diff --git a/src/machinarium.h b/src/machinarium.h
index aac88540..c0f877a9 100644
--- a/src/machinarium.h
+++ b/src/machinarium.h
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ machine_bind(machine_io_t, struct sockaddr*);
 MACHINE_API int
 machine_accept(machine_io_t, machine_io_t*, int backlog, uint64_t time_ms);
 
+MACHINE_API int
+machine_accept_timedout(machine_io_t);
+
 MACHINE_API int
 machine_read(machine_io_t, char *buf, int size, uint64_t time_ms);
 
diff --git a/src/mm_accept.c b/src/mm_accept.c
index 20f7ee95..013a3a5d 100644
--- a/src/mm_accept.c
+++ b/src/mm_accept.c
@@ -164,3 +164,10 @@ machine_accept(machine_io_t obj, machine_io_t *client, int backlog, uint64_t tim
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+
+MACHINE_API int
+machine_accept_timedout(machine_io_t obj)
+{
+	mm_io_t *io = obj;
+	return io->accept_timedout;
+}