diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index c2128ed..761db32 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ Changelog
 Here you can see the full list of changes between each SQLAlchemy-Utils release.
 
 
-0.26.0 (2014-05-xx)
+0.26.1 (2014-05-xx)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 - Added get_bind
+- Added group_foreign_keys
+- Added get_mapper
 
 
 0.26.0 (2014-05-07)
diff --git a/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py b/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py
index 9ef5214..196f030 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from .functions import (
     get_bind,
     get_columns,
     get_declarative_base,
+    get_mapper,
     get_primary_keys,
     get_referencing_foreign_keys,
     get_tables,
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ __all__ = (
     get_bind,
     get_columns,
     get_declarative_base,
+    get_mapper,
     get_primary_keys,
     get_referencing_foreign_keys,
     get_tables,
diff --git a/sqlalchemy_utils/functions/__init__.py b/sqlalchemy_utils/functions/__init__.py
index 95891ba..39e5b7e 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_utils/functions/__init__.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_utils/functions/__init__.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from .orm import (
     get_bind,
     get_columns,
     get_declarative_base,
+    get_mapper,
     get_primary_keys,
     get_referencing_foreign_keys,
     get_tables,
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ __all__ = (
     'get_bind',
     'get_columns',
     'get_declarative_base',
+    'get_mapper',
     'get_primary_keys',
     'get_referencing_foreign_keys',
     'get_tables',
diff --git a/sqlalchemy_utils/functions/orm.py b/sqlalchemy_utils/functions/orm.py
index 0b4fd38..960738a 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_utils/functions/orm.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_utils/functions/orm.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from operator import attrgetter
 import sqlalchemy as sa
 from sqlalchemy import inspect
 from sqlalchemy.ext.hybrid import hybrid_property
+from sqlalchemy.orm import mapperlib
 from sqlalchemy.orm.attributes import InstrumentedAttribute
 from sqlalchemy.orm.exc import UnmappedInstanceError
 from sqlalchemy.orm.mapper import Mapper
@@ -18,6 +19,37 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm.util import AliasedInsp
 from ..query_chain import QueryChain
 
 
+def get_mapper(mixed):
+    """
+    Return related SQLAlchemy Mapper for given SQLAlchemy object.
+
+    :param mixed: SQLAlchemy Table object
+
+    .. versionadded: 0.26.1
+    """
+    if isinstance(mixed, sa.orm.Mapper):
+        return mixed
+    if isinstance(mixed, sa.orm.util.AliasedClass):
+        return sa.inspect(mixed).mapper
+    if isinstance(mixed, sa.sql.selectable.Alias):
+        mixed = mixed.element
+    if isinstance(mixed, sa.Table):
+        mappers = [
+            mapper for mapper in mapperlib._mapper_registry
+            if mixed in mapper.tables
+        ]
+        if len(mappers) > 1:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Could not get mapper for '%r'. Multiple mappers found."
+                % mixed
+            )
+        else:
+            return mappers[0]
+    if not isclass(mixed):
+        mixed = type(mixed)
+    return sa.inspect(mixed)
+
+
 def get_bind(obj):
     """
     Return the bind for given SQLAlchemy Engine / Connection / declarative
diff --git a/tests/functions/test_get_mapper.py b/tests/functions/test_get_mapper.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d8bee4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functions/test_get_mapper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+from pytest import raises
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
+
+from sqlalchemy_utils import get_mapper
+
+
+class TestGetMapper(object):
+    def setup_method(self, method):
+        self.Base = declarative_base()
+
+        class Building(self.Base):
+            __tablename__ = 'building'
+            id = sa.Column(sa.Integer, primary_key=True)
+
+        self.Building = Building
+
+    def test_table(self):
+        assert get_mapper(self.Building.__table__) == sa.inspect(self.Building)
+
+    def test_declarative_class(self):
+        assert (
+            get_mapper(self.Building) ==
+            sa.inspect(self.Building)
+        )
+
+    def test_declarative_object(self):
+        assert (
+            get_mapper(self.Building()) ==
+            sa.inspect(self.Building)
+        )
+
+    def test_mapper(self):
+        assert (
+            get_mapper(self.Building.__mapper__) ==
+            sa.inspect(self.Building)
+        )
+
+    def test_class_alias(self):
+        assert (
+            get_mapper(sa.orm.aliased(self.Building)) ==
+            sa.inspect(self.Building)
+        )
+
+    def test_table_alias(self):
+        alias = sa.orm.aliased(self.Building.__table__)
+        assert (
+            get_mapper(alias) ==
+            sa.inspect(self.Building)
+        )
+
+
+class TestGetMapperWithMultipleMappersFound(object):
+    def setup_method(self, method):
+        Base = declarative_base()
+
+        class Building(Base):
+            __tablename__ = 'building'
+            id = sa.Column(sa.Integer, primary_key=True)
+
+        class BigBuilding(Building):
+            pass
+
+        self.Building = Building
+
+    def test_table(self):
+        with raises(ValueError):
+            get_mapper(self.Building.__table__)
+
+    def test_table_alias(self):
+        alias = sa.orm.aliased(self.Building.__table__)
+        with raises(ValueError):
+            get_mapper(alias)