diff --git a/crates/libs/registry/src/value.rs b/crates/libs/registry/src/value.rs
index 5e41c028a6..594162c227 100644
--- a/crates/libs/registry/src/value.rs
+++ b/crates/libs/registry/src/value.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ impl Value {
     pub fn set_ty(&mut self, ty: Type) {
         self.ty = ty;
     }
+
+    /// Gets the value as a slice of u16 for raw wide characters.
+    pub fn as_wide(&self) -> &[u16] {
+        self.data.as_wide()
+    }
 }
 
 impl core::ops::Deref for Value {
diff --git a/crates/tests/registry/tests/value.rs b/crates/tests/registry/tests/value.rs
index c2589a36be..deb0929621 100644
--- a/crates/tests/registry/tests/value.rs
+++ b/crates/tests/registry/tests/value.rs
@@ -77,5 +77,10 @@ fn value() -> Result<()> {
         (Type::String, 16)
     );
 
+    let abc = Value::try_from("abc")?;
+    assert_eq!(abc.as_wide(), &[97, 98, 99, 0]);
+    let abc = Value::try_from(h!("abcd"))?;
+    assert_eq!(abc.as_wide(), &[97, 98, 99, 100, 0]);
+
     Ok(())
 }