diff --git a/examples/account-exists.php b/examples/account-exists.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a62dcc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/account-exists.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Adds a new signer to an existing account
+ */
+
+
+require '../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+use \ZuluCrypto\StellarSdk\Keypair;
+use \ZuluCrypto\StellarSdk\Server;
+use \phpseclib\Math\BigInteger;
+
+
+$server = Server::testNet();
+
+// Check if an account exists
+try {
+    $exists = $server->accountExists('GCP6IHMHWRCF5TQ4ZP6TVIRNDZD56W42F42VHYWMVDGDAND75YGAHHBQ');
+
+    if ($exists) {
+        print "Account exists!" . PHP_EOL;
+    }
+    else {
+        print "Account does not exist." . PHP_EOL;
+    }
+}
+// If there's an exception it could be a temporary error, like a connection issue
+// to Horizon, so we cannot tell for sure if the account exists or not
+catch (\Exception $e) {
+    print "Error: " . $e->getMessage() . PHP_EOL;
+}
diff --git a/src/Server.php b/src/Server.php
index f150477..2540e73 100755
--- a/src/Server.php
+++ b/src/Server.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace ZuluCrypto\StellarSdk;
 
 
+use phpseclib\Math\BigInteger;
 use Prophecy\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 use ZuluCrypto\StellarSdk\Horizon\ApiClient;
 use ZuluCrypto\StellarSdk\Horizon\Exception\HorizonException;
@@ -104,6 +105,29 @@ public function getAccount($accountId)
         return $account;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the account exists on this server and has been funded
+     *
+     * @param $accountId
+     * @return bool
+     * @throws HorizonException
+     * @throws \ErrorException
+     */
+    public function accountExists($accountId)
+    {
+        // Handle basic errors such as malformed account IDs
+        try {
+            $account = $this->getAccount($accountId);
+        } catch (\InvalidArgumentException $e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // Account ID may be valid but hasn't been funded yet
+        if (!$account) return false;
+
+        return $account->getNativeBalanceStroops() != '0';
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param $accountId string|Keypair
      * @return TransactionBuilder