diff --git a/doc/api.rst b/doc/api.rst
index fb2296d1226..87bc3b7a84e 100644
--- a/doc/api.rst
+++ b/doc/api.rst
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Top-level functions
    map_blocks
    show_versions
    set_options
+   get_options
    unify_chunks
 
 Dataset
diff --git a/doc/whats-new.rst b/doc/whats-new.rst
index 4f79a37eb4b..0a4209836ed 100644
--- a/doc/whats-new.rst
+++ b/doc/whats-new.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ v0.19.1 (unreleased)
 
 New Features
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
+- Added a :py:func:`get_options` method to xarray's root namespace (:issue:`5698`, :pull:`5716`)
+  By `Pushkar Kopparla <https://github.com/pkopparla>`_.
 - Xarray now does a better job rendering variable names that are long LaTeX sequences when plotting (:issue:`5681`, :pull:`5682`).
   By `Tomas Chor <https://github.com/tomchor>`_.
 - Add a option to disable the use of ``bottleneck`` (:pull:`5560`)
diff --git a/xarray/__init__.py b/xarray/__init__.py
index 8321aba4b46..eb35bbb2d18 100644
--- a/xarray/__init__.py
+++ b/xarray/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 from .core.dataset import Dataset
 from .core.extensions import register_dataarray_accessor, register_dataset_accessor
 from .core.merge import Context, MergeError, merge
-from .core.options import set_options
+from .core.options import get_options, set_options
 from .core.parallel import map_blocks
 from .core.variable import Coordinate, IndexVariable, Variable, as_variable
 from .util.print_versions import show_versions
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     "cov",
     "corr",
     "full_like",
+    "get_options",
     "infer_freq",
     "load_dataarray",
     "load_dataset",
diff --git a/xarray/core/options.py b/xarray/core/options.py
index e22d8ed99d8..14f77306316 100644
--- a/xarray/core/options.py
+++ b/xarray/core/options.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import sys
 import warnings
 
+from .utils import FrozenDict
+
 # TODO: Remove this check once python 3.7 is not supported:
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
     from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal, TypedDict, Union
@@ -269,3 +271,15 @@ def __enter__(self):
 
     def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
         self._apply_update(self.old)
+
+
+def get_options():
+    """
+    Get options for xarray.
+
+    See Also
+    ----------
+    set_options
+
+    """
+    return FrozenDict(OPTIONS)
diff --git a/xarray/tests/test_options.py b/xarray/tests/test_options.py
index 19f74476ced..af16d867401 100644
--- a/xarray/tests/test_options.py
+++ b/xarray/tests/test_options.py
@@ -203,3 +203,14 @@ def test_display_dataarray_style_html(self):
             html = da._repr_html_()
             assert html.startswith("<div>")
             assert "#x27;nested&#x27;" in html
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "set_value",
+    [("left"), ("exact")],
+)
+def test_get_options_retention(set_value):
+    """Test to check if get_options will return changes made by set_options"""
+    with xarray.set_options(arithmetic_join=set_value):
+        get_options = xarray.get_options()
+        assert get_options["arithmetic_join"] == set_value