diff --git a/src/conf/numa_conf.c b/src/conf/numa_conf.c
index c2f0d1ca8ca66aa9712b02ff055c3e1b00739ef8..8fc3b0a1963eaaaafc6581bcd3e0a779e292c2b8 100644
--- a/src/conf/numa_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/numa_conf.c
@@ -1137,6 +1137,27 @@ virDomainNumaSetNodeCount(virDomainNumaPtr numa, size_t nmem_nodes)
     return numa->nmem_nodes;
 }
 
+
+bool
+virDomainNumaNodeDistanceIsUsingDefaults(virDomainNumaPtr numa,
+                                         size_t node,
+                                         size_t sibling)
+{
+    if (node >= numa->nmem_nodes ||
+        sibling >= numa->nmem_nodes)
+        return false;
+
+    if (!numa->mem_nodes[node].distances)
+        return true;
+
+    if (numa->mem_nodes[node].distances[sibling].value == LOCAL_DISTANCE ||
+        numa->mem_nodes[node].distances[sibling].value == REMOTE_DISTANCE)
+        return true;
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+
 size_t
 virDomainNumaGetNodeDistance(virDomainNumaPtr numa,
                              size_t node,
diff --git a/src/conf/numa_conf.h b/src/conf/numa_conf.h
index 4655de3aa7bcdeb3e512d961461b0a8b361154d8..7947fdb21923bc2c80b42fb27afc46b73cf1551b 100644
--- a/src/conf/numa_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/numa_conf.h
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ int virDomainNumatuneMaybeGetNodeset(virDomainNumaPtr numatune,
 
 size_t virDomainNumaGetNodeCount(virDomainNumaPtr numa);
 
+bool virDomainNumaNodeDistanceIsUsingDefaults(virDomainNumaPtr numa,
+                                              size_t node,
+                                              size_t sibling)
+    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
 size_t virDomainNumaGetNodeDistance(virDomainNumaPtr numa,
                                     size_t node,
                                     size_t sibling)
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index d3ca6b2ec44bd460c08799d461f05917576a2953..2fcf0e731d6fbb115e0b454ea46652e9bdd9341c 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -726,6 +726,7 @@ virDomainNumaGetNodeDistance;
 virDomainNumaGetNodeMemoryAccessMode;
 virDomainNumaGetNodeMemorySize;
 virDomainNumaNew;
+virDomainNumaNodeDistanceIsUsingDefaults;
 virDomainNumaSetNodeCount;
 virDomainNumaSetNodeCpumask;
 virDomainNumaSetNodeDistance;