2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/embed/ephy-embed-utils.c b/embed/ephy-embed-utils.c
index e163680be..d0e369052 100644
--- a/embed/ephy-embed-utils.c
+++ b/embed/ephy-embed-utils.c
@@ -116,3 +116,18 @@ ephy_embed_utils_normalize_address (const char *address)
 	
 	return effective_address;
 }
+
+gboolean
+ephy_embed_utils_url_is_empty (const char *location)
+{
+	gboolean is_empty = FALSE;
+
+        if (location == NULL || location[0] == '\0' ||
+            strcmp (location, "about:blank") == 0)
+        {
+                is_empty = TRUE;
+        }
+
+        return is_empty;
+}
+
diff --git a/embed/ephy-embed-utils.h b/embed/ephy-embed-utils.h
index 3b6d1b609..28ba0a96c 100644
--- a/embed/ephy-embed-utils.h
+++ b/embed/ephy-embed-utils.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
 char*    ephy_embed_utils_link_message_parse     (char       *message);
 gboolean ephy_embed_utils_address_has_web_scheme (const char *address);
 char*    ephy_embed_utils_normalize_address      (const char *address);
+gboolean ephy_embed_utils_url_is_empty           (const char *location);
 
 G_END_DECLS