diff --git a/flag_generic.go b/flag_generic.go
index d159507..483c7d1 100644
--- a/flag_generic.go
+++ b/flag_generic.go
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ func (f GenericFlag) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// ValueFromContext returns the flag’s value in the given Context.
+func (f *GenericFlag) ValueFromContext(ctx *Context) interface{} {
+	return ctx.Generic(f.Name)
+}
+
 // Generic looks up the value of a local GenericFlag, returns
 // nil if not found
 func (c *Context) Generic(name string) interface{} {
diff --git a/flag_test.go b/flag_test.go
index ce9b5a3..7fa6673 100644
--- a/flag_test.go
+++ b/flag_test.go
@@ -1173,6 +1173,14 @@ func TestGenericFlagApply_SetsAllNames(t *testing.T) {
 	expect(t, err, nil)
 }
 
+func TestGenericFlagValueFromContext(t *testing.T) {
+	set := flag.NewFlagSet("test", 0)
+	set.Var(&Parser{"abc", "def"}, "myflag", "doc")
+	ctx := NewContext(nil, set, nil)
+	f := &GenericFlag{Name: "myflag"}
+	expect(t, f.ValueFromContext(ctx), &Parser{"abc", "def"})
+}
+
 func TestParseMultiString(t *testing.T) {
 	_ = (&App{
 		Flags: []Flag{