diff --git a/schema.hh b/schema.hh
index 0eb74a612f..5732038b32 100644
--- a/schema.hh
+++ b/schema.hh
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public:
     column_kind kind;
     ::shared_ptr<cql3::column_specification> column_specification;
     bool is_static() const { return kind == column_kind::STATIC; }
+    bool is_regular() const { return kind == column_kind::REGULAR; }
     bool is_partition_key() const { return kind == column_kind::PARTITION; }
     bool is_clustering_key() const { return kind == column_kind::CLUSTERING; }
     bool is_primary_key() const { return kind == column_kind::PARTITION || kind == column_kind::CLUSTERING; }