diff --git a/libfdisk/src/libfdisk.h.in b/libfdisk/src/libfdisk.h.in
index f13c3db5d..3aeef1e2f 100644
--- a/libfdisk/src/libfdisk.h.in
+++ b/libfdisk/src/libfdisk.h.in
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ extern int fdisk_partition_is_container(struct fdisk_partition *pa);
 extern int fdisk_partition_get_parent(struct fdisk_partition *pa, size_t *parent);
 extern int fdisk_partition_is_used(struct fdisk_partition *pa);
 extern int fdisk_partition_is_bootable(struct fdisk_partition *pa);
+extern int fdisk_partition_is_wholedisk(struct fdisk_partition *pa);
 extern int fdisk_partition_to_string(struct fdisk_partition *pa,
 				     struct fdisk_context *cxt,
 				     int id, char **data);
diff --git a/libfdisk/src/libfdisk.sym b/libfdisk/src/libfdisk.sym
index d8c4f66e7..8364fe76a 100644
--- a/libfdisk/src/libfdisk.sym
+++ b/libfdisk/src/libfdisk.sym
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ global:
 	fdisk_partition_is_freespace;
 	fdisk_partition_is_nested;
 	fdisk_partition_is_used;
+	fdisk_partition_is_wholedisk;
 	fdisk_partition_next_partno;
 	fdisk_partition_partno_follow_default;
 	fdisk_partition_set_attrs;
diff --git a/libfdisk/src/partition.c b/libfdisk/src/partition.c
index 5b27d3a71..42f6c791c 100644
--- a/libfdisk/src/partition.c
+++ b/libfdisk/src/partition.c
@@ -592,6 +592,12 @@ int fdisk_partition_is_freespace(struct fdisk_partition *pa)
 	return pa && pa->freespace;
 }
 
+int fdisk_partition_is_wholedisk(struct fdisk_partition *pa)
+{
+	return pa && pa->wholedisk;
+}
+
+
 int fdisk_partition_next_partno(
 		struct fdisk_partition *pa,
 		struct fdisk_context *cxt,