diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/FifoPlayer/FifoPlayer.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/FifoPlayer/FifoPlayer.cpp
index 32d0c0871c..7936951f31 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/FifoPlayer/FifoPlayer.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/FifoPlayer/FifoPlayer.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
 #include "Common/MsgHandler.h"
 #include "Core/ConfigManager.h"
+#include "Core/Core.h"
 #include "Core/CoreTiming.h"
 #include "Core/FifoPlayer/FifoAnalyzer.h"
 #include "Core/FifoPlayer/FifoDataFile.h"
@@ -67,6 +68,11 @@ void FifoPlayer::Close()
   m_FrameRangeEnd = 0;
 }
 
+bool FifoPlayer::IsPlaying() const
+{
+  return GetFile() != nullptr && Core::IsRunning();
+}
+
 class FifoPlayer::CPUCore final : public CPUCoreBase
 {
 public:
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/FifoPlayer/FifoPlayer.h b/Source/Core/Core/FifoPlayer/FifoPlayer.h
index b2db00cb0f..12f5ae0745 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/FifoPlayer/FifoPlayer.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/FifoPlayer/FifoPlayer.h
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ public:
   // PowerPC state.
   std::unique_ptr<CPUCoreBase> GetCPUCore();
 
+  bool IsPlaying() const;
+
   FifoDataFile* GetFile() const { return m_File.get(); }
   u32 GetFrameObjectCount() const;
   u32 GetCurrentFrameNum() const { return m_CurrentFrame; }