diff --git a/worktree.c b/worktree.c
index eb6121263b..d4606aa8cd 100644
--- a/worktree.c
+++ b/worktree.c
@@ -380,3 +380,53 @@ const struct worktree *find_shared_symref(const char *symref,
 
 	return existing;
 }
+
+int submodule_uses_worktrees(const char *path)
+{
+	char *submodule_gitdir;
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+	DIR *dir;
+	struct dirent *d;
+	int ret;
+	struct repository_format format;
+
+	submodule_gitdir = git_pathdup_submodule(path, "%s", "");
+	if (!submodule_gitdir)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* The env would be set for the superproject. */
+	get_common_dir_noenv(&sb, submodule_gitdir);
+
+	/*
+	 * The check below is only known to be good for repository format
+	 * version 0 at the time of writing this code.
+	 */
+	strbuf_addstr(&sb, "/config");
+	read_repository_format(&format, sb.buf);
+	if (format.version != 0) {
+		strbuf_release(&sb);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	/* Replace config by worktrees. */
+	strbuf_setlen(&sb, sb.len - strlen("config"));
+	strbuf_addstr(&sb, "worktrees");
+
+	/* See if there is any file inside the worktrees directory. */
+	dir = opendir(sb.buf);
+	strbuf_release(&sb);
+	free(submodule_gitdir);
+
+	if (!dir)
+		return 0;
+
+	while ((d = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
+		if (is_dot_or_dotdot(d->d_name))
+			continue;
+
+		ret = 1;
+		break;
+	}
+	closedir(dir);
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/worktree.h b/worktree.h
index d59ce1fee8..6bfb985203 100644
--- a/worktree.h
+++ b/worktree.h
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ struct worktree {
  */
 extern struct worktree **get_worktrees(unsigned flags);
 
+/*
+ * Returns 1 if linked worktrees exist, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+extern int submodule_uses_worktrees(const char *path);
+
 /*
  * Return git dir of the worktree. Note that the path may be relative.
  * If wt is NULL, git dir of current worktree is returned.