diff --git a/include/aws/common/priority_queue.h b/include/aws/common/priority_queue.h
index e29347782..b240e19ca 100644
--- a/include/aws/common/priority_queue.h
+++ b/include/aws/common/priority_queue.h
@@ -83,14 +83,6 @@ void aws_priority_queue_init_static(
     size_t item_size,
     aws_priority_queue_compare_fn *pred);
 
-/**
- * Initializes a queue node to a default value that indicates the node is not in the queue.
- *
- * @param node priority queue node to initialize with a default value
- */
-AWS_COMMON_API
-void aws_priority_queue_node_init(struct aws_priority_queue_node *node);
-
 /**
  * Checks that the backpointer at a specific index of the queue is
  * NULL or points to a correctly allocated aws_priority_queue_node.
@@ -183,6 +175,24 @@ size_t aws_priority_queue_size(const struct aws_priority_queue *queue);
 AWS_COMMON_API
 size_t aws_priority_queue_capacity(const struct aws_priority_queue *queue);
 
+/**
+ * Initializes a queue node to a default value that indicates the node is not in the queue.
+ *
+ * @param node priority queue node to initialize with a default value
+ */
+AWS_COMMON_API
+void aws_priority_queue_node_init(struct aws_priority_queue_node *node);
+
+/**
+ * Checks if a priority queue node is currently in a priority queue.
+ *
+ * @param node priority queue node to check usage for
+ *
+ * @return true if the node is in a queue, false otherwise
+ */
+AWS_COMMON_API
+bool aws_priority_queue_node_is_in_queue(const struct aws_priority_queue_node *node);
+
 AWS_EXTERN_C_END
 AWS_POP_SANE_WARNING_LEVEL
 
diff --git a/source/priority_queue.c b/source/priority_queue.c
index dfa071f75..0c7efa6a7 100644
--- a/source/priority_queue.c
+++ b/source/priority_queue.c
@@ -404,3 +404,7 @@ size_t aws_priority_queue_capacity(const struct aws_priority_queue *queue) {
 void aws_priority_queue_node_init(struct aws_priority_queue_node *node) {
     node->current_index = SIZE_MAX;
 }
+
+bool aws_priority_queue_node_is_in_queue(const struct aws_priority_queue_node *node) {
+    return node->current_index != SIZE_MAX;
+}