diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 6b7261b987..93afd79e34 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -2924,6 +2924,7 @@ virPCIDeviceAddressIsValid;
 virPCIDeviceAddressParse;
 virPCIDeviceCopy;
 virPCIDeviceDetach;
+virPCIDeviceExists;
 virPCIDeviceFileIterate;
 virPCIDeviceFree;
 virPCIDeviceGetAddress;
diff --git a/src/util/virpci.c b/src/util/virpci.c
index 8147ce11e9..fd2c6525ab 100644
--- a/src/util/virpci.c
+++ b/src/util/virpci.c
@@ -1448,6 +1448,16 @@ virPCIDeviceAddressAsString(const virPCIDeviceAddress *addr)
     return str;
 }
 
+bool
+virPCIDeviceExists(const virPCIDeviceAddress *addr)
+{
+    g_autofree char *devName = virPCIDeviceAddressAsString(addr);
+    g_autofree char *devPath = g_strdup_printf(PCI_SYSFS "devices/%s/config",
+                                               devName);
+
+    return virFileExists(devPath);
+}
+
 virPCIDevicePtr
 virPCIDeviceNew(const virPCIDeviceAddress *address)
 {
diff --git a/src/util/virpci.h b/src/util/virpci.h
index 3f609212c7..bb8bd9b561 100644
--- a/src/util/virpci.h
+++ b/src/util/virpci.h
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ int virPCIDeviceAddressGetIOMMUGroupAddresses(virPCIDeviceAddressPtr devAddr,
                                               size_t *nIommuGroupDevices);
 int virPCIDeviceAddressGetIOMMUGroupNum(virPCIDeviceAddressPtr addr);
 char *virPCIDeviceAddressGetIOMMUGroupDev(const virPCIDeviceAddress *devAddr);
+bool virPCIDeviceExists(const virPCIDeviceAddress *addr);
 char *virPCIDeviceGetIOMMUGroupDev(virPCIDevicePtr dev);
 
 int virPCIDeviceIsAssignable(virPCIDevicePtr dev,