diff --git a/scripts/functions b/scripts/functions
index beb47de15..3ca2b7720 100644
--- a/scripts/functions
+++ b/scripts/functions
@@ -399,6 +399,11 @@ dump_env() {
 pkgcheck() {
         egrep -q "^$2.* ($1) " $base/config/$config/packages
 }
+# Check if a package exists (is build)
+#
+pkgexists() {
+	[ -f $root/var/adm/flists/$1 ]
+}
 
 # Register a window-manager
 #