diff --git a/components/openmw-mp/Controllers/PlayerPacketController.cpp b/components/openmw-mp/Controllers/PlayerPacketController.cpp
index ed232d985..5817069fe 100644
--- a/components/openmw-mp/Controllers/PlayerPacketController.cpp
+++ b/components/openmw-mp/Controllers/PlayerPacketController.cpp
@@ -73,4 +73,13 @@ void mwmp::PlayerPacketController::SetStream(RakNet::BitStream *inStream, RakNet
 {
     BOOST_FOREACH( packets_t::value_type &packet, packets )
         packet.second->SetStreams(inStream, outStream);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+bool mwmp::PlayerPacketController::ContainsPacket(RakNet::MessageID id)
+{
+    BOOST_FOREACH(packets_t::value_type &packet, packets) {
+        if (packet.first == id)
+            return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
diff --git a/components/openmw-mp/Controllers/PlayerPacketController.hpp b/components/openmw-mp/Controllers/PlayerPacketController.hpp
index 1938edb50..fc2927c65 100644
--- a/components/openmw-mp/Controllers/PlayerPacketController.hpp
+++ b/components/openmw-mp/Controllers/PlayerPacketController.hpp
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ namespace mwmp
         PlayerPacket *GetPacket(RakNet::MessageID id);
         void SetStream(RakNet::BitStream *inStream, RakNet::BitStream *outStream);
 
+        bool ContainsPacket(RakNet::MessageID id);
+
         typedef std::map<unsigned char, boost::shared_ptr<PlayerPacket> > packets_t;
     private:
         packets_t packets;
diff --git a/components/openmw-mp/Controllers/WorldPacketController.cpp b/components/openmw-mp/Controllers/WorldPacketController.cpp
index 3a077892e..b3295ceb8 100644
--- a/components/openmw-mp/Controllers/WorldPacketController.cpp
+++ b/components/openmw-mp/Controllers/WorldPacketController.cpp
@@ -29,4 +29,13 @@ void mwmp::WorldPacketController::SetStream(RakNet::BitStream *inStream, RakNet:
 {
     BOOST_FOREACH( packets_t::value_type &packet, packets )
         packet.second->SetStreams(inStream, outStream);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+bool mwmp::WorldPacketController::ContainsPacket(RakNet::MessageID id)
+{
+    BOOST_FOREACH(packets_t::value_type &packet, packets) {
+        if (packet.first == id)
+            return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
diff --git a/components/openmw-mp/Controllers/WorldPacketController.hpp b/components/openmw-mp/Controllers/WorldPacketController.hpp
index 8831a2e66..d96a8c886 100644
--- a/components/openmw-mp/Controllers/WorldPacketController.hpp
+++ b/components/openmw-mp/Controllers/WorldPacketController.hpp
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ namespace mwmp
         WorldPacket *GetPacket(RakNet::MessageID id);
         void SetStream(RakNet::BitStream *inStream, RakNet::BitStream *outStream);
 
+        bool ContainsPacket(RakNet::MessageID id);
+
         typedef std::map<unsigned char, boost::shared_ptr<WorldPacket> > packets_t;
     private:
         packets_t packets;