diff --git a/kdump-lib.sh b/kdump-lib.sh
index e73ac09..aac0c5f 100755
--- a/kdump-lib.sh
+++ b/kdump-lib.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-# Kdump common functions
+# Kdump common variables and functions
 #
 
+FENCE_KDUMP_CONFIG="/etc/sysconfig/fence_kdump"
+FENCE_KDUMP_SEND="/usr/libexec/fence_kdump_send"
+FENCE_KDUMP_NODES="/etc/fence_kdump_nodes"
+
 is_ssh_dump_target()
 {
     grep -q "^ssh[[:blank:]].*@" /etc/kdump.conf
@@ -22,3 +26,14 @@ strip_comments()
 {
     echo $@ | sed -e 's/\(.*\)#.*/\1/'
 }
+
+# Check if fence kdump is configured in cluster
+is_fence_kdump()
+{
+    # no pcs or fence_kdump_send executables installed?
+    type -P pcs > /dev/null || return 1
+    [ -x $FENCE_KDUMP_SEND ] || return 1
+
+    # fence kdump not configured?
+    (pcs cluster cib | grep -q 'type="fence_kdump"') &> /dev/null || return 1
+}