diff --git a/nvbench/type_axis.cu b/nvbench/type_axis.cu
index 2832f5d..62d0c04 100644
--- a/nvbench/type_axis.cu
+++ b/nvbench/type_axis.cu
@@ -1,8 +1,29 @@
 #include <nvbench/type_axis.cuh>
 
+#include <fmt/format.h>
+#include <fmt/ranges.h>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <stdexcept>
+
 namespace nvbench
 {
 
 type_axis::~type_axis() = default;
 
+std::size_t type_axis::get_index(const std::string &input_string) const
+{
+  auto it =
+    std::find(m_input_strings.cbegin(), m_input_strings.cend(), input_string);
+  if (it == m_input_strings.end())
+  {
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+      fmt::format("{}:{}: Invalid input string '{}' for type_axis `{}`.\n"
+                  "Valid input strings: {}",
+      __FILE__, __LINE__, input_string, this->get_name(), m_input_strings));
+  }
+
+  return it - m_input_strings.cbegin();
 }
+
+} // namespace nvbench
diff --git a/nvbench/type_axis.cuh b/nvbench/type_axis.cuh
index b2133c0..d1df670 100644
--- a/nvbench/type_axis.cuh
+++ b/nvbench/type_axis.cuh
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ struct type_axis final : public axis_base
   template <typename TypeList>
   void set_inputs();
 
+  std::size_t get_index(const std::string& input_string) const;
+
 private:
   std::size_t do_get_size() const final { return m_input_strings.size(); }
   std::string do_get_input_string(std::size_t i) const final
diff --git a/testing/float64_axis.cu b/testing/float64_axis.cu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..674afd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/float64_axis.cu
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+//
+// Created by allie on 12/22/2020.
+//
+
diff --git a/testing/type_axis.cu b/testing/type_axis.cu
index 5b05b42..82eaea7 100644
--- a/testing/type_axis.cu
+++ b/testing/type_axis.cu
@@ -47,9 +47,23 @@ void test_several()
   ASSERT(axis.get_description(2) == "");
 }
 
+void test_get_index()
+{
+  nvbench::type_axis axis("GetIndexTest");
+  axis.set_inputs<
+    nvbench::
+      type_list<nvbench::int8_t, nvbench::uint16_t, nvbench::float32_t, bool>>();
+
+  ASSERT(axis.get_index("I8") == 0);
+  ASSERT(axis.get_index("U16") == 1);
+  ASSERT(axis.get_index("F32") == 2);
+  ASSERT(axis.get_index("bool") == 3);
+}
+
 int main()
 {
   test_empty();
   test_single();
   test_several();
+  test_get_index();
 }