diff --git a/doc/18-library-reference.md b/doc/18-library-reference.md
index 62e212407..7caa64613 100644
--- a/doc/18-library-reference.md
+++ b/doc/18-library-reference.md
@@ -547,9 +547,57 @@ Returns the Host object with the specified name, or `null` if no such Host objec
 Signature:
 
     function get_service(host_name, service_name);
+    function get_service(host, service_name);
 
-Returns the Service object with the specified name, or `null` if no such Service object exists.
+Returns the Service object with the specified host name or object and service name pair,
+or `null` if no such Service object exists.
 
+Example in the [debug console](11-cli-commands.md#cli-command-console)
+which fetches the `disk` service object from the current Icinga 2 node:
+
+```
+$ ICINGA2_API_PASSWORD=icinga icinga2 console --connect 'https://root@localhost:5665/'
+Icinga 2 (version: v2.7.0)
+
+<1> => get_service(NodeName, "disk")
+<2> => get_service(NodeName, "disk").__name
+"icinga2-master1.localdomain!disk"
+
+<3> => get_service(get_host(NodeName), "disk").__name
+"icinga2-master1.localdomain!disk"
+```
+
+### get_services <a id="objref-get_services"></a>
+
+Signature:
+
+    function get_services(host_name);
+    function get_services(host);
+
+Returns an [array](17-language-reference.md#array) of service objects for the specified host name or object,
+or `null` if no such host object exists.
+
+Example in the [debug console](11-cli-commands.md#cli-command-console)
+which fetches all service objects from the current Icinga 2 node:
+
+```
+$ ICINGA2_API_PASSWORD=icinga icinga2 console --connect 'https://root@localhost:5665/'
+Icinga 2 (version: v2.7.0)
+
+<1> => get_services(NodeName).map(s => s.name)
+[ "disk", "disk /", "http", "icinga", "load", "ping4", "ping6", "procs", "ssh", "users" ]
+```
+
+Note: [map](18-library-reference.md#array-map) takes a [lambda function](17-language-reference.md#lambdas) as argument. In this example
+we only want to collect and print the `name` attribute with `s => s.name`.
+
+This works in a similar fashion for a host object where you can extract all service states
+in using the [map](18-library-reference.md#array-map) functionality:
+
+```
+<2> => get_services(get_host(NodeName)).map(s => s.state)
+[ 2.000000, 2.000000, 2.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 2.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000 ]
+```
 
 ### get_user <a id="objref-get_user"></a>
 
diff --git a/lib/icinga/objectutils.cpp b/lib/icinga/objectutils.cpp
index be58508ba..bde6cfd9a 100644
--- a/lib/icinga/objectutils.cpp
+++ b/lib/icinga/objectutils.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ using namespace icinga;
 
 REGISTER_SCRIPTFUNCTION_NS(System, get_host, &Host::GetByName, "name");
 REGISTER_SCRIPTFUNCTION_NS(System, get_service, &ObjectUtils::GetService, "host:name");
+REGISTER_SCRIPTFUNCTION_NS(System, get_services, &ObjectUtils::GetServices, "host");
 REGISTER_SCRIPTFUNCTION_NS(System, get_user, &User::GetByName, "name");
 REGISTER_SCRIPTFUNCTION_NS(System, get_check_command, &CheckCommand::GetByName, "name");
 REGISTER_SCRIPTFUNCTION_NS(System, get_event_command, &EventCommand::GetByName, "name");
@@ -40,13 +41,32 @@ REGISTER_SCRIPTFUNCTION_NS(System, get_service_group, &ServiceGroup::GetByName,
 REGISTER_SCRIPTFUNCTION_NS(System, get_user_group, &UserGroup::GetByName, "name");
 REGISTER_SCRIPTFUNCTION_NS(System, get_time_period, &TimePeriod::GetByName, "name");
 
-Service::Ptr ObjectUtils::GetService(const String& host, const String& name)
+Service::Ptr ObjectUtils::GetService(const Value& host, const String& name)
 {
-	Host::Ptr host_obj = Host::GetByName(host);
+	Host::Ptr hostObj;
 
-	if (!host_obj)
+	if (host.IsObjectType<Host>())
+		hostObj = host;
+	else
+		hostObj = Host::GetByName(host);
+
+	if (!hostObj)
 		return Service::Ptr();
 
-	return host_obj->GetServiceByShortName(name);
+	return hostObj->GetServiceByShortName(name);
 }
 
+Array::Ptr ObjectUtils::GetServices(const Value& host)
+{
+	Host::Ptr hostObj;
+
+	if (host.IsObjectType<Host>())
+		hostObj = host;
+	else
+		hostObj = Host::GetByName(host);
+
+	if (!hostObj)
+		return Array::Ptr();
+
+	return Array::FromVector(hostObj->GetServices());
+}
diff --git a/lib/icinga/objectutils.hpp b/lib/icinga/objectutils.hpp
index cb783e828..e1997c65c 100644
--- a/lib/icinga/objectutils.hpp
+++ b/lib/icinga/objectutils.hpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "base/i2-base.hpp"
 #include "base/string.hpp"
+#include "base/array.hpp"
 #include "icinga/service.hpp"
 
 namespace icinga
@@ -33,7 +34,8 @@ namespace icinga
 class I2_ICINGA_API ObjectUtils
 {
 public:
-	static Service::Ptr GetService(const String& host, const String& name);
+	static Service::Ptr GetService(const Value& host, const String& name);
+	static Array::Ptr GetServices(const Value& host);
 
 private:
 	ObjectUtils(void);