diff --git a/common/debug.cpp b/common/debug.cpp
index ce34a004453..c61fc63deac 100644
--- a/common/debug.cpp
+++ b/common/debug.cpp
@@ -120,6 +120,18 @@ bool DebugManager::isDebugChannelEnabled(uint32 channel) {
 
 } // End of namespace Common
 
+bool debugLevelSet(int level) {
+	return level <= gDebugLevel;
+}
+
+bool debugChannelSet(int level, uint32 debugChannels) {
+	if (gDebugLevel != 11)
+		if (level > gDebugLevel || !(DebugMan.isDebugChannelEnabled(debugChannels)))
+			return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 
 #ifndef DISABLE_TEXT_CONSOLE
 
diff --git a/common/debug.h b/common/debug.h
index 00bad81fa6c..883a0bf29dc 100644
--- a/common/debug.h
+++ b/common/debug.h
@@ -31,11 +31,10 @@ inline void debug(const char *s, ...) {}
 inline void debug(int level, const char *s, ...) {}
 inline void debugN(const char *s, ...) {}
 inline void debugN(int level, const char *s, ...) {}
-inline void debugC(int level, uint32 engineChannel, const char *s, ...) {}
-inline void debugC(uint32 engineChannel, const char *s, ...) {}
-inline void debugCN(int level, uint32 engineChannel, const char *s, ...) {}
-inline void debugCN(uint32 engineChannel, const char *s, ...) {}
-
+inline void debugC(int level, uint32 debugChannels, const char *s, ...) {}
+inline void debugC(uint32 debugChannels, const char *s, ...) {}
+inline void debugCN(int level, uint32 debugChannels, const char *s, ...) {}
+inline void debugCN(uint32 debugChannels, const char *s, ...) {}
 
 #else
 
@@ -110,6 +109,18 @@ void debugCN(uint32 debugChannels, const char *s, ...) GCC_PRINTF(2, 3);
 
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * Returns true if the debug level is set to the specified level
+ */
+bool debugLevelSet(int level);
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if the debug level and channel are active
+ *
+ * @see enableDebugChannel
+ */
+bool debugChannelSet(int level, uint32 debugChannels);
+
 /**
  * The debug level. Initially set to -1, indicating that no debug output
  * should be shown. Positive values usually imply an increasing number of