diff --git a/src/glog/logging.h.in b/src/glog/logging.h.in
index 421f1e026..0b1466b05 100644
--- a/src/glog/logging.h.in
+++ b/src/glog/logging.h.in
@@ -594,6 +594,8 @@ GOOGLE_GLOG_DLL_DECL void InitGoogleLogging(const char* argv0,
                                             void* prefix_callback_data = NULL);
 #endif
 
+GOOGLE_GLOG_DLL_DECL bool IsGoogleLoggingInitialized();
+
 // Shutdown google's logging library.
 GOOGLE_GLOG_DLL_DECL void ShutdownGoogleLogging();
 
diff --git a/src/logging.cc b/src/logging.cc
index 71de91df9..974c127e9 100644
--- a/src/logging.cc
+++ b/src/logging.cc
@@ -2568,6 +2568,10 @@ void InitGoogleLogging(const char* argv0,
 }
 #endif
 
+bool IsGoogleLoggingInitialized() {
+  return glog_internal_namespace_::IsGoogleLoggingInitialized();
+}
+
 void ShutdownGoogleLogging() {
   glog_internal_namespace_::ShutdownGoogleLoggingUtilities();
   LogDestination::DeleteLogDestinations();
diff --git a/src/logging_custom_prefix_unittest.cc b/src/logging_custom_prefix_unittest.cc
index c9fb5b819..b7f20f001 100644
--- a/src/logging_custom_prefix_unittest.cc
+++ b/src/logging_custom_prefix_unittest.cc
@@ -221,11 +221,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   LogWithLevels(0, 0, 0, 0);  // simulate "before global c-tors"
   const string early_stderr = GetCapturedTestStderr();
 
+  EXPECT_FALSE(::google::IsGoogleLoggingInitialized());
+
   // Setting a custom prefix generator (it will use the default format so that
   // the golden outputs can be reused):
   string prefix_attacher_data = "good data";
   InitGoogleLogging(argv[0], &PrefixAttacher, static_cast<void*>(&prefix_attacher_data));
 
+  EXPECT_TRUE(::google::IsGoogleLoggingInitialized());
+
   RunSpecifiedBenchmarks();
 
   FLAGS_logtostderr = true;
@@ -992,8 +996,10 @@ static void TestCustomLoggerDeletionOnShutdown() {
   base::SetLogger(GLOG_INFO,
                   new RecordDeletionLogger(&custom_logger_deleted,
                                            base::GetLogger(GLOG_INFO)));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(::google::IsGoogleLoggingInitialized());
   ShutdownGoogleLogging();
   EXPECT_TRUE(custom_logger_deleted);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(::google::IsGoogleLoggingInitialized());
 }
 
 _START_GOOGLE_NAMESPACE_
diff --git a/src/logging_unittest.cc b/src/logging_unittest.cc
index edc7d35d7..395603a45 100644
--- a/src/logging_unittest.cc
+++ b/src/logging_unittest.cc
@@ -197,8 +197,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   LogWithLevels(0, 0, 0, 0);  // simulate "before global c-tors"
   const string early_stderr = GetCapturedTestStderr();
 
+  EXPECT_FALSE(::google::IsGoogleLoggingInitialized());
+
   InitGoogleLogging(argv[0]);
 
+  EXPECT_TRUE(::google::IsGoogleLoggingInitialized());
+
   RunSpecifiedBenchmarks();
 
   FLAGS_logtostderr = true;
@@ -965,8 +969,10 @@ static void TestCustomLoggerDeletionOnShutdown() {
   base::SetLogger(GLOG_INFO,
                   new RecordDeletionLogger(&custom_logger_deleted,
                                            base::GetLogger(GLOG_INFO)));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(::google::IsGoogleLoggingInitialized());
   ShutdownGoogleLogging();
   EXPECT_TRUE(custom_logger_deleted);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(::google::IsGoogleLoggingInitialized());
 }
 
 _START_GOOGLE_NAMESPACE_