diff --git a/doc/classes/Node.xml b/doc/classes/Node.xml
index 9140da2f8..508fbe446 100644
--- a/doc/classes/Node.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/Node.xml
@@ -444,6 +444,13 @@
 			<description>
 			</description>
 		</method>
+		<method name="is_node_ready" qualifiers="const">
+			<return type="bool" />
+			<description>
+				Returns [code]true[/code] if the node is ready, i.e. it's inside scene tree and all its children are initialized.
+				[method request_ready] resets it back to [code]false[/code].
+			</description>
+		</method>
 		<method name="is_physics_interpolated" qualifiers="const">
 			<return type="bool" />
 			<description>
diff --git a/scene/main/node.cpp b/scene/main/node.cpp
index dd9455333..db070a615 100644
--- a/scene/main/node.cpp
+++ b/scene/main/node.cpp
@@ -3487,6 +3487,10 @@ bool Node::is_displayed_folded() const {
 	return data.display_folded;
 }
 
+bool Node::is_node_ready() const {
+	return !data.ready_first;
+}
+
 void Node::request_ready() {
 	data.ready_first = true;
 }
@@ -3602,6 +3606,7 @@ void Node::_bind_methods() {
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("queue_free"), &Node::queue_delete);
 
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("request_ready"), &Node::request_ready);
+	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("is_node_ready"), &Node::is_node_ready);
 
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("set_network_master", "id", "recursive"), &Node::set_network_master, DEFVAL(true));
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_network_master"), &Node::get_network_master);
diff --git a/scene/main/node.h b/scene/main/node.h
index e5c14c4b3..1e780ae48 100644
--- a/scene/main/node.h
+++ b/scene/main/node.h
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ public:
 	}
 	void reset_physics_interpolation();
 
+	bool is_node_ready() const;
 	void request_ready();
 
 	static void print_stray_nodes();