diff --git a/sstables/sstables.cc b/sstables/sstables.cc
index c24a66fcf9..47e15ebdd7 100644
--- a/sstables/sstables.cc
+++ b/sstables/sstables.cc
@@ -1830,6 +1830,10 @@ bool sstable::is_quarantined() const noexcept {
     return boost::algorithm::ends_with(_dir, quarantine_dir);
 }
 
+bool sstable::is_uploaded() const noexcept {
+    return boost::algorithm::ends_with(_dir, upload_dir);
+}
+
 sstring sstable::component_basename(const sstring& ks, const sstring& cf, version_types version, int64_t generation,
                                     format_types format, sstring component) {
     sstring v = _version_string.at(version);
diff --git a/sstables/sstables.hh b/sstables/sstables.hh
index 94a07b1965..c720d7e1da 100644
--- a/sstables/sstables.hh
+++ b/sstables/sstables.hh
@@ -412,6 +412,8 @@ public:
 
     bool is_quarantined() const noexcept;
 
+    bool is_uploaded() const noexcept;
+
     std::vector<std::pair<component_type, sstring>> all_components() const;
 
     future<> create_links(const sstring& dir, int64_t generation) const;