diff --git a/tc/tc_qdisc.c b/tc/tc_qdisc.c
index 8eb08c34..b79029d9 100644
--- a/tc/tc_qdisc.c
+++ b/tc/tc_qdisc.c
@@ -478,6 +478,9 @@ static int tc_qdisc_block_exists_cb(struct nlmsghdr *n, void *arg)
 	struct tcmsg *t = NLMSG_DATA(n);
 	struct rtattr *tb[TCA_MAX+1];
 	int len = n->nlmsg_len;
+	struct qdisc_util *q;
+	const char *kind;
+	int err;
 
 	if (n->nlmsg_type != RTM_NEWQDISC)
 		return 0;
@@ -506,6 +509,21 @@ static int tc_qdisc_block_exists_cb(struct nlmsghdr *n, void *arg)
 		if (block == ctx->block_index)
 			ctx->found = true;
 	}
+
+	kind = rta_getattr_str(tb[TCA_KIND]);
+	q = get_qdisc_kind(kind);
+	if (!q)
+		return -1;
+	if (q->has_block) {
+		bool found = false;
+
+		err = q->has_block(q, tb[TCA_OPTIONS], ctx->block_index, &found);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+		if (found)
+			ctx->found = true;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/tc/tc_qevent.c b/tc/tc_qevent.c
index 1f8e6506..2c010fcf 100644
--- a/tc/tc_qevent.c
+++ b/tc/tc_qevent.c
@@ -92,6 +92,21 @@ void qevents_print(struct qevent_util *qevents, FILE *f)
 		close_json_array(PRINT_ANY, "");
 }
 
+bool qevents_have_block(struct qevent_util *qevents, __u32 block_idx)
+{
+	if (!qevents)
+		return false;
+
+	for (; qevents->id; qevents++) {
+		struct qevent_base *qeb = qevents->data;
+
+		if (qeb->block_idx == block_idx)
+			return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 int qevents_dump(struct qevent_util *qevents, struct nlmsghdr *n)
 {
 	int err;
diff --git a/tc/tc_qevent.h b/tc/tc_qevent.h
index 574e7cff..d60c3f75 100644
--- a/tc/tc_qevent.h
+++ b/tc/tc_qevent.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #ifndef _TC_QEVENT_H_
 #define _TC_QEVENT_H_
 
+#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <libnetlink.h>
 
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ int qevent_parse(struct qevent_util *qevents, int *p_argc, char ***p_argv);
 int qevents_read(struct qevent_util *qevents, struct rtattr **tb);
 int qevents_dump(struct qevent_util *qevents, struct nlmsghdr *n);
 void qevents_print(struct qevent_util *qevents, FILE *f);
+bool qevents_have_block(struct qevent_util *qevents, __u32 block_idx);
 
 struct qevent_plain {
 	struct qevent_base base;
diff --git a/tc/tc_util.h b/tc/tc_util.h
index edc39138..c8af4e95 100644
--- a/tc/tc_util.h
+++ b/tc/tc_util.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #define MAX_MSG 16384
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <linux/if.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
 
 #include <linux/pkt_sched.h>
 #include <linux/pkt_cls.h>
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ struct qdisc_util {
 	int (*parse_copt)(struct qdisc_util *qu, int argc,
 			  char **argv, struct nlmsghdr *n, const char *dev);
 	int (*print_copt)(struct qdisc_util *qu, FILE *f, struct rtattr *opt);
+	int (*has_block)(struct qdisc_util *qu, struct rtattr *opt, __u32 block_idx, bool *p_has);
 };
 
 extern __u16 f_proto;