diff --git a/libobs/obs.c b/libobs/obs.c
index d3e8607da..3c93b8635 100644
--- a/libobs/obs.c
+++ b/libobs/obs.c
@@ -1831,3 +1831,12 @@ const char *obs_obj_get_id(void *obj)
 
 	return NULL;
 }
+
+bool obs_obj_invalid(void *obj)
+{
+	struct obs_context_data *context = obj;
+	if (!context)
+		return true;
+
+	return !context->data;
+}
diff --git a/libobs/obs.h b/libobs/obs.h
index cc9b6cd9a..bba2d793f 100644
--- a/libobs/obs.h
+++ b/libobs/obs.h
@@ -575,6 +575,7 @@ enum obs_obj_type {
 
 EXPORT enum obs_obj_type obs_obj_get_type(void *obj);
 EXPORT const char *obs_obj_get_id(void *obj);
+EXPORT bool obs_obj_invalid(void *obj);
 
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */