diff --git a/libs/binder/ProcessState.cpp b/libs/binder/ProcessState.cpp
index 1f311ac..254dda8 100644
--- a/libs/binder/ProcessState.cpp
+++ b/libs/binder/ProcessState.cpp
@@ -439,6 +439,10 @@
     return mCurrentThreads;
 }
 
+bool ProcessState::isThreadPoolStarted() const {
+    return mThreadPoolStarted;
+}
+
 #define DRIVER_FEATURES_PATH "/dev/binderfs/features/"
 bool ProcessState::isDriverFeatureEnabled(const DriverFeature feature) {
     static const char* const names[] = {
diff --git a/libs/binder/include/binder/ProcessState.h b/libs/binder/include/binder/ProcessState.h
index 87eee3d..bad8cb1 100644
--- a/libs/binder/include/binder/ProcessState.h
+++ b/libs/binder/include/binder/ProcessState.h
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@
      */
     size_t getThreadPoolMaxTotalThreadCount() const;
 
+    /**
+     * Check to see if the thread pool has started.
+     */
+    bool isThreadPoolStarted() const;
+
     enum class DriverFeature {
         ONEWAY_SPAM_DETECTION,
         EXTENDED_ERROR,
diff --git a/libs/binder/ndk/include_platform/android/binder_process.h b/libs/binder/ndk/include_platform/android/binder_process.h
index 8923129..ffcad55 100644
--- a/libs/binder/ndk/include_platform/android/binder_process.h
+++ b/libs/binder/ndk/include_platform/android/binder_process.h
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@
  */
 bool ABinderProcess_setThreadPoolMaxThreadCount(uint32_t numThreads);
 /**
+ * Check if the threadpool has already been started.
+ * This tells whether someone in the process has called ABinderProcess_startThreadPool. Usually,
+ * you should use this in a library to abort if the threadpool is not started.
+ * Programs should configure binder threadpools once at the beginning.
+ */
+bool ABinderProcess_isThreadPoolStarted();
+/**
  * This adds the current thread to the threadpool. This may cause the threadpool to exceed the
  * maximum size.
  *
diff --git a/libs/binder/ndk/libbinder_ndk.map.txt b/libs/binder/ndk/libbinder_ndk.map.txt
index 5c7005c..54e4628 100644
--- a/libs/binder/ndk/libbinder_ndk.map.txt
+++ b/libs/binder/ndk/libbinder_ndk.map.txt
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@
 
 LIBBINDER_NDK34 { # introduced=UpsideDownCake
   global:
+    ABinderProcess_isThreadPoolStarted; # systemapi llndk
     AServiceManager_getUpdatableApexName; # systemapi
     AServiceManager_registerForServiceNotifications; # systemapi llndk
     AServiceManager_NotificationRegistration_delete; # systemapi llndk
diff --git a/libs/binder/ndk/process.cpp b/libs/binder/ndk/process.cpp
index ac582a4..bc6610e 100644
--- a/libs/binder/ndk/process.cpp
+++ b/libs/binder/ndk/process.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 bool ABinderProcess_setThreadPoolMaxThreadCount(uint32_t numThreads) {
     return ProcessState::self()->setThreadPoolMaxThreadCount(numThreads) == 0;
 }
+bool ABinderProcess_isThreadPoolStarted() {
+    return ProcessState::self()->isThreadPoolStarted();
+}
 void ABinderProcess_joinThreadPool() {
     IPCThreadState::self()->joinThreadPool();
 }
diff --git a/libs/binder/tests/binderLibTest.cpp b/libs/binder/tests/binderLibTest.cpp
index 25b524f..f7498c4 100644
--- a/libs/binder/tests/binderLibTest.cpp
+++ b/libs/binder/tests/binderLibTest.cpp
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
     BINDER_LIB_TEST_CAN_GET_SID,
     BINDER_LIB_TEST_GET_MAX_THREAD_COUNT,
     BINDER_LIB_TEST_SET_MAX_THREAD_COUNT,
+    BINDER_LIB_TEST_IS_THREADPOOL_STARTED,
     BINDER_LIB_TEST_LOCK_UNLOCK,
     BINDER_LIB_TEST_PROCESS_LOCK,
     BINDER_LIB_TEST_UNLOCK_AFTER_MS,
@@ -1383,6 +1384,14 @@
     EXPECT_EQ(replyi, kKernelThreads + 1);
 }
 
+TEST_F(BinderLibTest, ThreadPoolStarted) {
+    Parcel data, reply;
+    sp<IBinder> server = addServer();
+    ASSERT_TRUE(server != nullptr);
+    EXPECT_THAT(server->transact(BINDER_LIB_TEST_IS_THREADPOOL_STARTED, data, &reply), NO_ERROR);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(reply.readBool());
+}
+
 size_t epochMillis() {
     using std::chrono::duration_cast;
     using std::chrono::milliseconds;
@@ -1849,6 +1858,10 @@
                 reply->writeInt32(ProcessState::self()->getThreadPoolMaxTotalThreadCount());
                 return NO_ERROR;
             }
+            case BINDER_LIB_TEST_IS_THREADPOOL_STARTED: {
+                reply->writeBool(ProcessState::self()->isThreadPoolStarted());
+                return NO_ERROR;
+            }
             case BINDER_LIB_TEST_PROCESS_LOCK: {
                 m_blockMutex.lock();
                 return NO_ERROR;