diff --git a/src/core/window.c b/src/core/window.c
index d16b6fa38..1c9b2912e 100644
--- a/src/core/window.c
+++ b/src/core/window.c
@@ -11218,3 +11218,9 @@ meta_window_compute_tile_match (MetaWindow *window)
       window->tile_match = match;
     }
 }
+
+gboolean
+meta_window_can_close (MetaWindow *window)
+{
+  return window->has_close_func;
+}
diff --git a/src/meta/window.h b/src/meta/window.h
index 07ca88b0c..9679454ad 100644
--- a/src/meta/window.h
+++ b/src/meta/window.h
@@ -237,4 +237,6 @@ void meta_window_begin_grab_op (MetaWindow *window,
                                 gboolean    frame_action,
                                 guint32     timestamp);
 
+gboolean meta_window_can_close (MetaWindow *window);
+
 #endif