diff --git a/module_ctx.go b/module_ctx.go
index a074e37..0235beb 100644
--- a/module_ctx.go
+++ b/module_ctx.go
@@ -294,6 +294,14 @@ type BaseModuleContext interface {
 	// passed to Context.SetNameInterface, or SimpleNameInterface if it was not called.
 	OtherModuleExists(name string) bool
 
+	// ModuleFromName returns (module, true) if a module exists by the given name and same context namespace,
+	// or (nil, false) if it does not exist. It panics if there is either more than one
+	// module of the given name, or if the given name refers to an alias instead of a module.
+	// There are no guarantees about which variant of the module will be returned.
+	// Prefer retrieving the module using GetDirectDep or a visit function, when possible, as
+	// this will guarantee the appropriate module-variant dependency is returned.
+	ModuleFromName(name string) (Module, bool)
+
 	// OtherModuleDependencyVariantExists returns true if a module with the
 	// specified name and variant exists. The variant must match the given
 	// variations. It must also match all the non-local variations of the current
@@ -532,6 +540,23 @@ func (m *baseModuleContext) OtherModuleDependencyTag(logicModule Module) Depende
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (m *baseModuleContext) ModuleFromName(name string) (Module, bool) {
+	moduleGroup, exists := m.context.nameInterface.ModuleFromName(name, m.module.namespace())
+	if exists {
+		if len(moduleGroup.modules) != 1 {
+			panic(fmt.Errorf("Expected exactly one module named %q, but got %d", name, len(moduleGroup.modules)))
+		}
+		moduleInfo := moduleGroup.modules[0].module()
+		if moduleInfo != nil {
+			return moduleInfo.logicModule, true
+		} else {
+			panic(fmt.Errorf(`Expected actual module named %q, but group did not contain a module.
+    There may instead be an alias by that name.`, name))
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, exists
+}
+
 func (m *baseModuleContext) OtherModuleExists(name string) bool {
 	_, exists := m.context.nameInterface.ModuleFromName(name, m.module.namespace())
 	return exists