diff --git a/src/opm/input/eclipse/EclipseState/EclipseState.cpp b/src/opm/input/eclipse/EclipseState/EclipseState.cpp
index ac9e3a3a6..647e6fd4e 100644
--- a/src/opm/input/eclipse/EclipseState/EclipseState.cpp
+++ b/src/opm/input/eclipse/EclipseState/EclipseState.cpp
@@ -275,6 +275,10 @@ namespace Opm {
         return !m_inputNnc.input().empty();
     }
 
+    bool EclipseState::hasInputLGR() const {
+        return m_lgrs.size();
+    }
+
     void EclipseState::initLgrs(const Deck& deck) {
         if (!DeckSection::hasGRID(deck))
             return;
diff --git a/tests/parser/LgrTests.cpp b/tests/parser/LgrTests.cpp
index 731096b0b..328c388d1 100644
--- a/tests/parser/LgrTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/parser/LgrTests.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ SCHEDULE
     Opm::EclipseState state(deck);
     Opm::LgrCollection lgrs = state.getLgrs();
 
+    BOOST_CHECK(state.hasInputLGR());
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( lgrs.size() , 2U );
     BOOST_CHECK(lgrs.hasLgr("LGR1"));
     BOOST_CHECK(lgrs.hasLgr("LGR2"));