diff --git a/src/UglyQueue.php b/src/UglyQueue.php
index 11f291e..78b82c3 100644
--- a/src/UglyQueue.php
+++ b/src/UglyQueue.php
@@ -355,6 +355,15 @@ HTML;
         return false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param string $groupName
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function queueExists($groupName)
+    {
+        return (bool)is_dir($this->getQueueBaseDir().$groupName);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return boolean
      */
diff --git a/tests/UglyQueue/UglyQueueTest.php b/tests/UglyQueue/UglyQueueTest.php
index 56c1fef..45195ca 100644
--- a/tests/UglyQueue/UglyQueueTest.php
+++ b/tests/UglyQueue/UglyQueueTest.php
@@ -630,4 +630,30 @@ class UglyQueueTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
         return $uglyQueue;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @covers \DCarbone\UglyQueue::queueExists
+     * @uses \DCarbone\UglyQueue
+     * @depends testCanInitializeNewUglyQueue
+     * @param \DCarbone\UglyQueue $uglyQueue
+     */
+    public function testCanDetermineExistenceOfExistingQueue(\DCarbone\UglyQueue $uglyQueue)
+    {
+        $exists = $uglyQueue->queueExists('tasty-sandwich');
+
+        $this->assertTrue($exists);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @covers \DCarbone\UglyQueue::queueExists
+     * @uses \DCarbone\UglyQueue
+     * @depends testCanInitializeNewUglyQueue
+     * @param \DCarbone\UglyQueue $uglyQueue
+     */
+    public function testCanDetermineExistenceOfNonExistingQueue(\DCarbone\UglyQueue $uglyQueue)
+    {
+        $exists = $uglyQueue->queueExists('nasty-sandwich');
+
+        $this->assertFalse($exists);
+    }
 }
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