diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 78817cf85f..5c5e7ac8bc 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@
 
 - Added dollar `$` and `len` for `jsre.RegExp`.
 
+- Added `hasClosure` to `std/effecttraits`.
+
 
 ## Language changes
 
diff --git a/compiler/vmops.nim b/compiler/vmops.nim
index 5748b41b33..ce449f6658 100644
--- a/compiler/vmops.nim
+++ b/compiler/vmops.nim
@@ -316,3 +316,7 @@ proc registerAdditionalOps*(c: PCtx) =
     let fn = getNode(a, 0)
     setResult(a, (fn.typ != nil and tfNoSideEffect in fn.typ.flags) or
                  (fn.kind == nkSym and fn.sym.kind == skFunc))
+
+  registerCallback c, "stdlib.effecttraits.hasClosureImpl", proc (a: VmArgs) =
+    let fn = getNode(a, 0)
+    setResult(a, fn.kind == nkClosure or (fn.typ != nil and fn.typ.callConv == ccClosure))
diff --git a/lib/std/effecttraits.nim b/lib/std/effecttraits.nim
index 358280db0e..04a24fae8f 100644
--- a/lib/std/effecttraits.nim
+++ b/lib/std/effecttraits.nim
@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@
 ## One can test for the existance of this standard module
 ## via `defined(nimHasEffectTraitsModule)`.
 
-import macros
+import std/macros
+import std/private/since
 
 proc getRaisesListImpl(n: NimNode): NimNode = discard "see compiler/vmops.nim"
 proc getTagsListImpl(n: NimNode): NimNode = discard "see compiler/vmops.nim"
 proc isGcSafeImpl(n: NimNode): bool = discard "see compiler/vmops.nim"
 proc hasNoSideEffectsImpl(n: NimNode): bool = discard "see compiler/vmops.nim"
+proc hasClosureImpl(n: NimNode): bool = discard "see compiler/vmops.nim"
 
 proc getRaisesList*(fn: NimNode): NimNode =
   ## Extracts the `.raises` list of the func/proc/etc `fn`.
@@ -52,3 +54,11 @@ proc hasNoSideEffects*(fn: NimNode): bool =
   ## arguments and not `untyped` arguments.
   expectKind fn, nnkSym
   result = hasNoSideEffectsImpl(fn)
+
+proc hasClosure*(fn: NimNode): bool {.since: (1, 5, 1).} =
+  ## Return true if the func/proc/etc `fn` has `closure`.
+  ## `fn` has to be a resolved symbol of kind `nnkSym`. This
+  ## implies that the macro that calls this proc should accept `typed`
+  ## arguments and not `untyped` arguments.
+  expectKind fn, nnkSym
+  result = hasClosureImpl(fn)
diff --git a/tests/stdlib/teffecttraits.nim b/tests/stdlib/teffecttraits.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4aae5ca83e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/stdlib/teffecttraits.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+discard """
+  targets: "c cpp js"
+"""
+
+import std/effecttraits
+
+
+
+macro testClosure(fn: typed, flag: static bool) =
+  if flag:
+    doAssert hasClosure(fn)
+  else:
+    doAssert not hasClosure(fn)
+
+block:
+  proc h1() =
+    echo 1
+
+  testClosure(h1, false)
+
+  proc h2() {.nimcall.} =
+    echo 2
+
+  testClosure(h2, false)
+
+
+block:
+  proc fn(): auto =
+    proc hello() {.nimcall.} =
+      echo 3
+    hello
+
+  let name = fn()
+  testClosure(name, false)
+
+block:
+  proc fn(): auto =
+    proc hello() =
+      echo 3
+    hello
+
+  let name = fn()
+  testClosure(name, false)
+
+block:
+  proc fn(): auto =
+    var x = 0
+    proc hello() =
+      echo 3
+      inc x
+    hello
+
+  let name = fn()
+  testClosure(name, true)
+
+block:
+  proc fn(): auto =
+    var x = 0
+    proc hello() {.closure.} =
+      echo 3
+      inc x
+    hello
+
+  let name = fn()
+  testClosure(name, true)
+
+block:
+  proc fn(): auto =
+    var x = 0
+    proc hello() {.closure.} =
+      echo 3
+      inc x
+    hello
+
+  let name = fn()
+  testClosure(name, true)
+
+  let name2 = name
+  testClosure(name2, true)
+
+block:
+  iterator hello(): int =
+    yield 1
+
+  testClosure(hello, false)
+
+when not defined(js):
+  block:
+    iterator hello(): int {.closure.}=
+      yield 1
+
+    testClosure(hello, true)