diff --git a/src/core/window-private.h b/src/core/window-private.h
index b4de8a60a..ccb5b719d 100644
--- a/src/core/window-private.h
+++ b/src/core/window-private.h
@@ -830,6 +830,7 @@ void meta_window_set_gtk_dbus_properties  (MetaWindow *window,
                                            const char *window_object_path);
 
 gboolean meta_window_has_transient_type   (MetaWindow *window);
+gboolean meta_window_has_modals           (MetaWindow *window);
 
 void meta_window_set_transient_for        (MetaWindow *window,
                                            MetaWindow *parent);
diff --git a/src/core/window.c b/src/core/window.c
index b66042e62..518cebb34 100644
--- a/src/core/window.c
+++ b/src/core/window.c
@@ -8021,6 +8021,35 @@ meta_window_has_attached_dialogs (MetaWindow *window)
   return has_attached;
 }
 
+static gboolean
+has_modals_foreach_func (MetaWindow *window,
+                         void       *data)
+{
+  gboolean *is_modal = data;
+
+  *is_modal = window->type == META_WINDOW_MODAL_DIALOG && !window->unmanaging;
+
+  if (*is_modal)
+    return FALSE;
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * meta_window_has_modals:
+ * @window: a #MetaWindow
+ *
+ * Return value: whether @window has any modal transients
+ */
+gboolean
+meta_window_has_modals (MetaWindow *window)
+{
+  gboolean has_modals = FALSE;
+
+  meta_window_foreach_transient (window, has_modals_foreach_func, &has_modals);
+  return has_modals;
+}
+
 /**
  * meta_window_get_tile_match:
  * @window: a #MetaWindow