diff --git a/libs/libkis/Node.h b/libs/libkis/Node.h
--- a/libs/libkis/Node.h
+++ b/libs/libkis/Node.h
@@ -312,6 +312,11 @@
      */
     bool visible() const;
 
+    /**
+     * Check to see if frame number on layer is a keyframe
+     */
+    bool hasKeyframeAtTime(int frameNumber);
+
     /**
      * Set the visibility of the current node to @param visible
      */
diff --git a/libs/libkis/Node.cpp b/libs/libkis/Node.cpp
--- a/libs/libkis/Node.cpp
+++ b/libs/libkis/Node.cpp
@@ -421,6 +421,24 @@
     return d->node->visible();
 }
 
+bool Node::hasKeyframeAtTime(int frameNumber)
+{
+    if (!d->node || !d->node->isAnimated()) return false;
+
+    KisRasterKeyframeChannel *rkc = dynamic_cast<KisRasterKeyframeChannel*>(d->node->getKeyframeChannel(KisKeyframeChannel::Content.id()));
+    if (!rkc) return false;
+
+    KisKeyframeSP timeOfCurrentKeyframe = rkc->keyframeAt(frameNumber);
+
+    if (!timeOfCurrentKeyframe) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // do an assert just to be careful
+    KIS_SAFE_ASSERT_RECOVER_RETURN_VALUE(timeOfCurrentKeyframe->time() == frameNumber, false);
+    return true;
+}
+
 void Node::setVisible(bool visible)
 {
     if (!d->node) return;
diff --git a/plugins/extensions/pykrita/sip/krita/Node.sip b/plugins/extensions/pykrita/sip/krita/Node.sip
--- a/plugins/extensions/pykrita/sip/krita/Node.sip
+++ b/plugins/extensions/pykrita/sip/krita/Node.sip
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     QString type() const;
     QIcon icon() const;
     bool visible() const;
+    bool hasKeyframeAtTime(int frameNumber);
     void setVisible(bool value);
     QByteArray pixelData(int x, int y, int w, int h) const;
     QByteArray pixelDataAtTime(int x, int y, int w, int h, int time) const;