diff --git a/lib/Log/Log4perl/Tiny.pm b/lib/Log/Log4perl/Tiny.pm
index ad1e8a8..520f9d8 100644
--- a/lib/Log/Log4perl/Tiny.pm
+++ b/lib/Log/Log4perl/Tiny.pm
@@ -323,10 +323,19 @@ BEGIN {
    no strict 'refs';
 
    for my $name (qw( FATAL ERROR WARN INFO DEBUG TRACE )) {
+      
+      # create the ->level methods
       *{__PACKAGE__ . '::' . lc($name)} = sub {
          my $self = shift;
          return $self->log($$name, @_);
       };
+      
+      # and it ->is_level methods
+      *{__PACKAGE__ . '::is_' . lc($name)} = sub {
+         return 0 if $_[0]->{level} == $DEAD || $$name > $_[0]->{level};
+         return 1;
+      };
+      
    } ## end for my $name (qw( FATAL ERROR WARN INFO DEBUG TRACE ))
 
    for my $name (
@@ -888,6 +897,20 @@ interface, but with lowercase method names:
 
 logging functions, each emits a log at the corresponding level;
 
+=item C<< is_trace >>
+
+=item C<< is_debug >>
+
+=item C<< is_info >>
+
+=item C<< is_warn >>
+
+=item C<< is_error >>
+
+=item C<< is_fatal >>
+
+log level test functions, each returns the status of the corresponding level;
+
 =item C<< always >>
 
 emit log whatever the configured logging level;
diff --git a/t/04.object.t b/t/04.object.t
index a805e01..ce05b20 100644
--- a/t/04.object.t
+++ b/t/04.object.t
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-use Test::More tests => 37;    # last test to print
+use Test::More tests => 73;    # last test to print
 
 #use Test::More 'no_plan';
 use Log::Log4perl::Tiny qw( :levels );
@@ -23,15 +23,18 @@ for my $i (0 .. $#names) {
 
    my $blocked = 1;
    for my $name (@names) {
+      my $isfunc = 'is_'.$name;
       $blocked = 0 if $name eq $current;
       if ($blocked) {
          log_is { $logger->$name("whatever $name") } '',
            "minimum level $current, nothing at $name level";
+         is( $logger->$isfunc, 0, "is $name false");
       }
       else {
          log_like { $logger->$name("whatever $name") }
          qr/whatever\ $name/mxs,
            "minimum level $current, something at $name level";
+		 is( $logger->$isfunc, 1, "is $name true");
       }
    } ## end for my $name (@names)
 } ## end for my $i (0 .. $#names)