diff --git a/src/ng/controller.js b/src/ng/controller.js
index 389f869c9888..8cc077960e2f 100644
--- a/src/ng/controller.js
+++ b/src/ng/controller.js
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ function $ControllerProvider() {
   var controllers = {},
       globals = false;
 
+  /**
+   * @ngdoc method
+   * @name $controllerProvider#has
+   * @param {string} name Controller name to check.
+   */
+  this.has = function(name) {
+    return controllers.hasOwnProperty(name);
+  };
+
   /**
    * @ngdoc method
    * @name $controllerProvider#register
diff --git a/test/ng/controllerSpec.js b/test/ng/controllerSpec.js
index 253623d05a42..4c7d2d547f43 100644
--- a/test/ng/controllerSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/controllerSpec.js
@@ -57,6 +57,21 @@ describe('$controller', function() {
       expect(ctrl instanceof BarCtrl).toBe(true);
     });
 
+    it('should return true when having an existing controller, should return false otherwise', function() {
+      $controllerProvider.register('FooCtrl', noop);
+      $controllerProvider.register('BarCtrl', ['dep1', 'dep2', noop]);
+      $controllerProvider.register({
+        'BazCtrl': noop,
+        'QuxCtrl': ['dep1', 'dep2', noop]
+      });
+
+      expect($controllerProvider.has('FooCtrl')).toBe(true);
+      expect($controllerProvider.has('BarCtrl')).toBe(true);
+      expect($controllerProvider.has('BazCtrl')).toBe(true);
+      expect($controllerProvider.has('QuxCtrl')).toBe(true);
+
+      expect($controllerProvider.has('UnknownCtrl')).toBe(false);
+    });
 
     it('should allow registration of controllers annotated with arrays', function() {
       var FooCtrl = function($scope) { $scope.foo = 'bar'; },