diff --git a/components/wifi_provisioning/include/wifi_provisioning/manager.h b/components/wifi_provisioning/include/wifi_provisioning/manager.h
index 72c6d6d50b..b8780762f6 100644
--- a/components/wifi_provisioning/include/wifi_provisioning/manager.h
+++ b/components/wifi_provisioning/include/wifi_provisioning/manager.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -282,6 +282,13 @@ void wifi_prov_mgr_deinit(void);
  */
 esp_err_t wifi_prov_mgr_is_provisioned(bool *provisioned);
 
+/**
+ * @brief   Checks whether the provisioning state machine is idle
+ *
+ * @return  True if state machine is idle, else false
+ */
+bool wifi_prov_mgr_is_sm_idle(void);
+
 /**
  * @brief   Start provisioning service
  *
diff --git a/components/wifi_provisioning/src/manager.c b/components/wifi_provisioning/src/manager.c
index 07022ecbfd..6b2e325472 100644
--- a/components/wifi_provisioning/src/manager.c
+++ b/components/wifi_provisioning/src/manager.c
@@ -1214,6 +1214,11 @@ esp_err_t wifi_prov_mgr_is_provisioned(bool *provisioned)
     return ESP_OK;
 }
 
+bool wifi_prov_mgr_is_sm_idle(void)
+{
+    return (prov_ctx->prov_state == WIFI_PROV_STATE_IDLE);
+}
+
 static void wifi_connect_timer_cb(void *arg)
 {
     if (esp_wifi_connect() != ESP_OK) {