diff --git a/client/gtk2/ibusim.c b/client/gtk2/ibusim.c
index 55609ce73..e196d5360 100644
--- a/client/gtk2/ibusim.c
+++ b/client/gtk2/ibusim.c
@@ -77,3 +77,23 @@ im_module_list (const GtkIMContextInfo ***contexts,
     *n_contexts = G_N_ELEMENTS (info_list);
 }
 
+G_MODULE_EXPORT const char *
+im_get_context_id (int    *argc,
+                   char ***argv)
+{
+    GtkIMContext *context;
+    char *preedit_string = NULL;
+    PangoAttrList *preedit_attrs = NULL;
+    const char *context_id;
+
+    gtk_init (argc, argv);
+    context = gtk_im_multicontext_new ();
+    gtk_im_context_get_preedit_string (context,
+                                       &preedit_string,
+                                       &preedit_attrs,
+                                       0);
+    context_id = gtk_im_multicontext_get_context_id (
+            GTK_IM_MULTICONTEXT (context));
+    return context_id;
+}
+
diff --git a/client/gtk4/ibusim.c b/client/gtk4/ibusim.c
index 5ecf9778c..562bdf2d9 100644
--- a/client/gtk4/ibusim.c
+++ b/client/gtk4/ibusim.c
@@ -50,3 +50,23 @@ g_io_im_ibus_unload (GTypeModule *type_module)
     g_type_module_unuse (type_module);
 }
 
+G_MODULE_EXPORT const char *
+im_get_context_id (int    *argc,
+                   char ***argv)
+{
+    GtkIMContext *context;
+    char *preedit_string = NULL;
+    PangoAttrList *preedit_attrs = NULL;
+    const char *context_id;
+
+    gtk_init ();
+    context = gtk_im_multicontext_new ();
+    gtk_im_context_get_preedit_string (context,
+                                       &preedit_string,
+                                       &preedit_attrs,
+                                       0);
+    context_id = gtk_im_multicontext_get_context_id (
+            GTK_IM_MULTICONTEXT (context));
+    return context_id;
+}
+
diff --git a/po/ibus10.pot b/po/ibus10.pot
index 09c09be76..1937f76ef 100644
--- a/po/ibus10.pot
+++ b/po/ibus10.pot
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: ibus 1.5.26\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://github.com/ibus/ibus/issues\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2022-07-06 22:08+0900\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2022-07-06 22:08+0900\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2022-07-07 00:32+0900\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2022-07-07 00:32+0900\n"
 "Last-Translator: Takao Fujiwara <takao.fujiwara1@gmail.com>\n"
 "Language-Team: Source\n"
 "Language: \n"
@@ -3099,6 +3099,11 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Supplementary Private Use Area-B"
 msgstr ""
 
+#: tools/ibusimmodule.c:10
+msgid ""
+"Type im-module TYPE = \"gtk2\",  \"gtk3\", \"gtk4\". Default is \"gtk3\"."
+msgstr ""
+
 #: tools/main.vala:182
 msgid "List engine name only"
 msgstr ""
@@ -3170,74 +3175,78 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Done"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: tools/main.vala:691
+#: tools/main.vala:700
 msgid "Set or get engine"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: tools/main.vala:692
+#: tools/main.vala:701
 msgid "Exit ibus-daemon"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: tools/main.vala:693
+#: tools/main.vala:702
 msgid "Show available engines"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: tools/main.vala:694
+#: tools/main.vala:703
 msgid "(Not implemented)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: tools/main.vala:695
+#: tools/main.vala:704
 msgid "Restart ibus-daemon"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: tools/main.vala:696
+#: tools/main.vala:705
 msgid "Start ibus-daemon"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: tools/main.vala:697
+#: tools/main.vala:706
 msgid "Show version"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: tools/main.vala:698
+#: tools/main.vala:707
 msgid "Show the content of registry cache"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: tools/main.vala:699
+#: tools/main.vala:708
 msgid "Create registry cache"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: tools/main.vala:700
+#: tools/main.vala:709
 msgid "Print the D-Bus address of ibus-daemon"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: tools/main.vala:701
+#: tools/main.vala:710
 msgid "Show the configuration values"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: tools/main.vala:702
+#: tools/main.vala:711
 msgid "Reset the configuration values"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: tools/main.vala:704
+#: tools/main.vala:713
 msgid "Save emoji on dialog to clipboard"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: tools/main.vala:706
+#: tools/main.vala:715
+msgid "Retrieve im-module value from GTK instance"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: tools/main.vala:717
 msgid "Show this information"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: tools/main.vala:713
+#: tools/main.vala:724
 #, c-format
 msgid ""
 "Usage: %s COMMAND [OPTION...]\n"
 "\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: tools/main.vala:714
+#: tools/main.vala:725
 msgid "Commands:\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: tools/main.vala:744
+#: tools/main.vala:755
 #, c-format
 msgid "%s is unknown command!\n"
 msgstr ""
diff --git a/tools/IBusIMModule-1.0.metadata b/tools/IBusIMModule-1.0.metadata
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14adc9ee8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/IBusIMModule-1.0.metadata
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+IBusIMModule cheader_filename="ibusimmodule.h" name="IBusIMModule"
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index e380a9aa9..a9262ee04 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -24,9 +24,19 @@
 NULL =
 
