diff --git a/src/support/FileName.cpp b/src/support/FileName.cpp
index 606299ec11..18a910284d 100644
--- a/src/support/FileName.cpp
+++ b/src/support/FileName.cpp
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ bool FileName::exists() const
 }
 
 
+bool FileName::isDir() const
+{
+	return QFileInfo(toqstr(name_)).isDir();
+}
+
+
 bool FileName::isReadOnly() const
 {
 	QFileInfo const fi(toqstr(name_));
diff --git a/src/support/FileName.h b/src/support/FileName.h
index e5059b24e4..77f5c32d87 100644
--- a/src/support/FileName.h
+++ b/src/support/FileName.h
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ public:
 	std::time_t lastModified() const;
 	/// return true when file is readable but not writabel
 	bool isReadOnly() const;
+	/// return true when it names a directory
+	bool isDir() const;
 
 	/**
 	 * Get a FileName from \p name in the encoding used by the file system.