diff --git a/include/godzilla/SNESolver.h b/include/godzilla/SNESolver.h
index eba1e87c..9aba0030 100644
--- a/include/godzilla/SNESolver.h
+++ b/include/godzilla/SNESolver.h
@@ -78,6 +78,16 @@ class SNESolver {
     /// @param dm The `DM`
     void set_dm(DM dm);
 
+    /// Sets the method for the nonlinear solver.
+    ///
+    /// @param A known method
+    void set_type(SNESType type);
+
+    /// Gets the SNES method type (as a string).
+    ///
+    /// @return SNES method
+    std::string get_type() const;
+
     /// Sets non-linear solver options from the options database
     void set_from_options();
 
diff --git a/src/SNESolver.cpp b/src/SNESolver.cpp
index ff65986c..f44b06ef 100644
--- a/src/SNESolver.cpp
+++ b/src/SNESolver.cpp
@@ -139,6 +139,22 @@ SNESolver::set_dm(DM dm)
     PETSC_CHECK(SNESSetDM(this->snes, dm));
 }
 
+void
+SNESolver::set_type(SNESType type)
+{
+    CALL_STACK_MSG();
+    PETSC_CHECK(SNESSetType(this->snes, type));
+}
+
+std::string
+SNESolver::get_type() const
+{
+    CALL_STACK_MSG();
+    SNESType type;
+    PETSC_CHECK(SNESGetType(this->snes, &type));
+    return std::string(type);
+}
+
 void
 SNESolver::set_from_options()
 {
diff --git a/test/src/SNESolver_test.cpp b/test/src/SNESolver_test.cpp
index 1b3fb32e..e05d4fa0 100644
--- a/test/src/SNESolver_test.cpp
+++ b/test/src/SNESolver_test.cpp
@@ -71,3 +71,17 @@ TEST(SNESolverTest, mat_create_mf)
     auto m = snes.mat_create_mf();
     EXPECT_EQ(m.get_type(), "mffd");
 }
+
+TEST(SNESolverTest, type)
+{
+    TestApp app;
+    TestNLProblem prob;
+    auto comm = app.get_comm();
+
+    SNESolver snes;
+    snes.create(comm);
+
+    snes.set_type("newtontr");
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(snes.get_type(), "newtontr");
+}