 libibus = $(top_builddir)/src/libibus-@IBUS_API_VERSION@.la
+libibusimmodule = libibusimmodule.la
+ibusimmodule_gir = IBusIMModule-1.0.gir
+ibus_immodule_vapi = ibus-immodule-1.0.vapi
 libibus_emoji_dialog = \
     $(top_builddir)/ui/gtk3/libibus-emoji-dialog-@IBUS_API_VERSION@.la
 
+noinst_LTLIBRARIES = $(libibusimmodule)
+noinst_DATA =
+INTROSPECTION_GIRS =
+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES =
+DISTCLEANFILES =
+VAPIGEN_VAPIS =
+
 # force include config.h before gi18n.h.
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/src \
@@ -47,22 +57,26 @@ AM_CFLAGS = \
 	$(NULL)
 
 AM_LDADD = \
-	@GOBJECT2_LIBS@ \
-	@GLIB2_LIBS@ \
-	@GIO2_LIBS@ \
-	@GTHREAD2_LIBS@ \
-	$(libibus) \
-	$(NULL)
+    @GOBJECT2_LIBS@ \
+    @GLIB2_LIBS@ \
+    @GIO2_LIBS@ \
+    @GTHREAD2_LIBS@ \
+    $(libibus) \
+    $(libibusimmodule) \
+    $(NULL)
 
 AM_VALAFLAGS = \
-	--vapidir=$(top_builddir)/bindings/vala \
-	--vapidir=$(top_srcdir)/bindings/vala \
-	--pkg=gio-2.0 \
-	--pkg=ibus-1.0 \
-	--pkg=posix \
-	--pkg=config \
-	--target-glib="$(VALA_TARGET_GLIB_VERSION)" \
-	$(NULL)
+    --vapidir=$(top_builddir)/bindings/vala \
+    --vapidir=$(top_srcdir)/bindings/vala \
+    --vapidir=$(builddir) \
+    --vapidir=$(srcdir) \
+    --pkg=gio-2.0 \
+    --pkg=ibus-1.0 \
+    --pkg=ibus-immodule-1.0 \
+    --pkg=posix \
+    --pkg=config \
+    --target-glib="$(VALA_TARGET_GLIB_VERSION)" \
+    $(NULL)
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = ibus
 
@@ -79,9 +93,27 @@ bash_completion_DATA= \
 	$(NULL)
 bash_completiondir=@datadir@/bash-completion/completions
 
+libibusimmodule_la_SOURCES = \
+    ibusimmodule.c                                      \
+    ibusimmodule.h                                      \
+    $(NULL)
+libibusimmodule_la_CFLAGS = \
+    @GLIB2_CFLAGS@                                      \
+    -DGTK2_IM_MODULEDIR=\"$(GTK2_IM_MODULEDIR)\"        \
+    -DGTK3_IM_MODULEDIR=\"$(GTK3_IM_MODULEDIR)\"        \
+    -DGTK4_IM_MODULEDIR=\"$(GTK4_IM_MODULEDIR)\"        \
+    $(NULL)
+libibusimmodule_la_LIBADD = \
+    @GLIB2_LIBS@                                        \
+    $(NULL)
+libibusimmodule_la_LDFLAGS = \
+    -no-undefined                                       \
+    -export-symbols-regex "ibus_.*"                     \
+    $(NULL)
+
 man_one_in_files = ibus.1.in
 man_one_files = $(man_one_in_files:.1.in=.1)
-man_one_DATA =$(man_one_files:.1=.1.gz) 
+man_one_DATA =$(man_one_files:.1=.1.gz)
 man_onedir = $(mandir)/man1
 %.1: %.1.in
 	$(AM_V_GEN) sed \
@@ -91,14 +123,17 @@ man_onedir = $(mandir)/man1
 	$(AM_V_GEN) gzip -c $< > $@.tmp && mv $@.tmp $@
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
-	$(man_one_in_files) \
-	ibus.bash \
-	$(NULL)
+    $(ibus_immodule_vapi) \
+    $(ibusimmodule_gir) \
+    $(man_one_in_files) \
+    ibus.bash \
+    IBusIMModule-1.0.metadata \
+    $(NULL)
 
