diff --git a/clutter/clutter-event.c b/clutter/clutter-event.c
index f96470750..392f1b2df 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-event.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-event.c
@@ -1594,3 +1594,35 @@ clutter_event_get_angle (const ClutterEvent *source,
 
   return angle;
 }
+
+/**
+ * clutter_event_has_shift_modifier:
+ * @event: a #ClutterEvent
+ *
+ * Checks whether @event has the Shift modifier mask set.
+ *
+ * Return value: %TRUE if the event has the Shift modifier mask set
+ *
+ * Since: 1.12
+ */
+gboolean
+clutter_event_has_shift_modifier (const ClutterEvent *event)
+{
+  return (clutter_event_get_state (event) & CLUTTER_SHIFT_MASK) != FALSE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * clutter_event_has_control_modifier:
+ * @event: a #ClutterEvent
+ *
+ * Checks whether @event has the Control modifier mask set.
+ *
+ * Return value: %TRUE if the event has the Control modifier mask set
+ *
+ * Since: 1.12
+ */
+gboolean
+clutter_event_has_control_modifier (const ClutterEvent *event)
+{
+  return (clutter_event_get_state (event) & CLUTTER_CONTROL_MASK) != FALSE;
+}
diff --git a/clutter/clutter-event.h b/clutter/clutter-event.h
index 7a3685cc4..1fe60c0f5 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-event.h
+++ b/clutter/clutter-event.h
@@ -466,6 +466,11 @@ double                  clutter_event_get_angle                 (const ClutterEv
 gdouble *               clutter_event_get_axes                  (const ClutterEvent     *event,
                                                                  guint                  *n_axes);
 
+CLUTTER_AVAILABLE_IN_1_12
+gboolean                clutter_event_has_shift_modifier        (const ClutterEvent     *event);
+CLUTTER_AVAILABLE_IN_1_12
+gboolean                clutter_event_has_control_modifier      (const ClutterEvent     *event);
+
 void                    clutter_event_set_key_symbol            (ClutterEvent           *event,
                                                                  guint                   key_sym);
 guint                   clutter_event_get_key_symbol            (const ClutterEvent     *event);
diff --git a/clutter/clutter.symbols b/clutter/clutter.symbols
index 7b819185a..ef0477d11 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter.symbols
+++ b/clutter/clutter.symbols
@@ -652,6 +652,8 @@ clutter_event_get_state
 clutter_event_get_type
 clutter_event_get_time
 clutter_event_get
+clutter_event_has_control_modifier
+clutter_event_has_shift_modifier
 clutter_event_new
 clutter_event_peek
 clutter_event_put
diff --git a/doc/reference/clutter/clutter-sections.txt b/doc/reference/clutter/clutter-sections.txt
index d1e2cdeac..78918ddce 100644
--- a/doc/reference/clutter/clutter-sections.txt
+++ b/doc/reference/clutter/clutter-sections.txt
@@ -1088,6 +1088,8 @@ clutter_event_get_event_sequence
 clutter_event_get_angle
 clutter_event_get_distance
 clutter_event_get_position
+clutter_event_has_control_modifier
+clutter_event_has_shift_modifier
 
 <SUBSECTION>
 clutter_event_get
diff --git a/tests/interactive/test-text-field.c b/tests/interactive/test-text-field.c
index b1738c3af..74d712085 100644
--- a/tests/interactive/test-text-field.c
+++ b/tests/interactive/test-text-field.c
@@ -34,10 +34,8 @@ on_captured_event (ClutterText *text,
 
   c = clutter_event_get_key_unicode (event);
   keyval = clutter_event_get_key_symbol (event);
-  if (keyval == CLUTTER_KEY_u)
+  if (keyval == CLUTTER_KEY_U)
     {
-      ClutterModifierType mods = clutter_event_get_state (event);
-
       if (is_unicode_mode)
         {
           GString *str = g_object_get_data (G_OBJECT (text), "unicode-str");
@@ -54,8 +52,7 @@ on_captured_event (ClutterText *text,
           return FALSE;
         }
 
-      if ((mods & CLUTTER_CONTROL_MASK) &&
-          (mods & CLUTTER_SHIFT_MASK))
+      if (clutter_event_has_control_modifier (event))
         {
           PangoAttrList *attrs;
           PangoAttribute *a;
@@ -99,7 +96,7 @@ on_captured_event (ClutterText *text,
 
       g_string_append (str, buf);
 
-      g_print ("added '%s' to '%s' (len:%d)",
+      g_print ("added '%s' to '%s' (len:%d)\n",
                buf,
                str->str,
                (int) str->len);