diff --git a/CmdLine/GitAnnex.hs b/CmdLine/GitAnnex.hs
index f25af34b36..f2953da362 100644
--- a/CmdLine/GitAnnex.hs
+++ b/CmdLine/GitAnnex.hs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import qualified Command.DropKey
 import qualified Command.TransferKey
 import qualified Command.TransferKeys
 import qualified Command.SetPresentKey
+import qualified Command.ReadPresentKey
 import qualified Command.ReKey
 import qualified Command.MetaData
 import qualified Command.View
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ cmds = concat
 	, Command.TransferKey.cmd
 	, Command.TransferKeys.cmd
 	, Command.SetPresentKey.cmd
+	, Command.ReadPresentKey.cmd
 	, Command.ReKey.cmd
 	, Command.MetaData.cmd
 	, Command.View.cmd
diff --git a/Command/ReadPresentKey.hs b/Command/ReadPresentKey.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8125ddf7e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Command/ReadPresentKey.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{- git-annex command
+ -
+ - Copyright 2015 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
+ -
+ - Licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.
+ -}
+
+module Command.ReadPresentKey where
+
+import Common.Annex
+import Command
+import Logs.Location
+import Types.Key
+
+cmd :: [Command]
+cmd = [noCommit $ command "readpresentkey" (paramPair paramKey paramUUID) seek
+	SectionPlumbing "read records of where key is present"] 
+
+seek :: CommandSeek
+seek = withWords start
+
+start :: [String] -> CommandStart
+start (ks:us:[]) = do
+	ls <- loggedLocations k
+	if toUUID us `elem` ls
+		then liftIO exitSuccess
+		else liftIO exitFailure
+  where
+	k = fromMaybe (error "bad key") (file2key ks)
+start _ = error "Wrong number of parameters"
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 80df2ca721..d3c3b048ac 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+git-annex (5.20150318) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * readpresentkey: New plumbing command for checking location log.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Thu, 19 Mar 2015 17:05:32 -0400
+
 git-annex (5.20150317) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * fsck: Incremental fsck uses sqlite to store its records, instead
diff --git a/doc/git-annex.mdwn b/doc/git-annex.mdwn
index c33633e033..c0bf08e0ba 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex.mdwn
@@ -1000,7 +1000,15 @@ subdirectories).
 * `setpresentkey key uuid [1|0]`
 
   This plumbing-level command changes git-annex's records about whether
-  the specified key is present in a remote with the specified uuid.
+  the specified key's content is present in a remote with the specified uuid.
+
+* `readpresentkey key uuid`
+
+  This plumbing-level command reads git-annex's records about whether
+  the specified key's content is present in the remote with the speficied
+  uuid.
+
+  It exits 0 if the key is recorded to be present and 1 if not.
 
 * `rekey [file key ...]`