diff --git a/systemd/booted.go b/systemd/booted.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2aae931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemd/booted.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package systemd
+
+import (
+	"os"
+)
+
+// Conversion to Go of systemd's sd_booted()
+func SdBooted() bool {
+	s, err := os.Stat("/run/systemd/system")
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return s.IsDir()
+}