diff --git a/Fwk/AppFwk/CommonCode/cafUtils.cpp b/Fwk/AppFwk/CommonCode/cafUtils.cpp
index f8fb68f254..679170b94b 100644
--- a/Fwk/AppFwk/CommonCode/cafUtils.cpp
+++ b/Fwk/AppFwk/CommonCode/cafUtils.cpp
@@ -223,4 +223,22 @@ bool Utils::getSaveDirectoryAndCheckOverwriteFiles(const QString& defaultDir, st
 }
 
 
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+/// 
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+bool Utils::fileExists(const QString& fileName)
+{
+    QFileInfo fi(fileName);
+
+    // QFileInfo::exists returns true for both files and folders
+    // Also check if the path points to a file
+
+    if (fi.exists() && fi.isFile())
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 } // namespace caf
diff --git a/Fwk/AppFwk/CommonCode/cafUtils.h b/Fwk/AppFwk/CommonCode/cafUtils.h
index 8cbdde125c..cb92cee651 100644
--- a/Fwk/AppFwk/CommonCode/cafUtils.h
+++ b/Fwk/AppFwk/CommonCode/cafUtils.h
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ public:
     static QString      indentString(int numSpacesToIndent, const QString& str);
     
     static bool         getSaveDirectoryAndCheckOverwriteFiles(const QString& defaultDir, std::vector<QString> fileNames, QString* saveDir);
+
+    static bool         fileExists(const QString& fileName);
 };
 
 }