diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/context.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/context.cc
index 0362368c2ab..ed76e258d9e 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/context.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/context.cc
@@ -1514,8 +1514,20 @@ AssetHandle CTX_wm_asset_handle(const bContext *C, bool *r_is_valid)
 
 blender::asset_system::AssetRepresentation *CTX_wm_asset(const bContext *C)
 {
-  return static_cast<blender::asset_system::AssetRepresentation *>(
-      ctx_data_pointer_get(C, "asset"));
+  if (auto *asset = static_cast<blender::asset_system::AssetRepresentation *>(
+          ctx_data_pointer_get(C, "asset")))
+  {
+    return asset;
+  }
+
+  /* Expose the asset representation from the asset-handle.
+   * TODO(Julian): #AssetHandle should be properly replaced by #AssetRepresentation. */
+  bool is_valid;
+  if (AssetHandle handle = CTX_wm_asset_handle(C, &is_valid); is_valid) {
+    return handle.file_data->asset;
+  }
+
+  return nullptr;
 }
 
 Depsgraph *CTX_data_depsgraph_pointer(const bContext *C)
diff --git a/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_context.cc b/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_context.cc
index 4dc1339cba7..d405978e0c7 100644
--- a/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_context.cc
+++ b/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_context.cc
@@ -125,6 +125,12 @@ static PointerRNA rna_Context_gizmo_group_get(PointerRNA *ptr)
   return newptr;
 }
 
+static PointerRNA rna_Context_asset_get(PointerRNA *ptr)
+{
+  bContext *C = (bContext *)ptr->data;
+  return RNA_pointer_create(nullptr, &RNA_AssetRepresentation, CTX_wm_asset(C));
+}
+
 static PointerRNA rna_Context_asset_file_handle_get(PointerRNA *ptr)
 {
   bContext *C = (bContext *)ptr->data;
@@ -290,6 +296,11 @@ void RNA_def_context(BlenderRNA *brna)
   RNA_def_property_struct_type(prop, "GizmoGroup");
   RNA_def_property_pointer_funcs(prop, "rna_Context_gizmo_group_get", nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
 
+  prop = RNA_def_property(srna, "asset", PROP_POINTER, PROP_NONE);
+  RNA_def_property_clear_flag(prop, PROP_EDITABLE);
+  RNA_def_property_struct_type(prop, "AssetRepresentation");
+  RNA_def_property_pointer_funcs(prop, "rna_Context_asset_get", nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
+
   /* TODO can't expose AssetHandle, since there is no permanent storage to it (so we can't
    * return a pointer). Instead provide the FileDirEntry pointer it wraps. */
   prop = RNA_def_property(srna, "asset_file_handle", PROP_POINTER, PROP_NONE);