diff --git a/deb/package.go b/deb/package.go
index 65b373e4..d269ff68 100644
--- a/deb/package.go
+++ b/deb/package.go
@@ -188,6 +188,70 @@ func (p *Package) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s_%s", p.Name, p.Version, p.Architecture)
 }
 
+// GetField returns fields from package
+func (p *Package) GetField(name string) string {
+	switch name {
+	// $Version is handled in FieldQuery
+	case "$Source":
+		if p.IsSource {
+			return ""
+		}
+		source := p.Source
+		if source == "" {
+			return p.Name
+		} else if pos := strings.Index(source, "("); pos != -1 {
+			return strings.TrimSpace(source[:pos])
+		}
+		return source
+	case "$SourceVersion":
+		if p.IsSource {
+			return ""
+		}
+		source := p.Source
+		if pos := strings.Index(source, "("); pos != -1 {
+			if pos2 := strings.LastIndex(source, ")"); pos2 != -1 && pos2 > pos {
+				return strings.TrimSpace(source[pos+1 : pos2])
+			}
+		}
+		return p.Version
+	case "$Architecture":
+		return p.Architecture
+	case "$PackageType":
+		if p.IsSource {
+			return "source"
+		}
+		return "deb"
+	case "Name":
+		return p.Name
+	case "Version":
+		return p.Version
+	case "Architecture":
+		if p.IsSource {
+			return p.SourceArchitecture
+		}
+		return p.Architecture
+	case "Source":
+		return p.Source
+	case "Depends":
+		return strings.Join(p.Deps().Depends, ", ")
+	case "Pre-Depends":
+		return strings.Join(p.Deps().PreDepends, ", ")
+	case "Suggests":
+		return strings.Join(p.Deps().Suggests, ", ")
+	case "Recommends":
+		return strings.Join(p.Deps().Recommends, ", ")
+	case "Provides":
+		return strings.Join(p.Provides, ", ")
+	case "Build-Depends":
+		return strings.Join(p.Deps().BuildDepends, ", ")
+	case "Build-Depends-Indep":
+		return strings.Join(p.Deps().BuildDependsInDep, ", ")
+	default:
+		return p.Extra()[name]
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
 // MatchesArchitecture checks whether packages matches specified architecture
 func (p *Package) MatchesArchitecture(arch string) bool {
 	if p.Architecture == "all" && arch != "source" {
diff --git a/deb/package_test.go b/deb/package_test.go
index cb417e70..a9b203b6 100644
--- a/deb/package_test.go
+++ b/deb/package_test.go
@@ -119,6 +119,58 @@ func (s *PackageSuite) TestString(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(p.String(), Equals, "alien-arena-common_7.40-2_i386")
 }
 
+func (s *PackageSuite) TestGetField(c *C) {
+	p := NewPackageFromControlFile(s.stanza.Copy())
+
+	stanza2 := s.stanza.Copy()
+	delete(stanza2, "Source")
+	stanza2["Provides"] = "app, game"
+	p2 := NewPackageFromControlFile(stanza2)
+
+	stanza3 := s.stanza.Copy()
+	stanza3["Source"] = "alien-arena (3.5)"
+	p3 := NewPackageFromControlFile(stanza3)
+
+	p4, _ := NewSourcePackageFromControlFile(s.sourceStanza.Copy())
+
+	c.Check(p.GetField("$Source"), Equals, "alien-arena")
+	c.Check(p2.GetField("$Source"), Equals, "alien-arena-common")
+	c.Check(p3.GetField("$Source"), Equals, "alien-arena")
+	c.Check(p4.GetField("$Source"), Equals, "")
+
+	c.Check(p.GetField("$SourceVersion"), Equals, "7.40-2")
+	c.Check(p2.GetField("$SourceVersion"), Equals, "7.40-2")
+	c.Check(p3.GetField("$SourceVersion"), Equals, "3.5")
+	c.Check(p4.GetField("$SourceVersion"), Equals, "")
+
+	c.Check(p.GetField("$Architecture"), Equals, "i386")
+	c.Check(p4.GetField("$Architecture"), Equals, "source")
+
+	c.Check(p.GetField("$PackageType"), Equals, "deb")
+	c.Check(p4.GetField("$PackageType"), Equals, "source")
+
+	c.Check(p.GetField("Name"), Equals, "alien-arena-common")
+	c.Check(p4.GetField("Name"), Equals, "access-modifier-checker")
+
+	c.Check(p.GetField("Architecture"), Equals, "i386")
+	c.Check(p4.GetField("Architecture"), Equals, "all")
+
+	c.Check(p.GetField("Version"), Equals, "7.40-2")
+
+	c.Check(p.GetField("Source"), Equals, "alien-arena")
+	c.Check(p2.GetField("Source"), Equals, "")
+	c.Check(p3.GetField("Source"), Equals, "alien-arena (3.5)")
+	c.Check(p4.GetField("Source"), Equals, "")
+
+	c.Check(p.GetField("Depends"), Equals, "libc6 (>= 2.7), alien-arena-data (>= 7.40)")
+
+	c.Check(p.GetField("Provides"), Equals, "")
+	c.Check(p2.GetField("Provides"), Equals, "app, game")
+
+	c.Check(p.GetField("Section"), Equals, "contrib/games")
+	c.Check(p.GetField("Priority"), Equals, "extra")
+}
+
 func (s *PackageSuite) TestEquals(c *C) {
 	p := NewPackageFromControlFile(s.stanza)