diff --git a/src/app-layer-parser.c b/src/app-layer-parser.c
index 441ca33f11..b33a0144f7 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-parser.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-parser.c
@@ -943,6 +943,14 @@ int AppLayerParserProtocolSupportsTxs(uint8_t ipproto, AppProto alproto)
     SCReturnInt(r);
 }
 
+int AppLayerParserProtocolHasLogger(uint8_t ipproto, AppProto alproto)
+{
+    SCEnter();
+    int ipproto_map = FlowGetProtoMapping(ipproto);
+    int r = (alp_ctx.ctxs[ipproto_map][alproto].logger == 0) ? 0 : 1;
+    SCReturnInt(r);
+}
+
 void AppLayerParserTriggerRawStreamReassembly(Flow *f)
 {
     SCEnter();
diff --git a/src/app-layer-parser.h b/src/app-layer-parser.h
index 0f3cc7e885..6496833898 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-parser.h
+++ b/src/app-layer-parser.h
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ int AppLayerParserHasDecoderEvents(uint8_t ipproto, AppProto alproto, void *alst
 int AppLayerParserProtocolIsTxAware(uint8_t ipproto, AppProto alproto);
 int AppLayerParserProtocolIsTxEventAware(uint8_t ipproto, AppProto alproto);
 int AppLayerParserProtocolSupportsTxs(uint8_t ipproto, AppProto alproto);
+int AppLayerParserProtocolHasLogger(uint8_t ipproto, AppProto alproto);
 void AppLayerParserTriggerRawStreamReassembly(Flow *f);
 
 /***** Cleanup *****/