diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/wix/reactnativenotifications/RNNotificationsModule.java b/android/src/main/java/com/wix/reactnativenotifications/RNNotificationsModule.java
index 1f5535e62366a6be98bf6cc484784f2cd468c61e..33a13bf94c95b8070bcb9cdd65fcceefa1e8c2ce 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/wix/reactnativenotifications/RNNotificationsModule.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/wix/reactnativenotifications/RNNotificationsModule.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import android.app.Application;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.support.v4.app.NotificationManagerCompat;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.Arguments;
@@ -89,6 +90,12 @@ public class RNNotificationsModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements
         notificationsDrawer.onNotificationClearRequest(notificationId);
     }
 
+    @ReactMethod
+    public void isRegisteredForRemoteNotifications(Promise promise) {
+        boolean hasPermission = NotificationManagerCompat.from(getReactApplicationContext()).areNotificationsEnabled();
+        promise.resolve(new Boolean(hasPermission));
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void onAppVisible() {
         final IPushNotificationsDrawer notificationsDrawer = PushNotificationsDrawer.get(getReactApplicationContext().getApplicationContext());
diff --git a/example/index.android.js b/example/index.android.js
index 5681d187c4c646127f6b07d99c8394825bb363aa..23d9defa0e5bb6fcddeaabfbbf8360f798a3873c 100644
--- a/example/index.android.js
+++ b/example/index.android.js
@@ -126,10 +126,22 @@ class MainComponent extends Component {
         <TouchableHighlight onPress={() => this.onCancelNotification()}>
           <Text style={styles.plainButtonText}>Undo last</Text>
         </TouchableHighlight>
+        <TouchableHighlight onPress={() => this.onCheckPermissions()}>
+          <Text style={styles.plainButtonText}>Check permissions</Text>
+        </TouchableHighlight>
       </View>
     )
   }
 
+  async onCheckPermissions() {
+    const hasPermissions = await NotificationsAndroid.isRegisteredForRemoteNotifications();
+    if (hasPermissions) {
+      alert('Yay! You have permissions');
+    } else {
+      alert('Boo! You don\'t have permissions');
+    }
+  }
+
   onPushRegistered() {
   }
 
diff --git a/index.android.js b/index.android.js
index 03fbe0d45374b0ae591e111857dce04dc913856e..324d23adb87fbb9ae0db6187dc7135b73860a4aa 100644
--- a/index.android.js
+++ b/index.android.js
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ export class NotificationsAndroid {
     }
   }
 
+  static async isRegisteredForRemoteNotifications() {
+    return await RNNotifications.isRegisteredForRemoteNotifications();
+  }
+
   static refreshToken() {
     RNNotifications.refreshToken();
   }