diff --git a/core/java/android/database/DatabaseUtils.java b/core/java/android/database/DatabaseUtils.java
index 1fc12263e4ee7..e2d972451976f 100644
--- a/core/java/android/database/DatabaseUtils.java
+++ b/core/java/android/database/DatabaseUtils.java
@@ -791,6 +791,18 @@ public class DatabaseUtils {
                     selectionArgs);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Query the table to check whether a table is empty or not
+     * @param db the database the table is in
+     * @param table the name of the table to query
+     * @return True if the table is empty
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public static boolean queryIsEmpty(SQLiteDatabase db, String table) {
+        long isEmpty = longForQuery(db, "select exists(select 1 from " + table + ")", null);
+        return isEmpty == 0;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Utility method to run the query on the db and return the value in the
      * first column of the first row.