diff --git a/include/lib/libcpumf.h b/include/lib/libcpumf.h
index de42c7e9..299291f6 100644
--- a/include/lib/libcpumf.h
+++ b/include/lib/libcpumf.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #define S390_CPUS_POSSIBLE	"/sys/devices/system/cpu/possible"
 #define S390_CPUS_ONLINE	"/sys/devices/system/cpu/online"
 #define S390_CPUMSF_BUFFERSZ	"/sys/module/kernel/parameters/cpum_sfb_size"
+#define S390_SYSFS_PAI_CRYPTO	"/sys/devices/pai_crypto/"
 
 /**
  * Read out the PMU type from a given file.
@@ -121,4 +122,12 @@ bool libcpumf_have_sfb(void);
  * @retval       false     Information could not be retrieved
  */
 bool libcpumf_sfb_info(unsigned long *min, unsigned long *max);
+
+/**
+ * Return true if PAI_CRYPTO counter Facility is supported.
+ *
+ * @retval       true     PAI_CRYPTO counter Facility is available
+ * @retval       false    PAI_CRYPTO counter Facility is not available
+ */
+bool libcpumf_have_pai_crypto(void);
 #endif
diff --git a/libcpumf/libcpumf_example.c b/libcpumf/libcpumf_example.c
index 122cce69..dde13cad 100644
--- a/libcpumf/libcpumf_example.c
+++ b/libcpumf/libcpumf_example.c
@@ -72,5 +72,7 @@ int main(void)
 	if (rc)
 		printf(" sfb_min %lu sfb_max %lu", sfb_min, sfb_max);
 	putchar('\n');
+
+	printf("PAI crypto support %d\n", libcpumf_have_pai_crypto());
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/libcpumf/libcpumf_support.c b/libcpumf/libcpumf_support.c
index c9ba6972..3e25835f 100644
--- a/libcpumf/libcpumf_support.c
+++ b/libcpumf/libcpumf_support.c
@@ -139,3 +139,10 @@ bool libcpumf_sfb_info(unsigned long *min, unsigned long *max)
 	fclose(fp);
 	return rc;
 }
+
+bool libcpumf_have_pai_crypto(void)
+{
+	struct stat statbuf;
+
+	return (stat(S390_SYSFS_PAI_CRYPTO, &statbuf) == -1) ? false : true;
+}