diff --git a/aas/model/provider.py b/aas/model/provider.py
index e6886ea582a48d8a266c8ec092eeb7e8813163df..05089ae08b3b1c891386fc82a379460d82f97780 100644
--- a/aas/model/provider.py
+++ b/aas/model/provider.py
@@ -40,6 +40,19 @@ class AbstractObjectProvider(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         """
         pass
 
+    def get(self, identifier: Identifier, default: Optional[Identifiable] = None) -> Optional[Identifiable]:
+        """
+        Find an object in this set by its identification, with fallback parameter
+
+        :param default: An object to be returned, if no object with the given identification is found
+        :return: The Identifiable object with the given identification in the provider. Otherwise the `default` object
+                 or None, if none is given.
+        """
+        try:
+            return self.get_identifiable(identifier)
+        except KeyError:
+            return default
+
 
 _IT = TypeVar('_IT', bound=Identifiable)
 
diff --git a/test/model/test_provider.py b/test/model/test_provider.py
index 49f987745a1de816e66ade2fde074d875a240318..bbcb527afa180340f3e3d3790a44c0be0d46c959 100644
--- a/test/model/test_provider.py
+++ b/test/model/test_provider.py
@@ -39,10 +39,13 @@ class ProvidersTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(2, len(object_store))
         self.assertIs(self.aas1,
                       object_store.get_identifiable(model.Identifier("urn:x-test:aas1", model.IdentifierType.IRI)))
+        self.assertIs(self.aas1,
+                      object_store.get(model.Identifier("urn:x-test:aas1", model.IdentifierType.IRI)))
         object_store.discard(self.aas1)
         object_store.discard(self.aas1)
         with self.assertRaises(KeyError) as cm:
             object_store.get_identifiable(model.Identifier("urn:x-test:aas1", model.IdentifierType.IRI))
+        self.assertIsNone(object_store.get(model.Identifier("urn:x-test:aas1", model.IdentifierType.IRI)))
         self.assertEqual("Identifier(IRI=urn:x-test:aas1)", str(cm.exception))
         self.assertIs(self.aas2, object_store.pop())
         self.assertEqual(0, len(object_store))