diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index df2f8cc4e6..ba808afb96 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2006-03-09  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt:
+	* gst/gsturi.c: (gst_uri_has_protocol):
+	* gst/gsturi.h:
+	   Add new API: gst_uri_has_protocol() (#333779).
+
 2006-03-09  Wim Taymans  <wim@fluendo.com>
 
 	* gst/gstclock.c: (gst_clock_entry_new),
diff --git a/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt b/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt
index 1ef79a7268..6de8ba3a23 100644
--- a/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt
@@ -1973,6 +1973,7 @@ GstURIType
 GST_URI_TYPE_IS_VALID
 gst_uri_protocol_is_valid
 gst_uri_is_valid
+gst_uri_has_protocol
 gst_uri_get_protocol
 gst_uri_get_location
 gst_uri_construct
diff --git a/gst/gsturi.c b/gst/gsturi.c
index 84bb194e52..24eaa286bd 100644
--- a/gst/gsturi.c
+++ b/gst/gsturi.c
@@ -372,6 +372,32 @@ gst_uri_get_protocol (const gchar * uri)
   return g_strndup (uri, colon - uri);
 }
 
+/**
+ * gst_uri_has_protocol:
+ * @uri: an URI string
+ * @protocol: a protocol string (e.g. "http")
+ *
+ * Returns TRUE if the protocol of a given valid URI matches @protocol.
+ *
+ * Since: 0.10.4
+ */
+gboolean
+gst_uri_has_protocol (const gchar * uri, const gchar * protocol)
+{
+  gchar *colon;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (uri != NULL, FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (protocol != NULL, FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (gst_uri_is_valid (uri), FALSE);
+
+  colon = strstr (uri, "://");
+
+  if (colon == NULL)
+    return FALSE;
+
+  return (strncmp (uri, protocol, (size_t) (colon - uri)) == 0);
+}
+
 /**
  * gst_uri_get_location:
  * @uri: A URI string
diff --git a/gst/gsturi.h b/gst/gsturi.h
index f76f56dc54..82bae5d277 100644
--- a/gst/gsturi.h
+++ b/gst/gsturi.h
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ struct _GstURIHandlerInterface {
 gboolean	gst_uri_protocol_is_valid	(const gchar * protocol);
 gboolean	gst_uri_is_valid		(const gchar * uri);
 gchar *		gst_uri_get_protocol		(const gchar * uri);
+gboolean        gst_uri_has_protocol            (const gchar * uri,
+                                                 const gchar * protocol);
 gchar *		gst_uri_get_location		(const gchar * uri);
 gchar *		gst_uri_construct		(const gchar * protocol,
 						 const gchar * location);