diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 796c54fd4..fa9dff983 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 **Features**:
 
+- Add `sentry_is_enabled` for checking whether the SDK has been initialized. ([#2045](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/2045))
 - Add `sentry_event_set_level` for setting the level of an individual event. ([#2038](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/2038))
 
 **Fixes**:
diff --git a/include/sentry.h b/include/sentry.h
index f4e607566..449e4a455 100644
--- a/include/sentry.h
+++ b/include/sentry.h
@@ -2382,6 +2382,16 @@ SENTRY_API void sentry_options_set_backend(
  */
 SENTRY_API int sentry_init(sentry_options_t *options);
 
+/**
+ * Returns whether the Sentry SDK has been initialized successfully and has not
+ * yet been closed.
+ *
+ * Returns 1 after `sentry_init()` completes successfully and until
+ * `sentry_close()` completes. Returns 0 before initialization, after failed
+ * initialization, and after close.
+ */
+SENTRY_API int sentry_is_enabled(void);
+
 /**
  * Instructs the transport to flush its send-queue.
  *
diff --git a/src/sentry_core.c b/src/sentry_core.c
index 31e453ea0..da00f19ba 100644
--- a/src/sentry_core.c
+++ b/src/sentry_core.c
@@ -343,6 +343,14 @@ sentry_init(sentry_options_t *options)
     return 1;
 }
 
+int
+sentry_is_enabled(void)
+{
+    int enabled = sentry__options_lock() != NULL;
+    sentry__options_unlock();
+    return enabled;
+}
+
 int
 sentry_flush(uint64_t timeout)
 {
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_failures.c b/tests/unit/test_failures.c
index 169d0fb24..f84785fe3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_failures.c
+++ b/tests/unit/test_failures.c
@@ -34,5 +34,6 @@ SENTRY_TEST(init_failure)
     }
 #else
     TEST_CHECK(rv != 0);
+    TEST_CHECK(!sentry_is_enabled());
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_uninit.c b/tests/unit/test_uninit.c
index 3c510da0a..11dfefa2d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_uninit.c
+++ b/tests/unit/test_uninit.c
@@ -42,6 +42,25 @@ SENTRY_TEST(uninitialized)
     sentry_close();
 }
 
+SENTRY_TEST(is_enabled)
+{
+    TEST_CHECK(!sentry_is_enabled());
+
+    SENTRY_TEST_OPTIONS_NEW(options);
+    TEST_CHECK(sentry_init(options) == 0);
+    TEST_CHECK(sentry_is_enabled());
+
+    sentry_close();
+    TEST_CHECK(!sentry_is_enabled());
+
+    SENTRY_TEST_OPTIONS_NEW(reinit_options);
+    TEST_CHECK(sentry_init(reinit_options) == 0);
+    TEST_CHECK(sentry_is_enabled());
+
+    sentry_close();
+    TEST_CHECK(!sentry_is_enabled());
+}
+
 SENTRY_TEST(empty_transport)
 {
     SENTRY_TEST_OPTIONS_NEW(options);
diff --git a/tests/unit/tests.inc b/tests/unit/tests.inc
index bf5f7af10..ca01f5aaf 100644
--- a/tests/unit/tests.inc
+++ b/tests/unit/tests.inc
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ XX(installation_id)
 XX(internal_uuid_api)
 XX(invalid_dsn)
 XX(invalid_proxy)
+XX(is_enabled)
 XX(iso_time)
 XX(lazy_attachments)
 XX(logger_enable_disable_functionality)