diff --git a/src/modules/rtp/rtsp_client.c b/src/modules/rtp/rtsp_client.c
index 6e65860cb..198417ee5 100644
--- a/src/modules/rtp/rtsp_client.c
+++ b/src/modules/rtp/rtsp_client.c
@@ -389,6 +389,12 @@ void pa_rtsp_remove_header(pa_rtsp_client *c, const char *key) {
     pa_headerlist_remove(c->headers, key);
 }
 
+bool pa_rtsp_exec_ready(const pa_rtsp_client *c) {
+    pa_assert(c);
+
+    return c->url != NULL && c->ioline != NULL;
+}
+
 static int rtsp_exec(pa_rtsp_client *c, const char *cmd,
                         const char *content_type, const char *content,
                         int expect_response,
diff --git a/src/modules/rtp/rtsp_client.h b/src/modules/rtp/rtsp_client.h
index 7e9978d49..abc60ee87 100644
--- a/src/modules/rtp/rtsp_client.h
+++ b/src/modules/rtp/rtsp_client.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ void pa_rtsp_set_url(pa_rtsp_client *c, const char *url);
 void pa_rtsp_add_header(pa_rtsp_client *c, const char *key, const char *value);
 void pa_rtsp_remove_header(pa_rtsp_client *c, const char *key);
 
+bool pa_rtsp_exec_ready(const pa_rtsp_client *c);
+
 int pa_rtsp_options(pa_rtsp_client *c);
 int pa_rtsp_announce(pa_rtsp_client *c, const char *sdp);