diff --git a/src/android/camera_metadata.cpp b/src/android/camera_metadata.cpp
index 3fc7cf27..ac86c5fc 100644
--- a/src/android/camera_metadata.cpp
+++ b/src/android/camera_metadata.cpp
@@ -121,6 +121,24 @@ bool CameraMetadata::resize(size_t count, size_t size)
 	return true;
 }
 
+template<>
+bool CameraMetadata::entryContainsOne<uint8_t>(const camera_metadata_ro_entry_t &entry,
+					       uint8_t value) const
+{
+	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < entry.count; i++) {
+		if (entry.data.u8[i] == value)
+			return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+bool CameraMetadata::hasEntry(uint32_t tag) const
+{
+	camera_metadata_ro_entry_t entry;
+	return getEntry(tag, &entry);
+}
+
 bool CameraMetadata::addEntry(uint32_t tag, const void *data, size_t count,
 			      size_t elementSize)
 {
diff --git a/src/android/camera_metadata.h b/src/android/camera_metadata.h
index 3b7c9e24..72ba4db2 100644
--- a/src/android/camera_metadata.h
+++ b/src/android/camera_metadata.h
@@ -29,6 +29,20 @@ public:
 	bool isValid() const { return valid_; }
 	bool getEntry(uint32_t tag, camera_metadata_ro_entry_t *entry) const;
 
+	template<typename T>
+	bool entryContainsOne(const camera_metadata_ro_entry_t &entry, T value) const;
+
+	template<typename T> bool entryContains(uint32_t tag, T value) const
+	{
+		camera_metadata_ro_entry_t entry;
+		if (!getEntry(tag, &entry))
+			return false;
+
+		return entryContainsOne<T>(entry, value);
+	}
+
+	bool hasEntry(uint32_t tag) const;
+
 	template<typename T,
 		 std::enable_if_t<std::is_arithmetic_v<T>> * = nullptr>
 	bool addEntry(uint32_t tag, const T &data)