diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_con/Ecore_Con.h b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_con/Ecore_Con.h
index d5fc0df19f..b311785233 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_con/Ecore_Con.h
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_con/Ecore_Con.h
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ EAPI void              ecore_con_client_flush(Ecore_Con_Client *cl);
 EAPI double            ecore_con_client_uptime_get(Ecore_Con_Client *cl);
 EAPI double            ecore_con_client_timeout_get(Ecore_Con_Client *cl);
 EAPI void              ecore_con_client_timeout_set(Ecore_Con_Client *cl, double timeout);
+EAPI Eina_Bool         ecore_con_client_connected_get(Ecore_Con_Client *cl);
 
 /**
  * @}
diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con.c
index 48c434e695..b8e934b4d0 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con.c
@@ -922,6 +922,24 @@ ecore_con_client_server_get(Ecore_Con_Client *cl)
    return cl->host_server;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns whether the client is still connected
+ * @param   cl The given client.
+ * @return  #EINA_TRUE if connected, else EINA_FALSE
+ */
+EAPI Eina_Bool
+ecore_con_client_connected_get(Ecore_Con_Client *cl)
+{
+   if (!ECORE_MAGIC_CHECK(cl, ECORE_MAGIC_CON_CLIENT))
+     {
+        ECORE_MAGIC_FAIL(cl, ECORE_MAGIC_CON_CLIENT,
+                         "ecore_con_client_connected_get");
+        return EINA_FALSE;
+     }
+
+   return !cl->dead;
+}
+
 /**
  * Set the time after which the client will be disconnected when inactive
  * @param cl The client object