diff --git a/src/DocBlock.php b/src/DocBlock.php
index f3403d6e..06c0b5dd 100644
--- a/src/DocBlock.php
+++ b/src/DocBlock.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 namespace phpDocumentor\Reflection;
 
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag;
+use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\TagWithType;
 use Webmozart\Assert\Assert;
 
 final class DocBlock
@@ -161,6 +162,29 @@ public function getTagsByName(string $name) : array
         return $result;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns an array of tags with type matching the given name. If no tags are found
+     * an empty array is returned.
+     *
+     * @param string $name String to search by.
+     *
+     * @return TagWithType[]
+     */
+    public function getTagsWithTypeByName(string $name) : array
+    {
+        $result = [];
+
+        foreach ($this->getTagsByName($name) as $tag) {
+            if (!$tag instanceof TagWithType) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $result[] = $tag;
+        }
+
+        return $result;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Checks if a tag of a certain type is present in this DocBlock.
      *
diff --git a/tests/unit/DocBlockTest.php b/tests/unit/DocBlockTest.php
index 3d4923a8..af31e73e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/DocBlockTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/DocBlockTest.php
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@
 use Mockery as m;
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Deprecated;
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\Types\Context;
+use phpDocumentor\Reflection\Types\String_;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
 /**
  * @uses \Webmozart\Assert\Assert
  *
- * @coversDefaultClass phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock
+ * @coversDefaultClass \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock
  * @covers ::<private>
  */
 class DocBlockTest extends TestCase
@@ -138,6 +139,28 @@ public function testFindTagsInDocBlockByName() : void
         $this->assertSame([], $fixture->getTagsByName('Ebcd'));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @uses \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock::getTags
+     * @uses \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description
+     * @uses \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag
+     *
+     * @covers ::__construct
+     * @covers ::getTagsWithTypeByName
+     */
+    public function testFindTagsWithTypeInDocBlockByName() : void
+    {
+        $tag1 = new DocBlock\Tags\Var_('foo', new String_());
+        $tag2 = new DocBlock\Tags\Var_('bar', new String_());
+        $tag3 = new DocBlock\Tags\Return_(new String_());
+        $tag4 = new DocBlock\Tags\Author('lall', '');
+
+        $fixture = new DocBlock('', null, [$tag1, $tag2, $tag3, $tag4]);
+
+        $this->assertSame([$tag1, $tag2], $fixture->getTagsWithTypeByName('var'));
+        $this->assertSame([$tag3], $fixture->getTagsWithTypeByName('return'));
+        $this->assertSame([], $fixture->getTagsWithTypeByName('author'));
+    }
+
     /**
      * @uses \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock::getTags
      * @uses \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description