diff --git a/src/navigation/navigationhandler.cpp b/src/navigation/navigationhandler.cpp
index b6ae48879c..169d47a29f 100644
--- a/src/navigation/navigationhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/navigation/navigationhandler.cpp
@@ -639,7 +639,8 @@ scripting::LuaLibrary NavigationHandler::luaLibrary() {
             codegen::lua::TriggerIdleBehavior,
             codegen::lua::ListAllJoysticks,
             codegen::lua::TargetNextInterestingAnchor,
-            codegen::lua::TargetPreviousInterestingAnchor
+            codegen::lua::TargetPreviousInterestingAnchor,
+            codegen::lua::DistanceToFocus
         }
     };
 }
diff --git a/src/navigation/navigationhandler_lua.inl b/src/navigation/navigationhandler_lua.inl
index d0ecac7b54..7d189044fb 100644
--- a/src/navigation/navigationhandler_lua.inl
+++ b/src/navigation/navigationhandler_lua.inl
@@ -406,6 +406,18 @@ joystickAxis(std::string joystickName, int axis)
     return global::navigationHandler->listAllJoysticks();
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns the distance in meters to the current focus node
+ */
+[[codegen::luawrap]] double distanceToFocus() {
+    using namespace openspace;
+
+    const SceneGraphNode * focus = global::navigationHandler->anchorNode();
+    Camera * camera = global::navigationHandler->camera();
+
+    return glm::distance(camera->positionVec3(), focus->worldPosition());
+}
+
 #include "navigationhandler_lua_codegen.cpp"
 
 } // namespace