diff --git a/src/gui/macOS/ui/fileprovidersettingscontroller.h b/src/gui/macOS/ui/fileprovidersettingscontroller.h
index a8f0f876e772a..15ff403fb7db8 100644
--- a/src/gui/macOS/ui/fileprovidersettingscontroller.h
+++ b/src/gui/macOS/ui/fileprovidersettingscontroller.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ class FileProviderSettingsController : public QObject
     [[nodiscard]] QQuickWidget *settingsViewWidget(QWidget *const parent = nullptr,
                                                    const QQuickWidget::ResizeMode resizeMode = QQuickWidget::SizeRootObjectToView);
 
+    [[nodiscard]] Q_INVOKABLE bool vfsEnabledForAccount(const QString &userIdAtHost);
+
 private:
     explicit FileProviderSettingsController(QObject *parent = nullptr);
     ~FileProviderSettingsController() override;
diff --git a/src/gui/macOS/ui/fileprovidersettingscontroller_mac.mm b/src/gui/macOS/ui/fileprovidersettingscontroller_mac.mm
index 2d34b2c442de6..512eb7f11ff66 100644
--- a/src/gui/macOS/ui/fileprovidersettingscontroller_mac.mm
+++ b/src/gui/macOS/ui/fileprovidersettingscontroller_mac.mm
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 
 // FileProviderSettingsPage properties -- make sure they match up in QML file!
 constexpr auto fpSettingsControllerProp = "FileProviderSettingsController";
+
+// NSUserDefaults entries
+constexpr auto enabledAccountsSettingsKey = "enabledAccounts";
 } // namespace
 
 namespace OCC {
@@ -49,7 +52,29 @@
         [_userDefaults release];
     };
 
+    QStringList enabledAccounts() const
+    {
+        QStringList qEnabledAccounts;
+        NSArray<NSString *> *const enabledAccounts = nsEnabledAccounts();
+        for (NSString *const userIdAtHostString in enabledAccounts) {
+            qEnabledAccounts.append(QString::fromNSString(userIdAtHostString));
+        }
+        return qEnabledAccounts;
+    }
+
+    bool vfsEnabledForAccount(const QString &userIdAtHost) const
+    {
+        NSArray<NSString *> *const vfsEnabledAccounts = nsEnabledAccounts();
+        return [vfsEnabledAccounts containsObject:userIdAtHost.toNSString()];
+    }
+
 private:
+    NSArray<NSString *> *nsEnabledAccounts() const
+    {
+        NSString *const accsKey = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:enabledAccountsSettingsKey];
+        return (NSArray<NSString *> *)[_userDefaults objectForKey:accsKey];
+    }
+
     FileProviderSettingsController *q = nullptr;
     NSUserDefaults *_userDefaults = nil;
 };
@@ -77,6 +102,11 @@
     return settingsViewWidget;
 }
 
+bool FileProviderSettingsController::vfsEnabledForAccount(const QString &userIdAtHost)
+{
+    return d->vfsEnabledForAccount(userIdAtHost);
+}
+
 } // namespace Mac
 
 } // namespace OCC