diff --git a/build-data/paper.at b/build-data/paper.at
index cd262bbbf9..d84006cd15 100644
--- a/build-data/paper.at
+++ b/build-data/paper.at
@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ public net.minecraft.world.flag.FeatureFlagRegistry names
 public net.minecraft.world.food.FoodData exhaustionLevel
 public net.minecraft.world.food.FoodData foodLevel
 public net.minecraft.world.food.FoodData saturationLevel
+public net.minecraft.world.inventory.AbstractContainerMenu menuType
 public net.minecraft.world.inventory.AbstractContainerMenu quickcraftSlots
 public net.minecraft.world.inventory.AbstractContainerMenu quickcraftStatus
 public net.minecraft.world.inventory.AbstractContainerMenu quickcraftType
diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/inventory/InventoryView.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/inventory/InventoryView.java
index 46f5f50171..5c5906421d 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/inventory/InventoryView.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/inventory/InventoryView.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package org.bukkit.inventory;
 
 import org.bukkit.entity.HumanEntity;
 import org.bukkit.event.inventory.InventoryType;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
@@ -321,4 +322,16 @@ public interface InventoryView {
      */
     @Deprecated(since = "1.21.1") // Paper
     public void setTitle(@NotNull String title);
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the menu type of the inventory view if applicable.
+     * <p>
+     * Some inventory types do not support a menu type. In such cases, this method
+     * returns null. This typically applies to inventories belonging to entities
+     * like players or animals (e.g., a horse).
+     *
+     * @return the menu type of the inventory view or null if not applicable
+     */
+    @ApiStatus.Experimental
+    @Nullable MenuType getMenuType();
 }
diff --git a/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftContainer.java b/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftContainer.java
index 1ce328bed5..c00ddfe414 100644
--- a/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftContainer.java
+++ b/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftContainer.java
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ public class CraftContainer extends AbstractContainerMenu {
                 this.title = title;
             }
 
+            @Override
+            public MenuType getMenuType() {
+                return CraftMenuType.minecraftToBukkit(getNotchInventoryType(inventory));
+            }
+
         }, player, id);
     }
 
diff --git a/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftInventoryView.java b/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftInventoryView.java
index e9fd57b9e1..5039d87d7f 100644
--- a/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftInventoryView.java
+++ b/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftInventoryView.java
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ public class CraftInventoryView<T extends AbstractContainerMenu, I extends Inven
         this.title = title;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public org.bukkit.inventory.MenuType getMenuType() {
+        MenuType<?> menuType = container.menuType;
+        return menuType != null ? CraftMenuType.minecraftToBukkit(menuType) : null;
+    }
+
     public boolean isInTop(int rawSlot) {
         return rawSlot < this.viewing.getSize();
     }