diff --git a/cterasdk/edge/dedup.py b/cterasdk/edge/dedup.py
index 009742d7..b7b073f4 100644
--- a/cterasdk/edge/dedup.py
+++ b/cterasdk/edge/dedup.py
@@ -15,6 +15,16 @@ def __init__(self, edge):
         super().__init__(edge)
         self.regen = Regeneration(self._edge)
 
+    def is_enabled(self):
+        """
+        Check if deduplication is enabled
+
+        :return: True is deduplication is enabled, else False
+        :rtype: bool
+        """
+        response = self._edge.api.get('/config/dedup/useLocalMapFileDedup')
+        return False if response is None else response
+
     def enable(self, reboot=False, wait=False):
         """
         Enable local deduplication
diff --git a/docs/source/UserGuides/Edge/Configuration.rst b/docs/source/UserGuides/Edge/Configuration.rst
index 716af95d..a5e2ba30 100644
--- a/docs/source/UserGuides/Edge/Configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/source/UserGuides/Edge/Configuration.rst
@@ -170,6 +170,14 @@ Volume Management
 Deduplication
 -------------
 
+.. automethod:: cterasdk.edge.dedup.Dedup.is_enabled
+   :noindex:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+   """Check if deduplication is enabled"""
+   edge.dedup.is_enabled()
+
 .. automethod:: cterasdk.edge.dedup.Dedup.enable
    :noindex:
 
diff --git a/docs/source/UserGuides/Miscellaneous/Changelog.rst b/docs/source/UserGuides/Miscellaneous/Changelog.rst
index db16da33..2e8b8076 100644
--- a/docs/source/UserGuides/Miscellaneous/Changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/source/UserGuides/Miscellaneous/Changelog.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+2.20.17
+-------
+
+Improvements
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Added support to validate if deduplication is enabled on the CTERA Edge Filer
+
+Related issues and pull requests on GitHub: `#313 <https://github.com/ctera/ctera-python-sdk/pull/313>`_,
+
 2.20.16
 -------
 
diff --git a/tests/ut/edge/test_dedup.py b/tests/ut/edge/test_dedup.py
index 81b228e0..500eb5dd 100644
--- a/tests/ut/edge/test_dedup.py
+++ b/tests/ut/edge/test_dedup.py
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ def setUp(self):
         super().setUp()
         self._mock_reboot = self.patch_call('cterasdk.edge.power.Power.reboot')
 
+    def test_is_enabled(self):
+        get_response = True
+        self._init_filer(get_response=get_response)
+        ret = dedup.Dedup(self._filer).is_enabled()
+        self._filer.api.get.assert_called_once_with('/config/dedup/useLocalMapFileDedup')
+        self.assertEqual(ret, True)
+
     def test_enable_reboot_wait(self):
         put_response = 'Success'
         self._init_filer(put_response=put_response)