diff --git a/src/View/Helper/IdentityHelper.php b/src/View/Helper/IdentityHelper.php
index 6c2dc947..88da0cd7 100644
--- a/src/View/Helper/IdentityHelper.php
+++ b/src/View/Helper/IdentityHelper.php
@@ -103,7 +103,11 @@ public function is(int|string $id, string $field = 'id'): bool
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets user data
+     * Get data from the identity.
+     *
+     * You can use dot notation to fetch nested data.
+     * Calling the method without any argument will return
+     * the entire data array/object (same as `IdentityInterface::getOriginalData()`).
      *
      * @param string|null $key Key of something you want to get from the identity data
      * @return mixed
@@ -120,4 +124,14 @@ public function get(?string $key = null): mixed
 
         return Hash::get($this->_identity, $key);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the identity instance.
+     *
+     * @return \Authentication\IdentityInterface|null
+     */
+    public function getIdentity(): ?IdentityInterface
+    {
+        return $this->_identity;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/IdentityHelperTest.php b/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/IdentityHelperTest.php
index b731f769..b41f0162 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/IdentityHelperTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/IdentityHelperTest.php
@@ -90,5 +90,19 @@ public function testWithOutIdentity()
         $this->assertNull($helper->getId());
 
         $this->assertFalse($helper->is(1));
+
+        $this->assertNull($helper->getIdentity());
+    }
+
+    public function testGetIdentity()
+    {
+        $identity = new Identity([
+            'id' => 1,
+        ]);
+        $request = (new ServerRequest())->withAttribute('identity', $identity);
+        $view = new View($request);
+
+        $helper = new IdentityHelper($view);
+        $this->assertSame($identity, $helper->getIdentity());
     }
 }