2 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/archinstall/__init__.py b/archinstall/__init__.py
index b646c1f7..cd3d29a5 100644
--- a/archinstall/__init__.py
+++ b/archinstall/__init__.py
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ from .lib.profiles import *
 from .lib.luks import *
 from .lib.mirrors import *
 from .lib.networking import *
-from .lib.locale_helpers import *
-\ No newline at end of file
+from .lib.locale_helpers import *
+from .lib.services import *
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/services.py.py b/archinstall/lib/services.py.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a6dadb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archinstall/lib/services.py.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import os
+
+from .exceptions import *
+from .general import *
+
+def service_state(service_name :str):
+	if os.path.fileext(service_name)[1] != '.service':
+		service_name += '.service' # Just to be safe
+
+	state = b''.join(sys_command(f'systemctl show -p SubState --value {service_name}'))
+
+	return state.decode('UTF-8')
+	
+\ No newline at end of file