diff --git a/evs/1.0/IEvsEnumerator.hal b/evs/1.0/IEvsEnumerator.hal
index e3a1382..3779866 100644
--- a/evs/1.0/IEvsEnumerator.hal
+++ b/evs/1.0/IEvsEnumerator.hal
@@ -67,5 +67,15 @@
      * NOTE: All buffer must have been returned to the display before making this call.
      */
     closeDisplay(IEvsDisplay display);
+
+    /**
+     * This call requests the current state of the display
+     *
+     * If there is no open display, this returns DisplayState::NOT_OPEN. otherwise, it returns
+     * the actual state of the active display.  This call is replicated on the IEvsEnumerator
+     * interface in order to allow secondary clients to monitor the state of the EVS display
+     * without acquiring exclusive ownership of the display.
+     */
+    getDisplayState() generates (DisplayState state);
 };