diff --git a/pkg/spec/src/extract.ts b/pkg/spec/src/extract.ts
index 4c08087..d0edd8f 100644
--- a/pkg/spec/src/extract.ts
+++ b/pkg/spec/src/extract.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
 import type { AccessibilityElement, Extracted, State } from "./types.ts";
 
-export function extract<T>(getter: (state: State) => T): Extracted<T> {
-  return globalThis.__sanderling__.extract(getter);
+export function extract<T>(getter: (state: State) => T): Extracted<T>;
+export function extract<T>(name: string, getter: (state: State) => T): Extracted<T>;
+export function extract<T>(
+  nameOrGetter: string | ((state: State) => T),
+  maybeGetter?: (state: State) => T,
+): Extracted<T> {
+  if (typeof nameOrGetter === "string") {
+    if (maybeGetter == null) {
+      throw new TypeError("extract(name, getter): getter is required when a name is supplied");
+    }
+    return globalThis.__sanderling__.extract(maybeGetter, nameOrGetter);
+  }
+  return globalThis.__sanderling__.extract(nameOrGetter);
 }
 
 const KEY_DELIMITER = "\x1f";
diff --git a/pkg/spec/src/types.ts b/pkg/spec/src/types.ts
index 48336c3..fcebe4a 100644
--- a/pkg/spec/src/types.ts
+++ b/pkg/spec/src/types.ts
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ export interface Sampler<T> {
 }
 
 export interface SanderlingRuntime {
-  extract: <T>(getter: (state: State) => T) => Extracted<T>;
+  extract: <T>(getter: (state: State) => T, name?: string) => Extracted<T>;
   always: (predicateOrFormula: (() => boolean) | Formula) => Formula;
   now: (predicate: () => boolean) => Formula;
   next: (predicate: () => boolean) => Formula;
diff --git a/pkg/spec/src/web-runtime.ts b/pkg/spec/src/web-runtime.ts
index 5120abc..90caeb5 100644
--- a/pkg/spec/src/web-runtime.ts
+++ b/pkg/spec/src/web-runtime.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ interface Handle {
 interface ExtractorEntry {
   getter: (state: unknown) => unknown;
   handle: Handle;
+  name: string;
 }
 
 interface ActionGeneratorHandle {
@@ -290,9 +291,14 @@ function buildState(): unknown {
 }
 
 const runtime = {
-  extract<T>(getter: (state: unknown) => T): Handle {
+  extract<T>(getter: (state: unknown) => T, name?: string): Handle {
     const handle: Handle = { current: undefined, previous: undefined };
-    extractors.push({ getter: getter as (s: unknown) => unknown, handle });
+    const resolvedName = name && name.length > 0 ? name : `extractor_${extractors.length}`;
+    extractors.push({
+      getter: getter as (s: unknown) => unknown,
+      handle,
+      name: resolvedName,
+    });
     return handle;
   },
   always: noopFormula,