 CLEANFILES = \
-	$(man_one_DATA) \
-	$(man_one_files) \
-	$(NULL)
+    $(man_one_DATA) \
+    $(man_one_files) \
+    $(NULL)
 
 if ENABLE_EMOJI_DICT
 if ENABLE_UI
@@ -108,4 +143,43 @@ AM_VALAFLAGS += \
 endif
 endif
 
+if HAVE_INTROSPECTION
+BUILT_SOURCES = $(INTROSPECTION_GIRS) $(VAPIGEN_VAPIS)
+
+-include $(INTROSPECTION_MAKEFILE)
+INTROSPECTION_SCANNER_ARGS =
+INTROSPECTION_COMPILER_ARGS = \
+    --includedir=$(srcdir)                              \
+    --includedir=.                                      \
+    $(NULL)
+
+IBusIMModule-1.0.gir: $(libibusimmodule) Makefile
+IBusIMModule_1_0_gir_SCANNERFLAGS = \
+    --pkg=glib-2.0                                      \
+    $(IBUS_GIR_SCANNERFLAGS)                            \
+    $(NULL)
+IBusIMModule_1_0_gir_INCLUDES = GLib-2.0
+IBusIMModule_1_0_gir_LIBS = $(libibusimmodule)
+IBusIMModule_1_0_gir_FILES = ibusimmodule.h
+IBusIMModule_1_0_gir_CFLAGS = \
+    -I$(srcdir)                                         \
+    -I$(builddir)                                       \
+    $(NULL)
+
+INTROSPECTION_GIRS += $(ibusimmodule_gir)
+noinst_DATA += $(ibusimmodule_gir)
+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES += $(ibusimmodule_gir)
+DISTCLEANFILES += $(ibusimmodule_gir)
+
+-include $(VAPIGEN_MAKEFILE)
+ibus-immodule-1.0.vapi: $(ibusimmodule_gir) IBusIMModule-1.0.metadata
+ibus_immodule_1_0_vapi_DEPS = glib-2.0
+ibus_immodule_1_0_vapi_METADATADIRS = $(srcdir)
+ibus_immodule_1_0_vapi_FILES = IBusIMModule-1.0.gir
+VAPIGEN_VAPIS += $(ibus_immodule_vapi)
+noinst_DATA += $(ibus_immodule_vapi)
+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES += $(ibus_immodule_vapi)
+DISTCLEANFILES += $(ibus_immodule_vapi)
+endif
+
 -include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/tools/ibus.1.in b/tools/ibus.1.in
index fe1b71573..84ef5fff4 100644
--- a/tools/ibus.1.in
+++ b/tools/ibus.1.in
@@ -128,6 +128,16 @@ option enables to match annotations with a partial string. These settings
 are available with
 .B ibus\-setup (1)
 utility.
+.TP
+\fBim-module\fR [\fB\-\-type=TYPE|\-\-help\fR]
+Show an internal im-module value in a virtual GTK application. If IBus is
+installed and configured properly, the output is "ibus". This sub-command
+is useful for some users who build IBus from the source codes and check
+the configurations. Currently the sub-command supports GTK applications only
+and the default is GTK3. If you wish to check a GTK4 application, you can
+specify
+.B \-\-type=gtk4
+option and you can choose one of "gtk2", "gtk3" and "gtk4".
 
