diff --git a/include/wolfram/identity.h b/include/wolfram/identity.h
index 7f57a00..7e9f247 100644
--- a/include/wolfram/identity.h
+++ b/include/wolfram/identity.h
@@ -81,6 +81,21 @@ void wf_did_cache_clear(void);
 wf_status wf_did_resolve(wf_xrpc_client *client, const char *did,
                          wf_did_document *out);
 
+/**
+ * Resolve a DID the same way as wf_did_resolve (same cache, same did:plc /
+ * did:web dispatch), but return the full, untrimmed DID document as raw
+ * JSON instead of the fields wf_did_document keeps. Use this when a caller
+ * needs alsoKnownAs, the full verificationMethod/service arrays, or any
+ * other field wf_did_document does not carry.
+ *
+ * `client` is used purely as an HTTP transport; see wf_did_resolve.
+ *
+ * On WF_OK, *out_json is heap-allocated and owned by the caller; free with
+ * plain free().
+ */
+wf_status wf_did_resolve_raw(wf_xrpc_client *client, const char *did,
+                             char **out_json);
+
 /**
  * Resolve a known atproto service by its canonical ID and expected type.
  * Unknown service types return WF_ERR_NOT_FOUND; use the by-ID API below for
diff --git a/src/identity/identity.c b/src/identity/identity.c
index 83d886d..477a265 100644
--- a/src/identity/identity.c
+++ b/src/identity/identity.c
@@ -820,6 +820,23 @@ wf_status wf_did_resolve(wf_xrpc_client *client, const char *did,
     return status;
 }
 
+wf_status wf_did_resolve_raw(wf_xrpc_client *client, const char *did,
+                             char **out_json) {
+    if (!client || !did || !out_json) return WF_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    *out_json = NULL;
+
+    cJSON *root = NULL;
+    wf_status status = did_fetch_document(client, did, &root);
+    if (status != WF_OK) return status;
+
+    char *json = cJSON_PrintUnformatted(root);
+    cJSON_Delete(root);
+    if (!json) return WF_ERR_ALLOC;
+
+    *out_json = json;
+    return WF_OK;
+}
+
 wf_status wf_did_document_parse(const char *json, size_t json_len,
                                 wf_did_document *out) {
     if (!json || !out) return WF_ERR_INVALID_ARG;