diff --git a/components/lwip/apps/sntp/sntp.c b/components/lwip/apps/sntp/sntp.c
index ef3c8ffb7a..dad0199082 100644
--- a/components/lwip/apps/sntp/sntp.c
+++ b/components/lwip/apps/sntp/sntp.c
@@ -236,3 +236,8 @@ void esp_sntp_servermode_dhcp(bool enable)
 }
 
 #endif /* LWIP_DHCP_GET_NTP_SRV */
+
+bool esp_sntp_enabled(void)
+{
+    return sntp_enabled();
+}
diff --git a/components/lwip/include/apps/esp_sntp.h b/components/lwip/include/apps/esp_sntp.h
index ef65aceeeb..08ba82fae4 100644
--- a/components/lwip/include/apps/esp_sntp.h
+++ b/components/lwip/include/apps/esp_sntp.h
@@ -213,6 +213,12 @@ const char *esp_sntp_getservername(u8_t idx);
  */
 const ip_addr_t* esp_sntp_getserver(u8_t idx);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Checks if sntp is enabled
+ * @return true if sntp module is enabled
+ */
+bool esp_sntp_enabled(void);
+
 #if LWIP_DHCP_GET_NTP_SRV
 /**
  * @brief Enable acquiring SNTP server from DHCP