diff --git a/client/TracyProfiler.cpp b/client/TracyProfiler.cpp
index 4ea61fb3..e27c08f0 100644
--- a/client/TracyProfiler.cpp
+++ b/client/TracyProfiler.cpp
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ static void CrashHandler( int signal, siginfo_t* info, void* /*ucontext*/ )
 
 enum { QueuePrealloc = 256 * 1024 };
 
-static Profiler* s_instance;
+static Profiler* s_instance = nullptr;
 static Thread* s_thread;
 static Thread* s_compressThread;
 
@@ -871,6 +871,8 @@ static Thread* s_compressThread;
 static Thread* s_sysTraceThread = nullptr;
 #endif
 
+TRACY_API bool ProfilerAvailable() { return s_instance != nullptr; }
+
 #ifdef TRACY_DELAYED_INIT
 struct ThreadNameData;
 TRACY_API moodycamel::ConcurrentQueue<QueueItem>& GetQueue();
diff --git a/client/TracyProfiler.hpp b/client/TracyProfiler.hpp
index 16fad758..6492b932 100644
--- a/client/TracyProfiler.hpp
+++ b/client/TracyProfiler.hpp
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ TRACY_API std::atomic<uint8_t>& GetGpuCtxCounter();
 TRACY_API GpuCtxWrapper& GetGpuCtx();
 TRACY_API uint64_t GetThreadHandle();
 TRACY_API void InitRPMallocThread();
+TRACY_API bool ProfilerAvailable();
 
 struct SourceLocationData
 {