diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/document/FeatureField.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/document/FeatureField.java
index d70ead22d83..ad78b375f88 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/document/FeatureField.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/document/FeatureField.java
@@ -166,6 +166,16 @@ public final class FeatureField extends Field {
     return stream;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * This is useful if you have multiple features sharing a name and you want to take action to
+   * deduplicate them.
+   *
+   * @return the feature value of this field.
+   */
+  public float getFeatureValue() {
+    return featureValue;
+  }
+
   private static final class FeatureTokenStream extends TokenStream {
     private final CharTermAttribute termAttribute = addAttribute(CharTermAttribute.class);
     private final TermFrequencyAttribute freqAttribute = addAttribute(TermFrequencyAttribute.class);