diff --git a/includes/rts/Linker.h b/includes/rts/Linker.h
index 793195b3ab4651a014daada36f7d7f53434b6cf2..298dc6a3664aeaef0142bd2ef30a9d5cfbb09e15 100644
--- a/includes/rts/Linker.h
+++ b/includes/rts/Linker.h
@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ HsInt insertSymbol(pathchar* obj_name, char* key, void* data);
 /* lookup a symbol in the hash table */
 void *lookupSymbol( char *lbl );
 
+/* See Linker.c Note [runtime-linker-phases] */
+typedef enum {
+    OBJECT_LOADED,
+    OBJECT_NEEDED,
+    OBJECT_RESOLVED,
+    OBJECT_UNLOADED,
+    OBJECT_DONT_RESOLVE,
+    OBJECT_NOT_LOADED     /* The object was either never loaded or has been
+                             fully unloaded */
+} OStatus;
+
+/* check object load status */
+OStatus getObjectLoadStatus( pathchar *path );
+
 /* delete an object from the pool */
 HsInt unloadObj( pathchar *path );
 
diff --git a/rts/Linker.c b/rts/Linker.c
index 18f2c6b958c77fe13389eb114016ad099c851428..30d7e87f92e6131482388d757b902f782e412c93 100644
--- a/rts/Linker.c
+++ b/rts/Linker.c
@@ -1708,6 +1708,30 @@ HsInt purgeObj (pathchar *path)
     return r;
 }
 
+static OStatus getObjectLoadStatus_ (pathchar *path)
+{
+    ObjectCode *o;
+    for (o = objects; o; o = o->next) {
+       if (0 == pathcmp(o->fileName, path)) {
+           return o->status;
+       }
+    }
+    for (o = unloaded_objects; o; o = o->next) {
+       if (0 == pathcmp(o->fileName, path)) {
+           return o->status;
+       }
+    }
+    return OBJECT_NOT_LOADED;
+}
+
+OStatus getObjectLoadStatus (pathchar *path)
+{
+    ACQUIRE_LOCK(&linker_mutex);
+    OStatus r = getObjectLoadStatus_(path);
+    RELEASE_LOCK(&linker_mutex);
+    return r;
+}
+
 /* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Sanity checking.  For each ObjectCode, maintain a list of address ranges
  * which may be prodded during relocation, and abort if we try and write
diff --git a/rts/LinkerInternals.h b/rts/LinkerInternals.h
index 2e8491789d62bc91e6685e725567db2003b15442..dd17be099204206eef10c931a6dbeee6cbbaaec3 100644
--- a/rts/LinkerInternals.h
+++ b/rts/LinkerInternals.h
@@ -20,15 +20,6 @@
 typedef void SymbolAddr;
 typedef char SymbolName;
 
-/* See Linker.c Note [runtime-linker-phases] */
-typedef enum {
-    OBJECT_LOADED,
-    OBJECT_NEEDED,
-    OBJECT_RESOLVED,
-    OBJECT_UNLOADED,
-    OBJECT_DONT_RESOLVE
-} OStatus;
-
 /* Indication of section kinds for loaded objects.  Needed by
    the GC for deciding whether or not a pointer on the stack
    is a code pointer.