diff --git a/includes/entity.wrapper.inc b/includes/entity.wrapper.inc
index 70c14c1..07945bb 100644
--- a/includes/entity.wrapper.inc
+++ b/includes/entity.wrapper.inc
@@ -114,6 +114,27 @@ abstract class EntityMetadataWrapper {
     return isset($this->data) || (isset($this->info['parent']) && $this->info['parent']->dataAvailable());
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Determines if a given property exists and has a value.
+   *
+   * @param $name
+   *   The name of the property whose value might be empty.
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   TRUE if 'name' is not a property, or if it's empty, otherwise FALSE.
+   *
+   * @see EntityMetadataWrapper::dataAvailable()
+   */
+  public function isEmpty($name) {
+    try {
+      $value = $this->$name->value();
+    }
+    catch (EntityMetadataWrapperException $e) {
+      $value = FALSE;
+    }
+    return empty($value);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Set a new data value.
    */