diff --git a/coreapi/linphonecore_jni.cc b/coreapi/linphonecore_jni.cc
index c78a9baa3..c21f8a38c 100644
--- a/coreapi/linphonecore_jni.cc
+++ b/coreapi/linphonecore_jni.cc
@@ -3862,6 +3862,11 @@ extern "C" void Java_org_linphone_core_LinphoneFriendImpl_setPresenceModel(JNIEn
 	linphone_friend_set_presence_model(lf, model);
 }
 
+extern "C" jboolean Java_org_linphone_core_LinphoneFriendImpl_isAlreadyPresentInFriendList(JNIEnv* env, jobject thiz, jlong ptr) {
+	LinphoneFriend *lf = (LinphoneFriend *)ptr;
+	return (jboolean)lf->friend_list != NULL;
+}
+
 /*
  * Class:     org_linphone_core_LinphoneFriendImpl
  * Method:    getPresenceModel
diff --git a/java/common/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriend.java b/java/common/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriend.java
index f6bab40fd..e79c57404 100644
--- a/java/common/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriend.java
+++ b/java/common/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriend.java
@@ -204,4 +204,9 @@ public interface LinphoneFriend {
 	String[] getPhoneNumbers();
 	void addPhoneNumber(String phone);
 	void removePhoneNumber(String phone);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Returns true if friend has already been added in a LinphoneFriendList, false otherwise
+	 */
+	boolean isAlreadyPresentInFriendList();
 }
diff --git a/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriendImpl.java b/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriendImpl.java
index e30d35ce6..ca25208d2 100644
--- a/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriendImpl.java
+++ b/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LinphoneFriendImpl.java
@@ -225,4 +225,10 @@ class LinphoneFriendImpl implements LinphoneFriend, Serializable {
 	public void removePhoneNumber(String phone) {
 		removePhoneNumber(nativePtr, phone);
 	}
+	
+	private native boolean isAlreadyPresentInFriendList(long nativePtr);
+	@Override
+	public boolean isAlreadyPresentInFriendList() {
+		return isAlreadyPresentInFriendList(nativePtr);
+	}
 }