diff --git a/src/lib.zig b/src/lib.zig
index 6e4d998d30b007b21981072d2e4e6dc4d6c85475..1aacd86ff0d994b7647f12da5db05ee5a83b6192 100644
--- a/src/lib.zig
+++ b/src/lib.zig
@@ -77,3 +77,13 @@ pub fn doesFolderExist(dir: ?std.fs.Dir, fpath: []const u8) !bool {
     }
     return true;
 }
+
+pub fn doesFileExist(dir: ?std.fs.Dir, fpath: []const u8) !bool {
+    const file = (dir orelse std.fs.cwd()).openFile(fpath, .{}) catch |e| switch (e) {
+        error.FileNotFound => return false,
+        error.IsDir => return true,
+        else => return e,
+    };
+    defer file.close();
+    return true;
+}