diff --git a/src/connection.cpp b/src/connection.cpp
index cc936914..3cd0418d 100644
--- a/src/connection.cpp
+++ b/src/connection.cpp
@@ -1259,6 +1259,45 @@ static PyObject* Connection_conv_remove(PyObject* self, PyObject* args)
     Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
 
+static char conv_get_doc[] =
+    "get_output_converter(sqltype) --> <class 'function'>\n"
+    "\n"
+    "Get the output converter function that was registered with\n"
+    "add_output_converter.  It is safe to call if no converter is\n"
+    "registered for the type (returns None).\n"
+    "\n"
+    "sqltype\n"
+    "  The integer SQL type value being converted, which can be one of the defined\n"
+    "  standard constants (e.g. pyodbc.SQL_VARCHAR) or a database-specific value\n"
+    "  (e.g. -151 for the SQL Server 2008 geometry data type).\n"
+    ;
+
+static PyObject* _get_converter(PyObject* self, SQLSMALLINT sqltype)
+{
+    Connection* cnxn = (Connection*)self;
+
+    if (cnxn->conv_count)
+    {
+        for (int i = 0; i < cnxn->conv_count; i++)
+        {
+            if (cnxn->conv_types[i] == sqltype)
+            {
+                return cnxn->conv_funcs[i];
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
+static PyObject* Connection_conv_get(PyObject* self, PyObject* args)
+{
+    int sqltype;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i", &sqltype))
+        return 0;
+
+    return _get_converter(self, (SQLSMALLINT)sqltype);
+}
+
 static void NormalizeCodecName(const char* src, char* dest, size_t cbDest)
 {
     // Copies the codec name to dest, lowercasing it and replacing underscores with dashes.
@@ -1564,6 +1603,7 @@ static struct PyMethodDef Connection_methods[] =
     { "getinfo",                 Connection_getinfo,         METH_VARARGS, getinfo_doc    },
     { "add_output_converter",    Connection_conv_add,        METH_VARARGS, conv_add_doc   },
     { "remove_output_converter", Connection_conv_remove,     METH_VARARGS, conv_remove_doc },
+    { "get_output_converter",    Connection_conv_get,        METH_VARARGS, conv_get_doc },
     { "clear_output_converters", Connection_conv_clear,      METH_NOARGS,  conv_clear_doc },
     { "setdecoding",             (PyCFunction)Connection_setdecoding,     METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS, setdecoding_doc },
     { "setencoding",             (PyCFunction)Connection_setencoding,     METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS, 0 },
diff --git a/tests3/sqlservertests.py b/tests3/sqlservertests.py
index 0500db85..fcaedeee 100644
--- a/tests3/sqlservertests.py
+++ b/tests3/sqlservertests.py
@@ -1346,15 +1346,19 @@ def test_none_param(self):
 
 
     def test_output_conversion(self):
-        def convert(value):
+        def convert1(value):
             # The value is the raw bytes (as a bytes object) read from the
             # database.  We'll simply add an X at the beginning at the end.
             return 'X' + value.decode('latin1') + 'X'
 
+        def convert2(value):
+            # Same as above, but add a Y at the beginning at the end.
+            return 'Y' + value.decode('latin1') + 'Y'
+
         self.cursor.execute("create table t1(n int, v varchar(10))")
         self.cursor.execute("insert into t1 values (1, '123.45')")
 
-        self.cnxn.add_output_converter(pyodbc.SQL_VARCHAR, convert)
+        self.cnxn.add_output_converter(pyodbc.SQL_VARCHAR, convert1)
         value = self.cursor.execute("select v from t1").fetchone()[0]
         self.assertEqual(value, 'X123.45X')
 
@@ -1364,7 +1368,7 @@ def convert(value):
         self.assertEqual(value, '123.45')
 
         # Same but clear using remove_output_converter.
-        self.cnxn.add_output_converter(pyodbc.SQL_VARCHAR, convert)
+        self.cnxn.add_output_converter(pyodbc.SQL_VARCHAR, convert1)
         value = self.cursor.execute("select v from t1").fetchone()[0]
         self.assertEqual(value, 'X123.45X')
 
@@ -1372,15 +1376,44 @@ def convert(value):
         value = self.cursor.execute("select v from t1").fetchone()[0]
         self.assertEqual(value, '123.45')
 
-        # And lastly, clear by passing None for the converter.
-        self.cnxn.add_output_converter(pyodbc.SQL_VARCHAR, convert)
+        # Clear via add_output_converter, passing None for the converter function.
+        self.cnxn.add_output_converter(pyodbc.SQL_VARCHAR, convert1)
         value = self.cursor.execute("select v from t1").fetchone()[0]
         self.assertEqual(value, 'X123.45X')
 
         self.cnxn.add_output_converter(pyodbc.SQL_VARCHAR, None)
         value = self.cursor.execute("select v from t1").fetchone()[0]
         self.assertEqual(value, '123.45')
-
+        
+        # retrieve and temporarily replace converter (get_output_converter)
+        #
+        #   case_1: converter already registered
+        self.cnxn.add_output_converter(pyodbc.SQL_VARCHAR, convert1)
+        value = self.cursor.execute("select v from t1").fetchone()[0]
+        self.assertEqual(value, 'X123.45X')
+        prev_converter = self.cnxn.get_output_converter(pyodbc.SQL_VARCHAR)
+        self.assertNotEqual(prev_converter, None)
+        self.cnxn.add_output_converter(pyodbc.SQL_VARCHAR, convert2)
+        value = self.cursor.execute("select v from t1").fetchone()[0]
+        self.assertEqual(value, 'Y123.45Y')
+        self.cnxn.add_output_converter(pyodbc.SQL_VARCHAR, prev_converter)
+        value = self.cursor.execute("select v from t1").fetchone()[0]
+        self.assertEqual(value, 'X123.45X')
+        #
+        #   case_2: no converter already registered
+        self.cnxn.clear_output_converters()
+        value = self.cursor.execute("select v from t1").fetchone()[0]
+        self.assertEqual(value, '123.45')
+        prev_converter = self.cnxn.get_output_converter(pyodbc.SQL_VARCHAR)
+        self.assertEqual(prev_converter, None)
+        self.cnxn.add_output_converter(pyodbc.SQL_VARCHAR, convert2)
+        value = self.cursor.execute("select v from t1").fetchone()[0]
+        self.assertEqual(value, 'Y123.45Y')
+        self.cnxn.add_output_converter(pyodbc.SQL_VARCHAR, prev_converter)
+        value = self.cursor.execute("select v from t1").fetchone()[0]
+        self.assertEqual(value, '123.45')
+        
+        
     def test_too_large(self):
         """Ensure error raised if insert fails due to truncation"""
         value = 'x' * 1000