diff --git a/collects/ffi/com.rkt b/collects/ffi/com.rkt
index a2950e58f6..30c3145d9b 100644
--- a/collects/ffi/com.rkt
+++ b/collects/ffi/com.rkt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
          com-methods com-method-type com-invoke com-omit
          com-get-properties com-get-property-type com-get-property
+         com-get-property*
          com-set-properties com-set-property-type com-set-property!
 
          com-events com-event-type
diff --git a/collects/ffi/unsafe/com.rkt b/collects/ffi/unsafe/com.rkt
index d5d08b0722..c85f60a43f 100644
--- a/collects/ffi/unsafe/com.rkt
+++ b/collects/ffi/unsafe/com.rkt
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 
          com-methods com-method-type com-invoke com-omit
          com-get-properties com-get-property-type com-get-property
+         com-get-property*
          com-set-properties com-set-property-type com-set-property!
 
          com-events com-event-type
@@ -2048,6 +2049,9 @@
      (com-get-property target-obj (list-ref names (sub1 len)))
      (com-release target-obj))]))
 
+(define (com-get-property* obj name . args)
+  (do-com-invoke 'com-get-property obj name args INVOKE_PROPERTYGET))
+
 (define com-set-property!
   (case-lambda
    [(obj name val)
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/foreign/com-auto.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/foreign/com-auto.scrbl
index 508ae3d81c..6499ecc9ae 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/foreign/com-auto.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/foreign/com-auto.scrbl
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ type information, @racket[#f] otherwise.}
   @secref["com-types"] for more information.}
 
 
-@defproc[(com-invoke [obj com-object?] [method-name string?] [v any/c])
+@defproc[(com-invoke [obj com-object?] [method-name string?] [v any/c] ...)
          any/c]{
 
   Invokes @racket[method-name] on @racket[obj] with @racket[v]s as the
@@ -237,6 +237,13 @@ argument.}
   path of @racket[property]s, where each intermediate property must be a
   COM object.}
 
+@defproc[(com-get-property* [obj com-object?] [property string?] [v any/c] ...)
+         any/c]{
+
+  Returns the value of a parameterized property, which behaves like a
+  method and accepts the @racket[v]s as arguments (like
+  @racket[com-invoke]).  When no @racket[v]s are provided,
+  @racket[com-get-property*] is the same as @racket[com-get-property].}
 
 @defproc[(com-set-properties [obj/type (or/c com-object? com-type?)]) 
          (listof string?)]{
diff --git a/doc/release-notes/racket/HISTORY.txt b/doc/release-notes/racket/HISTORY.txt
index e0db424835..90e2b7b783 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes/racket/HISTORY.txt
+++ b/doc/release-notes/racket/HISTORY.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Add #fx() and #fl() reader forms for flvectors and fxvectors
 racket/serialize: fxvectors and flvectors are serializable
 racket/net: added uri-path-segment-unreserved-encode
 racket/url: added current-url-encode-mode
+ffi/com: added com-get-property*
 
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 file/untar: added