diff --git a/gi/overrides/Gst.py b/gi/overrides/Gst.py
index ab192d4a28..cace5c8df9 100644
--- a/gi/overrides/Gst.py
+++ b/gi/overrides/Gst.py
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ __all__.append('Bin')
 
 class Caps(Gst.Caps):
 
+    def __nonzero__(self):
+        return not self.is_empty()
+
     def __new__(cls, *kwargs):
         if not kwargs:
             return Caps.new_empty()