diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d0bb390..59e9ab38 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.27)
 
 # This is the current version of this C++ project
-project(c2pa-c VERSION 0.23.14)
+project(c2pa-c VERSION 0.23.15)
 
 # Set the version of the c2pa_rs library used
 set(C2PA_VERSION "0.86.1")
diff --git a/include/c2pa.hpp b/include/c2pa.hpp
index 53755447..a79576de 100644
--- a/include/c2pa.hpp
+++ b/include/c2pa.hpp
@@ -935,6 +935,14 @@ namespace c2pa
         /// @throws C2paException for errors encountered by the C2PA library.
         std::string detailed_json() const;
 
+        /// @brief Get the manifest store as a pretty-printed crJSON string.
+        /// @details crJSON is a standardized JSON format for C2PA manifest data.
+        ///          This call is infallible at yields valid empty JSON ("{}") if
+        ///          there are no Content Credentials.
+        /// @return The manifest store as a crJSON string.
+        /// @throws C2paException if the underlying C call returns null.
+        std::string crjson() const;
+
         /// @brief Get a resource from the reader and write it to a file.
         /// @param uri The URI of the resource.
         /// @param path The file path to write the resource to.
diff --git a/src/c2pa_reader.cpp b/src/c2pa_reader.cpp
index b47210d5..909e61e7 100644
--- a/src/c2pa_reader.cpp
+++ b/src/c2pa_reader.cpp
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@ namespace c2pa
         return detail::c_string_to_string(c2pa_reader_detailed_json(c2pa_reader));
     }
 
+    std::string Reader::crjson() const
+    {
+        return detail::c_string_to_string(c2pa_reader_crjson(c2pa_reader));
+    }
+
     [[nodiscard]] std::optional<std::string> Reader::remote_url() const {
         auto url = c2pa_reader_remote_url(c2pa_reader);
         if (url == nullptr) { return std::nullopt; }
diff --git a/tests/reader.test.cpp b/tests/reader.test.cpp
index 8c56bce8..68827ee4 100644
--- a/tests/reader.test.cpp
+++ b/tests/reader.test.cpp
@@ -694,3 +694,27 @@ TEST_F(ReaderTest, ReadArchive)
     EXPECT_TRUE(active_manifest.contains("ingredients"));
     EXPECT_EQ(active_manifest["ingredients"].size(), 2);
 }
+
+TEST_F(ReaderTest, ReadCrJson)
+{
+    fs::path current_dir = fs::path(__FILE__).parent_path();
+    fs::path test_file = current_dir / "../tests/fixtures/cloud.jpg";
+
+    auto reader = c2pa::Reader(test_file);
+    auto crjson = reader.crjson();
+    EXPECT_FALSE(crjson.empty());
+}
+
+TEST_F(ReaderTest, ReadCrJsonSpecialChars)
+{
+    auto current_dir = fs::path(__FILE__).parent_path();
+    #ifdef _WIN32
+      auto test_file = current_dir.parent_path() / "tests" / "fixtures" / L"CÖÄ_.jpg";
+    #else
+      auto test_file = current_dir.parent_path() / "tests" / "fixtures" / "CÖÄ_.jpg";
+    #endif
+
+    auto reader = c2pa::Reader(test_file);
+    auto crjson = reader.crjson();
+    EXPECT_FALSE(crjson.empty());
+}