diff --git a/frontend/frontend_driver.c b/frontend/frontend_driver.c
index bb1a36ceab..55c17bfc63 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend_driver.c
+++ b/frontend/frontend_driver.c
@@ -131,6 +131,15 @@ void frontend_driver_content_loaded(void)
    frontend->content_loaded();
 }
 
+bool frontend_driver_has_fork(void)
+{
+   frontend_ctx_driver_t *frontend = frontend_get_ptr();
+
+   if (!frontend || !frontend->set_fork)
+      return false;
+   return true;
+}
+
 void frontend_driver_set_fork(bool a, bool b, bool restart)
 {
    frontend_ctx_driver_t *frontend = frontend_get_ptr();
diff --git a/frontend/frontend_driver.h b/frontend/frontend_driver.h
index 842b8c3146..326813520d 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend_driver.h
+++ b/frontend/frontend_driver.h
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ void frontend_driver_shutdown(bool a);
 void frontend_driver_deinit(void *args);
 
 void frontend_driver_exitspawn(char *s, size_t len);
+
+bool frontend_driver_has_fork(void);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif