diff --git a/lib/customer-deposit-wallet/rest/Cardano/Wallet/Deposit/REST.hs b/lib/customer-deposit-wallet/rest/Cardano/Wallet/Deposit/REST.hs
index 6451653207d..d79aa1957f1 100644
--- a/lib/customer-deposit-wallet/rest/Cardano/Wallet/Deposit/REST.hs
+++ b/lib/customer-deposit-wallet/rest/Cardano/Wallet/Deposit/REST.hs
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ module Cardano.Wallet.Deposit.REST
     -- * Internals
     , onWalletInstance
     , resolveCurrentEraTx
+    , canSign
 
     ) where
 
@@ -81,7 +82,8 @@ import Cardano.Wallet.Deposit.IO.Resource
     , ErrResourceMissing (..)
     )
 import Cardano.Wallet.Deposit.Pure
-    ( Credentials
+    ( CanSign
+    , Credentials
     , CurrentEraResolvedTx
     , Customer
     , ErrCreatePayment
@@ -452,6 +454,9 @@ getBIP32PathsForOwnedInputs
 getBIP32PathsForOwnedInputs =
     onWalletInstance . WalletIO.getBIP32PathsForOwnedInputs
 
+canSign :: WalletResourceM CanSign
+canSign = onWalletInstance WalletIO.canSign
+
 signTx
     :: Write.Tx
     -> WalletResourceM (Maybe Write.Tx)
diff --git a/lib/customer-deposit-wallet/src/Cardano/Wallet/Deposit/IO.hs b/lib/customer-deposit-wallet/src/Cardano/Wallet/Deposit/IO.hs
index f8f74ad569b..7248d9fa951 100644
--- a/lib/customer-deposit-wallet/src/Cardano/Wallet/Deposit/IO.hs
+++ b/lib/customer-deposit-wallet/src/Cardano/Wallet/Deposit/IO.hs
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ module Cardano.Wallet.Deposit.IO
     , onWalletState
     , readWalletState
     , resolveCurrentEraTx
+    , canSign
     ) where
 
 import Prelude
@@ -74,6 +75,9 @@ import Cardano.Wallet.Deposit.Pure.API.TxHistory
     , ByTime
     , LookupTimeFromSlot
     )
+import Cardano.Wallet.Deposit.Pure.State.Creation
+    ( CanSign
+    )
 import Cardano.Wallet.Deposit.Read
     ( Address
     , TxId
@@ -356,6 +360,10 @@ resolveCurrentEraTx tx w =
     Signing transactions
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
 
+canSign :: WalletInstance -> IO CanSign
+canSign w = do
+    Wallet.canSign <$> readWalletState w
+
 getBIP32PathsForOwnedInputs
     :: Write.Tx -> WalletInstance -> IO [BIP32Path]
 getBIP32PathsForOwnedInputs a w =
diff --git a/lib/customer-deposit-wallet/src/Cardano/Wallet/Deposit/Pure.hs b/lib/customer-deposit-wallet/src/Cardano/Wallet/Deposit/Pure.hs
index 5c6c2f2e6a0..67496327280 100644
--- a/lib/customer-deposit-wallet/src/Cardano/Wallet/Deposit/Pure.hs
+++ b/lib/customer-deposit-wallet/src/Cardano/Wallet/Deposit/Pure.hs
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ module Cardano.Wallet.Deposit.Pure
     , BIP32Path (..)
     , DerivationType (..)
     , ResolvedTx (..)
+    , canSign
+    , CanSign (..)
     , getBIP32PathsForOwnedInputs
     , signTx
     , addTxSubmission
@@ -65,8 +67,10 @@ import Cardano.Wallet.Address.BIP32
     , DerivationType (..)
     )
 import Cardano.Wallet.Deposit.Pure.State.Creation
-    ( Credentials (..)
+    ( CanSign (..)
+    , Credentials (..)
     , WalletPublicIdentity (..)
+    , canSign
     , fromCredentialsAndGenesis
     )
 import Cardano.Wallet.Deposit.Pure.State.Payment
diff --git a/lib/customer-deposit-wallet/src/Cardano/Wallet/Deposit/Pure/State/Creation.hs b/lib/customer-deposit-wallet/src/Cardano/Wallet/Deposit/Pure/State/Creation.hs
index e0a79950333..5424693a89c 100644
--- a/lib/customer-deposit-wallet/src/Cardano/Wallet/Deposit/Pure/State/Creation.hs
+++ b/lib/customer-deposit-wallet/src/Cardano/Wallet/Deposit/Pure/State/Creation.hs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric #-}
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -Wno-orphans #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE NamedFieldPuns #-}
 module Cardano.Wallet.Deposit.Pure.State.Creation
     ( WalletPublicIdentity (..)
     , fromCredentialsAndGenesis
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@ module Cardano.Wallet.Deposit.Pure.State.Creation
     , xprvFromCredentials
     , ErrDecodingXPub (..)
     , encodedXPubFromCredentials
+    , canSign
+    , CanSign (..)
     ) where
 
 import Prelude hiding
@@ -112,6 +115,14 @@ credentialsFromMnemonics mnemonics passphrase =
     in
         XPrvCredentials encryptedXPrv (toXPub unencryptedXPrv)
 
+data CanSign = CanSign | CannotSign
+    deriving (Eq, Show)
+
+canSign :: WalletState -> CanSign
+canSign WalletState{rootXSignKey} = case rootXSignKey of
+    Nothing -> CannotSign
+    Just _ -> CanSign
+
 -- | Create 'Credentials' from an extended public key failures to decode
 data ErrDecodingXPub = ErrFromXPubBase16 | ErrFromXPubDecodeKey
     deriving (Show, Eq)