diff --git a/src/rcore.c b/src/rcore.c
index b1b360dbe..cc777e4b9 100644
--- a/src/rcore.c
+++ b/src/rcore.c
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@
     #if defined(__cplusplus)
     extern "C" {
     #endif
+    __declspec(dllimport) unsigned long __stdcall GetFileAttributesA(const char *lpFileName);
     __declspec(dllimport) unsigned long __stdcall GetModuleFileNameA(struct HINSTANCE__ *hModule, char *lpFilename, unsigned long nSize);
     __declspec(dllimport) unsigned long __stdcall GetModuleFileNameW(struct HINSTANCE__ *hModule, wchar_t *lpFilename, unsigned long nSize);
     __declspec(dllimport) int __stdcall WideCharToMultiByte(unsigned int cp, unsigned long flags, const wchar_t *widestr, int cchwide, char *str, int cbmb, const char *defchar, int *used_default);
@@ -2412,6 +2413,24 @@ bool IsFileExtension(const char *fileName, const char *ext)
     return result;
 }
 
+// Check if a provided file path (or directory) is hidden by OS
+bool IsFileHidden(const char *path)
+{
+    bool result = false;
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+    unsigned long attribs = GetFileAttributesA(path);
+
+    // Check !INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES and FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN
+    if ((attribs != -1) && ((attrs & 0x2UL) != 0)) result = true;
+#else
+    const char *base = strrchr(path, '/');
+    base = (base? base + 1 : path);
+
+    if ((base[0] == '.') && (strcmp(base, ".") != 0) && (strcmp(base, "..") != 0)) result = true;
+#endif
+    return result;
+}
+
 // Check if directory path exists
 bool DirectoryExists(const char *dirPath)
 {