diff --git a/agent/agent.c b/agent/agent.c
index a11f55b889932b9f6fabe7bc67c7c715080cd5eb..d17f3d2bf9fdac83d22e2bc0482190e27e7e062d 100644
--- a/agent/agent.c
+++ b/agent/agent.c
@@ -5866,3 +5866,20 @@ agent_socket_send (NiceSocket *sock, const NiceAddress *addr, gsize len,
     return ret;
   }
 }
+
+NiceComponentState
+nice_agent_get_component_state (NiceAgent *agent,
+    guint stream_id, guint component_id)
+{
+  NiceComponentState state = NICE_COMPONENT_STATE_FAILED;
+  Component *component;
+
+  agent_lock ();
+
+  if (agent_find_component (agent, stream_id, component_id, NULL, &component))
+    state = component->state;
+
+  agent_unlock ();
+
+  return state;
+}
diff --git a/agent/agent.h b/agent/agent.h
index da59b45a8c9d750647f43f2505066c1bf98f1d2f..501933ff6a591e9311ee7cddced24e608cd77556 100644
--- a/agent/agent.h
+++ b/agent/agent.h
@@ -1487,6 +1487,24 @@ nice_agent_forget_relays (NiceAgent *agent,
     guint stream_id,
     guint component_id);
 
+/**
+ * nice_agent_get_component_state:
+ * @agent: The #NiceAgent Object
+ * @stream_id: The ID of the stream
+ * @component_id: The ID of the component
+ *
+ * Retrieves the current state of a component.
+ *
+ * Returns: the #NiceComponentState of the component and
+ * %NICE_COMPONENT_STATE_FAILED if the component was invalid.
+ *
+ * Since: 0.1.7
+ */
+NiceComponentState
+nice_agent_get_component_state (NiceAgent *agent,
+    guint stream_id,
+    guint component_id);
+
 G_END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* _AGENT_H */
diff --git a/nice/libnice.sym b/nice/libnice.sym
index 117d00a2adb2aa6225628e653a9d212833a15b90..9a7cc790db7dd75817dd93d975686ffa497d242d 100644
--- a/nice/libnice.sym
+++ b/nice/libnice.sym
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ nice_agent_gather_candidates
 nice_agent_generate_local_candidate_sdp
 nice_agent_generate_local_sdp
 nice_agent_generate_local_stream_sdp
+nice_agent_get_component_state
 nice_agent_get_default_local_candidate
 nice_agent_get_io_stream
 nice_agent_get_local_candidates