diff --git a/docs/reference/glib/glib-sections.txt b/docs/reference/glib/glib-sections.txt
index 882ce1e25..888886aba 100644
--- a/docs/reference/glib/glib-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/glib/glib-sections.txt
@@ -1265,6 +1265,7 @@ g_timer_continue
 g_timer_elapsed
 g_timer_reset
 g_timer_destroy
+g_timer_is_active
 </SECTION>
 
 <SECTION>
diff --git a/glib/gtimer.c b/glib/gtimer.c
index 4f66826ae..6b012549b 100644
--- a/glib/gtimer.c
+++ b/glib/gtimer.c
@@ -236,6 +236,23 @@ g_timer_elapsed (GTimer *timer,
   return total;
 }
 
+/**
+ * g_timer_is_active:
+ * @timer: a #GTimer.
+ * 
+ * Exposes whether the timer is currently active.
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE if the timer is running, %FALSE otherwise
+ * Since: 2.62
+ **/
+gboolean
+g_timer_is_active (GTimer *timer)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (timer != NULL, FALSE);
+
+  return timer->active;
+}
+
 /**
  * g_usleep:
  * @microseconds: number of microseconds to pause
diff --git a/glib/gtimer.h b/glib/gtimer.h
index 5699b6964..25679f331 100644
--- a/glib/gtimer.h
+++ b/glib/gtimer.h
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ void	 g_timer_continue        (GTimer      *timer);
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 gdouble  g_timer_elapsed         (GTimer      *timer,
 				  gulong      *microseconds);
+GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_62
+gboolean g_timer_is_active       (GTimer      *timer);
 
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 void     g_usleep                (gulong       microseconds);
diff --git a/glib/tests/timer.c b/glib/tests/timer.c
index 5b2e71144..01e4dc3dd 100644
--- a/glib/tests/timer.c
+++ b/glib/tests/timer.c
@@ -98,6 +98,22 @@ test_timer_reset (void)
   g_timer_destroy (timer);
 }
 
+static void
+test_timer_is_active (void)
+{
+  GTimer *timer;
+  gboolean is_active;
+
+  timer = g_timer_new ();
+  is_active = g_timer_is_active (timer);
+  g_assert_true (is_active);
+  g_timer_stop (timer);
+  is_active = g_timer_is_active (timer);
+  g_assert_false (is_active);
+
+  g_timer_destroy (timer);
+}
+
 static void
 test_timeval_add (void)
 {
@@ -282,6 +298,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   g_test_add_func ("/timer/stop", test_timer_stop);
   g_test_add_func ("/timer/continue", test_timer_continue);
   g_test_add_func ("/timer/reset", test_timer_reset);
+  g_test_add_func ("/timer/is_active", test_timer_is_active);
   g_test_add_func ("/timeval/add", test_timeval_add);
   g_test_add_func ("/timeval/from-iso8601", test_timeval_from_iso8601);
   g_test_add_func ("/timeval/to-iso8601", test_timeval_to_iso8601);