diff --git a/godal.go b/godal.go
index 5edb477..6e1e185 100644
--- a/godal.go
+++ b/godal.go
@@ -3898,6 +3898,11 @@ func RegisterVSIHandler(prefix string, handler KeySizerReaderAt, opts ...VSIHand
 	return nil
 }
 
+// HasVSIHandler returns true if a VSIHandler is registered for this prefix
+func HasVSIHandler(prefix string) bool {
+	return handlers != nil && handlers[prefix].KeySizerReaderAt != nil
+}
+
 // BuildVRT runs the GDALBuildVRT function and creates a VRT dataset from a list of datasets
 func BuildVRT(dstVRTName string, sourceDatasets []string, switches []string, opts ...BuildVRTOption) (*Dataset, error) {
 	bvo := buildVRTOpts{}
diff --git a/godal_test.go b/godal_test.go
index 85099e7..8b4faf8 100644
--- a/godal_test.go
+++ b/godal_test.go
@@ -3459,6 +3459,22 @@ func (mvp mvpHandler) ReadAtMulti(k string, buf [][]byte, off []int64) ([]int, e
 	}
 	return b.(KeyMultiReader).ReadAtMulti(k, buf, off)
 }
+func TestHasVSIHandler(t *testing.T) { // stripPrefix false
+	assert.False(t, HasVSIHandler("unregistered_prefix://"))
+
+	vpa := vpHandler{datas: make(map[string]KeySizerReaderAt)}
+	err := RegisterVSIHandler("registered_prefix://", vpa, VSIHandlerStripPrefix(false))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, HasVSIHandler("registered_prefix://"))
+
+	// nil handler
+	err = RegisterVSIHandler("nil_prefix://", nil)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.False(t, HasVSIHandler("nil_prefix://"))
+
+	// unregistered_prefix
+	assert.False(t, HasVSIHandler("unregistered_prefix://"))
+}
 
 func TestVSIPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 	tifdat, _ := ioutil.ReadFile("testdata/test.tif")