diff --git a/src/app-layer-ssl.c b/src/app-layer-ssl.c
index b7660a448a..2a7477a2ba 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-ssl.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-ssl.c
@@ -2996,6 +2996,16 @@ void SSLEnableJA3(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+bool SSLJA3IsEnabled(void)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_NSS
+    if (SC_ATOMIC_GET(ssl_config.enable_ja3)) {
+        return true;
+    }
+#endif
+    return false;
+}
+
 /***************************************Unittests******************************/
 
 #ifdef UNITTESTS
diff --git a/src/app-layer-ssl.h b/src/app-layer-ssl.h
index 5bb5ef3b8e..597e85cd02 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-ssl.h
+++ b/src/app-layer-ssl.h
@@ -257,5 +257,6 @@ void SSLParserRegisterTests(void);
 void SSLSetEvent(SSLState *ssl_state, uint8_t event);
 void SSLVersionToString(uint16_t, char *);
 void SSLEnableJA3(void);
+bool SSLJA3IsEnabled(void);
 
 #endif /* __APP_LAYER_SSL_H__ */