diff --git a/HTML/EN/html/docs/cli-api.html b/HTML/EN/html/docs/cli-api.html
index 9e07fc018ef..8c107247b60 100644
--- a/HTML/EN/html/docs/cli-api.html
+++ b/HTML/EN/html/docs/cli-api.html
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ <h2 id="Introduction">Introduction</h2>
 
 <h3 id="Changelog">Changelog</h3>
 
+<h4 id="8.2">Changes starting from Squeezebox Server 8.2</h4>
+<ul>
+	<li>Added query to figure out whether fulltext search is enabled or not (<a href="#fulltextsearch">fulltextsearch</a>).</li>
+</ul>
+
 <h4 id="8.0">Changes starting from Squeezebox Server 8.0</h4>
 <ul>
 	<li>Added support for external IDs: when libraries from online music services are imported, <a href="#artists">artists</a>, <a href="#albums">albums</a>, and <a href="#titles">titles</a>
@@ -8762,6 +8767,9 @@ <h3 id="PG">
 	<li>
 		<strong><code><a href="#radios">apps</a></code></strong>
 	</li>
+	<li>
+		<strong><code><a href="#fulltextsearch">fulltextsearch</a></code></strong>
+	</li>
 	<li>
 		<strong><a href="#XMLBrowser">Live Music Archive, MP3tunes, Pandora, Podcasts, RadioTime, Napster, Shoutcast, Staff Picks, RSS</a></strong>
 	</li>
@@ -8909,6 +8917,28 @@ <h3 id="PG">
 </blockquote>
 
 
+<br>
+<p id="fulltextsearch">
+	<strong>
+		<code>
+			fulltextsearch ?
+		</code>
+	</strong>
+</p>
+<p>
+	The &quot;fulltextsearch&quot; query returns a flag to tell whether the fulltext search is available.
+</p>
+<p>
+	Example:
+</p>
+<blockquote>
+	<p>
+  		Request: &quot;fulltextsearch ?&lt;LF&gt;&quot;
+  		<br>
+		Response: &quot;fulltextsearch 1&lt;LF&gt;&quot;
+	</p>
+</blockquote>
+
 <br>
 <h3 id="XMLBrowser">
 	Live Music Archive, MP3tunes, Pandora, Podcasts, RadioTime, Napster, Shoutcast, Staff Picks, RSS
diff --git a/Slim/Plugin/FullTextSearch/Plugin.pm b/Slim/Plugin/FullTextSearch/Plugin.pm
index 32e2a61bce5..6cc28af533d 100644
--- a/Slim/Plugin/FullTextSearch/Plugin.pm
+++ b/Slim/Plugin/FullTextSearch/Plugin.pm
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ sub initPlugin {
 		Slim::Utils::Timers::setTimer( $_[1], time() + 1, \&checkPlaylist, $_[0] );
 	}, want_object => 1 } );
 
+	# allow external callers to figure out whether FTS is enabled or not
+	Slim::Control::Request::addDispatch(['fulltextsearch', '?'], [0, 1, 0, sub {
+		$_[0]->addResult('_can', Slim::Schema->canFulltextSearch ? 1 : 0);
+	}]);
+
 	# don't continue if the library hasn't been initialized yet, or if a schema change is going to trigger a rescan anyway
 	return unless Slim::Schema->hasLibrary() && !Slim::Schema->schemaUpdated;