ * Function: mosquitto_property_read_byte
+ *
+ * Read a byte property value from a property.
+ *
+ * Parameters:
+ *	property - property to read
+ *	value - pointer to integer, for the property to be stored in
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *	MOSQ_ERR_SUCCESS - on success
+ *	MOSQ_ERR_INVAL - if property or value is NULL, or if property is not a byte
+ */
+libmosq_EXPORT int mosquitto_property_read_byte(const mosquitto_property *property, uint8_t *value);
+
+/*
+ * Function: mosquitto_property_read_int16
+ *
+ * Read an int16 property value from a property.
+ *
+ * Parameters:
+ *	property - property to read
+ *	value - pointer to integer, for the property to be stored in
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *	MOSQ_ERR_SUCCESS - on success
+ *	MOSQ_ERR_INVAL - if property or value is NULL, or if property is not a uint16
+ */
+libmosq_EXPORT int mosquitto_property_read_int16(const mosquitto_property *property, uint16_t *value);
+
+/*
+ * Function: mosquitto_property_read_int32
+ *
+ * Read an int32 property value from a property.
+ *
+ * Parameters:
+ *	property - pointer to mosquitto_property pointer, the list of properties
+ *	value - pointer to integer, for the property to be stored in
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *	MOSQ_ERR_SUCCESS - on success
+ *	MOSQ_ERR_INVAL - if property or value is NULL, or if property is not an int32
+ */
+libmosq_EXPORT int mosquitto_property_read_int32(const mosquitto_property *property, uint32_t *value);
+
+/*
+ * Function: mosquitto_property_read_varint
+ *
+ * Read a varint property value from a property.
+ *
+ * Parameters:
+ *	property - property to read
+ *	value - pointer to integer, for the property to be stored in
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *	MOSQ_ERR_SUCCESS - on success
+ *	MOSQ_ERR_INVAL - if property or value is NULL, or if property is not a varint
+ */
+libmosq_EXPORT int mosquitto_property_read_varint(const mosquitto_property *property, uint32_t *value);
+
+/*
+ * Function: mosquitto_property_read_binary
+ *
+ * Read a binary property value from a property.
+ *
+ * On success, value must be free()'d by the application.
+ *
+ * Parameters:
+ *	property - property to read
+ *	value - pointer to void pointer, for the property data to be stored in
+ *	len - int pointer to store the data length
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *	MOSQ_ERR_SUCCESS - on success
+ *	MOSQ_ERR_INVAL - if property, len, or value is NULL, or if property is not a binary type
+ *	MOSQ_ERR_NOMEM - on out of memory
+ */
+libmosq_EXPORT int mosquitto_property_read_binary(const mosquitto_property *property, void **value, int *len);
+
+/*
+ * Function: mosquitto_property_read_string
+ *
+ * Read a string property value from a property.
+ *
+ * On success, value must be free()'d by the application.
+ *
+ * Parameters:
+ *	property - property to read
+ *	value - pointer to char*, for the property data to be stored in
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *	MOSQ_ERR_SUCCESS - on success
+ *	MOSQ_ERR_INVAL - if property or value is NULL, or if property is not a string
+ *	MOSQ_ERR_NOMEM - on out of memory
+ */
+libmosq_EXPORT int mosquitto_property_read_string(const mosquitto_property *property, char **value);
+
+/*
+ * Function: mosquitto_property_read_string_pair
+ *
+ * Read a string pair property value pair from a property.
+ *
+ * On success, name and value must be free()'d by the application.
