diff --git a/include/haproxy/cpuset.h b/include/haproxy/cpuset.h
index 2977b38fe..4f795f264 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/cpuset.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/cpuset.h
@@ -41,4 +41,9 @@ void ha_cpuset_assign(struct hap_cpuset *dst, struct hap_cpuset *src);
  */
 int ha_cpuset_size(void);
 
+/* Returns true if at least one cpu-map directive was configured, otherwise
+ * false.
+ */
+int cpu_map_configured(void);
+
 #endif /* _HAPROXY_CPUSET_H */
diff --git a/src/cpuset.c b/src/cpuset.c
index e789b23a9..76fad1fb2 100644
--- a/src/cpuset.c
+++ b/src/cpuset.c
@@ -118,3 +118,20 @@ int ha_cpuset_size()
 
 #endif
 }
+
+/* Returns true if at least one cpu-map directive was configured, otherwise
+ * false.
+ */
+int cpu_map_configured(void)
+{
+	int grp, thr;
+
+	for (grp = 0; grp < MAX_TGROUPS; grp++) {
+		if (ha_cpuset_count(&cpu_map[grp].proc))
+			return 1;
+		for (thr = 0; thr < MAX_THREADS_PER_GROUP; thr++)
+			if (ha_cpuset_count(&cpu_map[grp].thread[thr]))
+				return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}