diff --git a/libsmartcols/src/libsmartcols.h.in b/libsmartcols/src/libsmartcols.h.in
index 6df878804..0fa9b464d 100644
--- a/libsmartcols/src/libsmartcols.h.in
+++ b/libsmartcols/src/libsmartcols.h.in
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ extern int scols_table_is_empty(const struct libscols_table *tb);
 extern int scols_table_is_export(const struct libscols_table *tb);
 extern int scols_table_is_maxout(const struct libscols_table *tb);
 extern int scols_table_is_nowrap(const struct libscols_table *tb);
+extern int scols_table_is_nolinesep(const struct libscols_table *tb);
 extern int scols_table_is_tree(const struct libscols_table *tb);
 
 extern int scols_table_enable_colors(struct libscols_table *tb, int enable);
diff --git a/libsmartcols/src/libsmartcols.sym b/libsmartcols/src/libsmartcols.sym
index 75ae718a0..774d84fe0 100644
--- a/libsmartcols/src/libsmartcols.sym
+++ b/libsmartcols/src/libsmartcols.sym
@@ -147,4 +147,5 @@ global:
 	scols_table_set_termwidth;
 	scols_table_get_name;
 	scols_table_is_nowrap;
+	scols_table_is_nolinesep;
 } SMARTCOLS_2.28;
diff --git a/libsmartcols/src/table.c b/libsmartcols/src/table.c
index 096730516..3b0424704 100644
--- a/libsmartcols/src/table.c
+++ b/libsmartcols/src/table.c
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ int scols_table_set_symbols(struct libscols_table *tb,
 }
 
 /**
- * scols_table_enable_nolinesep
+ * scols_table_enable_nolinesep:
  * @tb: table
  * @enable: 1 or 0
  *
@@ -745,10 +745,23 @@ int scols_table_enable_nolinesep(struct libscols_table *tb, int enable)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	DBG(TAB, ul_debugobj(tb, "nolinesep: %s", enable ? "ENABLE" : "DISABLE"));
-	tb->no_linesep = enable;
+	tb->no_linesep = enable ? 1 : 0;
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * scols_table_is_nolinesep:
+ * @tb: a pointer to a struct libscols_table instance
+ *
+ * Returns: 1 if line separator printing is disabled.
+ *
+ * Since: 2.29
+ */
+int scols_table_is_nolinesep(const struct libscols_table *tb)
+{
+	return tb->no_linesep;
+}
+
 /**
  * scols_table_enable_colors:
  * @tb: table