+ *
+ * Parameters:
+ *	property - property to read
+ *	name - pointer to char* for the name property data to be stored in
+ *	value - pointer to char* for the value property data to be stored in
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *	MOSQ_ERR_SUCCESS - on success
+ *	MOSQ_ERR_INVAL - if property, name, or value is NULL, or if property is not a string pair
+ *	MOSQ_ERR_NOMEM - on out of memory
+ */
+libmosq_EXPORT int mosquitto_property_read_string_pair(const mosquitto_property *property, char **name, char **value);
+
 /*
  * Function: mosquitto_property_free_all
  *
diff --git a/lib/property_mosq.c b/lib/property_mosq.c
index 4dd5c22e..46ab2d8a 100644
--- a/lib/property_mosq.c
+++ b/lib/property_mosq.c
@@ -768,7 +768,6 @@ int mosquitto_property_add_string(mosquitto_property **proplist, int identifier,
 	if(value && strlen(value)){
 		prop->value.s.v = mosquitto__strdup(value);
 		if(!prop->value.s.v){
-			mosquitto__free(prop->name.v);
 			mosquitto__free(prop);
 			return MOSQ_ERR_NOMEM;
 		}
@@ -873,3 +872,151 @@ int mosquitto_property_check_all(int command, const mosquitto_property *properti
 
 	return MOSQ_ERR_SUCCESS;
 }
+
+const mosquitto_property *mosquitto_property_get_property(const mosquitto_property *proplist, int identifier, bool skip_first)
+{
+	const mosquitto_property *p;
+	bool is_first = true;
+
+	p = proplist;
+
+	while(p){
+		if(p->identifier == identifier){
+			if(!is_first || !skip_first){
+				return p;
+			}
+			is_first = false;
+		}
+		p = p->next;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+
+int mosquitto_property_read_byte(const mosquitto_property *property, uint8_t *value)
+{
+	if(!property || !value) return MOSQ_ERR_INVAL;
+	if(property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_PAYLOAD_FORMAT_INDICATOR
+			&& property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_REQUEST_PROBLEM_INFORMATION
+			&& property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_REQUEST_RESPONSE_INFORMATION
+			&& property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_MAXIMUM_QOS
+			&& property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_RETAIN_AVAILABLE
+			&& property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_WILDCARD_SUB_AVAILABLE
+			&& property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_SUBSCRIPTION_ID_AVAILABLE
+			&& property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_SHARED_SUB_AVAILABLE){
+		return MOSQ_ERR_INVAL;
+	}
+
+	*value = property->value.i8;
+
+	return MOSQ_ERR_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+int mosquitto_property_read_int16(const mosquitto_property *property, uint16_t *value)
+{
+	if(!property || !value) return MOSQ_ERR_INVAL;
+	if(property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_SERVER_KEEP_ALIVE
+			&& property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_RECEIVE_MAXIMUM
+			&& property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_TOPIC_ALIAS_MAXIMUM
+			&& property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_TOPIC_ALIAS){
+		return MOSQ_ERR_INVAL;
+	}
+
+	*value = property->value.i16;
+
+	return MOSQ_ERR_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+int mosquitto_property_read_int32(const mosquitto_property *property, uint32_t *value)
+{
+	if(!property || !value) return MOSQ_ERR_INVAL;
+	if(property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_MESSAGE_EXPIRY_INTERVAL
+			&& property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_SESSION_EXPIRY_INTERVAL
+			&& property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_WILL_DELAY_INTERVAL
+			&& property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_MAXIMUM_PACKET_SIZE){
+
+		return MOSQ_ERR_INVAL;
+	}
+
+	*value = property->value.i32;
+
+	return MOSQ_ERR_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+int mosquitto_property_read_varint(const mosquitto_property *property, uint32_t *value)
+{
+	if(!property || !value) return MOSQ_ERR_INVAL;
+	if(property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_SUBSCRIPTION_IDENTIFIER){
+		return MOSQ_ERR_INVAL;
+	}
+
+	*value = property->value.varint;
+
+	return MOSQ_ERR_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+int mosquitto_property_read_binary(const mosquitto_property *property, void **value, int *len)
+{
+	if(!property || !value || !len) return MOSQ_ERR_INVAL;
+	if(property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_CORRELATION_DATA
+			&& property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_AUTHENTICATION_DATA){
+
+		return MOSQ_ERR_INVAL;
+	}
+
+	*len = property->value.bin.len;
+	*value = malloc(*len);
+	if(!value) return MOSQ_ERR_NOMEM;
+
+	memcpy(*value, property->value.bin.v, *len);
+
+	return MOSQ_ERR_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+int mosquitto_property_read_string(const mosquitto_property *property, char **value)
+{
+	if(!property || !value) return MOSQ_ERR_INVAL;
+	if(property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_CONTENT_TYPE
+			&& property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_RESPONSE_TOPIC
+			&& property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_ASSIGNED_CLIENT_IDENTIFIER
+			&& property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_AUTHENTICATION_METHOD
+			&& property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_RESPONSE_INFORMATION
+			&& property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_SERVER_REFERENCE
+			&& property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_REASON_STRING){
+
+		return MOSQ_ERR_INVAL;
+	}
+
+	*value = calloc(1, property->value.s.len+1);
+	if(!value) return MOSQ_ERR_NOMEM;
+
+	memcpy(*value, property->value.s.v, property->value.s.len);
+
+	return MOSQ_ERR_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
+int mosquitto_property_read_string_pair(const mosquitto_property *property, char **name, char **value)
+{
+	if(!property || !name || !value) return MOSQ_ERR_INVAL;
+	if(property->identifier != MQTT_PROP_USER_PROPERTY) return MOSQ_ERR_INVAL;
+
+	*name = calloc(1, property->name.len+1);
+	if(!name) return MOSQ_ERR_NOMEM;
+
+	*value = calloc(1, property->value.s.len+1);
+	if(!value){
+		free(*name);
+		return MOSQ_ERR_NOMEM;
+	}
+
+	memcpy(*name, property->name.v, property->name.len);
+	memcpy(*value, property->value.s.v, property->value.s.len);
+
+	return MOSQ_ERR_SUCCESS;
+}