 .SH BUGS
 If you find a bug, please report it at https://github.com/ibus/ibus/issues
diff --git a/tools/ibusimmodule.c b/tools/ibusimmodule.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20ccc7480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ibusimmodule.c
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#include <glib.h>
+#include <glib/gi18n-lib.h>
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+
+#ifndef DEFAULT_IM_MODULE_TYPE
+#define DEFAULT_IM_MODULE_TYPE "gtk3"
+#endif
+
+#define OPTION_TYPE_MESSAGE \
+  N_("Type im-module TYPE = \"gtk2\",  \"gtk3\", \"gtk4\". Default is " \
+     "\"gtk3\".")
+
+typedef const char * (* IBusIMGetContextIdFunc) (int *argc, char ***argv);
+
+static char *im_module_type;
+
+
+char *
+ibus_im_module_get_id (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    static const GOptionEntry options[3] = {
+        { "type", (char)0, (int)0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &im_module_type,
+          OPTION_TYPE_MESSAGE,
+         "TYPE"},
+        { NULL }
+    };
+    GOptionContext *option;
+    GError *error = NULL;
+    void *module;
+    char *im_context_id;
+    IBusIMGetContextIdFunc im_get_context_id;
+
+    if (!(option = g_option_context_new (NULL))) {
+        g_critical ("malloc GOptionContext is failed.");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    g_option_context_add_main_entries (option, options, GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
+    g_option_context_parse (option, &argc, &argv, &error);
+    if (error) {
+        g_critical ("%s", error->message);
+        g_clear_error (&error);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    g_option_context_free (option);
+    if (!im_module_type)
+        im_module_type = g_strdup (DEFAULT_IM_MODULE_TYPE);
+
+    if (G_LIKELY (!g_strcmp0 (im_module_type, "gtk3"))) {
+        module = dlopen (GTK3_IM_MODULEDIR "/im-ibus.so",
+                         RTLD_LAZY);
+    } else if (!g_strcmp0 (im_module_type, "gtk4")) {
+        const char *module_path_env = g_getenv ("GTK_PATH");
+        char *module_path;
+        if (module_path_env) {
+            module_path = g_build_filename (module_path_env,
+                                            GTK4_IM_MODULEDIR "/libim-ibus.so",
+                                            NULL);
+        } else {
+            module_path = g_strdup (GTK4_IM_MODULEDIR "/libim-ibus.so");
+        }
+        module = dlopen (module_path, RTLD_LAZY);
+        g_free (module_path);
+    } else if (!g_strcmp0 (im_module_type, "gtk2")) {
+        module = dlopen (GTK2_IM_MODULEDIR "/im-ibus.so",
+                         RTLD_LAZY);
+    } else {
+        module = dlopen (im_module_type, RTLD_LAZY);
+    }
+    if (!module) {
+        g_warning ("Not found module: %s", dlerror ());
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    im_get_context_id = dlsym (module, "im_get_context_id");
+    if (!im_get_context_id) {
+        g_warning ("Not found im_get_context_id: %s", dlerror ());
+        dlclose (module);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    im_context_id = strdup (im_get_context_id (&argc, &argv));
+    dlclose (module);
+    return im_context_id;
+}
+
+#undef DEFAULT_IM_MODULE_TYPE
+
diff --git a/tools/ibusimmodule.h b/tools/ibusimmodule.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e762a7472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ibusimmodule.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* -*- mode: C; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*- */
+/* vim:set et sts=4: */
+/* ibus - The Input Bus
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 Takao Fujiwara <takao.fujiwara1@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301
+ * USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef __IBUS_IM_MODULE_CONTEXT_H_
+#define __IBUS_IM_MODULE_CONTEXT_H_
+
+/**
+ * ibus_im_module_get_id:
+ * @argc: The length of argv
+ * @argv: (array length=argc) (element-type utf8): argv from main()
+ *
+ * Retrieve im-module value from GTK instance.
+ *
+ * Returns: (nullable): im-module value.
+ */
+char * ibus_im_module_get_id (int argc, char *argv[]);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/tools/main.vala b/tools/main.vala
index 407eaf74b..1fed24408 100644
--- a/tools/main.vala
+++ b/tools/main.vala
@@ -671,6 +671,15 @@ int emoji_dialog(string[] argv) {
 #endif
 
 
+int read_im_module(string[] argv) {
+    string? im_module = IBusIMModule.im_module_get_id(argv);
+    if (im_module == null)
+        return Posix.EXIT_FAILURE;
+    print("%s\n".printf(im_module));
+    return Posix.EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
 int print_help(string[] argv) {
     print_usage(stdout);
     return Posix.EXIT_SUCCESS;
@@ -702,6 +711,8 @@ const CommandEntry commands[]  = {
 #if EMOJI_DICT
     { "emoji", N_("Save emoji on dialog to clipboard"), emoji_dialog },
 #endif
+    { "im-module", N_("Retrieve im-module value from GTK instance"),
+      read_im_module },
     { "help", N_("Show this information"), print_help }
 };