diff --git a/docs/classes/tree_sitter.Node.rst b/docs/classes/tree_sitter.Node.rst
index 5b5b057..45284b6 100644
--- a/docs/classes/tree_sitter.Node.rst
+++ b/docs/classes/tree_sitter.Node.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ Node
    .. automethod:: child
    .. automethod:: child_by_field_id
    .. automethod:: child_by_field_name
+   .. automethod:: child_containing_descendant
+
+      .. versionadded:: 0.23.0
    .. automethod:: children_by_field_id
    .. automethod:: children_by_field_name
    .. automethod:: descendant_for_byte_range
diff --git a/tree_sitter/__init__.pyi b/tree_sitter/__init__.pyi
index a4a7911..653863d 100644
--- a/tree_sitter/__init__.pyi
+++ b/tree_sitter/__init__.pyi
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ class Node:
     def named_child(self, index: int, /) -> Node | None: ...
     def child_by_field_id(self, id: int, /) -> Node | None: ...
     def child_by_field_name(self, name: str, /) -> Node | None: ...
+    def child_containing_descendant(self, descendant: Node, /) -> Node | None: ...
     def children_by_field_id(self, id: int, /) -> list[Node]: ...
     def children_by_field_name(self, name: str, /) -> list[Node]: ...
     def field_name_for_child(self, child_index: int, /) -> str | None: ...
diff --git a/tree_sitter/binding/node.c b/tree_sitter/binding/node.c
index 66345c9..4717e7b 100644
--- a/tree_sitter/binding/node.c
+++ b/tree_sitter/binding/node.c
@@ -279,6 +279,20 @@ PyObject *node_named_descendant_for_point_range(Node *self, PyObject *args) {
     return node_new_internal(state, descendant, self->tree);
 }
 
+PyObject *node_child_containing_descendant(Node *self, PyObject *args) {
+    ModuleState *state = GET_MODULE_STATE(self);
+    TSNode descendant;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!:child_containing_descendant", &descendant, state->node_type)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    TSNode child = ts_node_child_containing_descendant(self->node, descendant);
+    if (ts_node_is_null(child)) {
+        Py_RETURN_NONE;
+    }
+    return node_new_internal(state, child, self->tree);
+}
+
 PyObject *node_get_id(Node *self, void *Py_UNUSED(payload)) {
     return PyLong_FromVoidPtr((void *)self->node.id);
 }
@@ -578,7 +592,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(node_child_by_field_id_doc,
 PyDoc_STRVAR(node_children_by_field_id_doc,
              "children_by_field_id(self, id, /)\n--\n\n"
              "Get a list of children with the given numerical field id."
-             DOC_SEE_ALSO ":meth:`children_by_field_name`" );
+             DOC_SEE_ALSO ":meth:`children_by_field_name`");
 PyDoc_STRVAR(node_child_by_field_name_doc, "child_by_field_name(self, name, /)\n--\n\n"
                                            "Get the first child with the given field name.");
 PyDoc_STRVAR(node_children_by_field_name_doc, "children_by_field_name(self, name, /)\n--\n\n"
@@ -598,6 +612,9 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(node_descendant_for_point_range_doc,
 PyDoc_STRVAR(node_named_descendant_for_point_range_doc,
              "named_descendant_for_point_range(self, start_point, end_point, /)\n--\n\n"
              "Get the smallest *named* node within this node that spans the given point range.");
+PyDoc_STRVAR(node_child_containing_descendant_doc,
+             "child_containing_descendant(self, descendant, /)\n--\n\n"
+             "Get the child of the node that contains the given descendant.");
 
 static PyMethodDef node_methods[] = {
     {
@@ -678,6 +695,12 @@ static PyMethodDef node_methods[] = {
         .ml_flags = METH_VARARGS,
         .ml_doc = node_named_descendant_for_point_range_doc,
     },
+    {
+        .ml_name = "child_containing_descendant",
+        .ml_meth = (PyCFunction)node_child_containing_descendant,
+        .ml_flags = METH_VARARGS,
+        .ml_doc = node_child_containing_descendant_doc,
+    },
     {NULL},
 };
 
@@ -702,7 +725,7 @@ static PyGetSetDef node_accessors[] = {
      NULL},
     {"is_extra", (getter)node_get_is_extra, NULL,
      PyDoc_STR("Check if this node is _extra_.\n\nExtra nodes represent things which are not "
-               "required the grammar but can appear anywhere (e.g. whitespace)."),
+               "required by the grammar but can appear anywhere (e.g. whitespace)."),
      NULL},
     {"has_changes", (getter)node_get_has_changes, NULL,
      PyDoc_STR("Check if this node has been edited."), NULL},