diff --git a/src/api/common/index.js b/src/api/common/index.js
index 676cd6a0..75b36f18 100644
--- a/src/api/common/index.js
+++ b/src/api/common/index.js
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ module.exports = {
   convertExceptions: utils.convertExceptions,
   convertKeysFromSnakeCaseToCamelCase:
     utils.convertKeysFromSnakeCaseToCamelCase,
-  promisify: utils.promisify
+  promisify: utils.promisify,
+  isValidAddress: require('./schema-validator').isValidAddress
 };
diff --git a/src/api/common/schema-validator.js b/src/api/common/schema-validator.js
index a11aa08a..56d2fb70 100644
--- a/src/api/common/schema-validator.js
+++ b/src/api/common/schema-validator.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const ValidationError = require('./errors').ValidationError;
 
 let SCHEMAS = {};
 
-function isValidAddress(address) {
+function isValidAddress(address: string): boolean {
   return core.UInt160.is_valid(address);
 }
 
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ function schemaValidate(schemaName: string, object: any): void {
 SCHEMAS = loadSchemas(path.join(__dirname, './schemas'));
 module.exports = {
   schemaValidate: schemaValidate,
+  isValidAddress: isValidAddress,
   loadSchema: loadSchema,
   SCHEMAS: SCHEMAS
 };
diff --git a/src/api/index.js b/src/api/index.js
index 186468c6..07bda88f 100644
--- a/src/api/index.js
+++ b/src/api/index.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ const convertExceptions = require('./common').convertExceptions;
 const generateWallet = convertExceptions(common.generateWallet);
 const computeLedgerHash = require('./offline/ledgerhash');
 const getLedger = require('./ledger/ledger');
+const isValidAddress = common.isValidAddress;
 
 function RippleAPI(options: {}) {
   const _options = _.assign({}, options, {automatic_resubmission: false});
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ RippleAPI.prototype = {
   submit,
 
   computeLedgerHash,
+  isValidAddress,
   generateWallet,
   errors
 };
diff --git a/test/api-test.js b/test/api-test.js
index dd3c2bd3..0bd81dfa 100644
--- a/test/api-test.js
+++ b/test/api-test.js
@@ -793,4 +793,14 @@ describe('RippleAPI - offline', function() {
       requests.computeLedgerHash.transactions);
     assert.throws(() => api.computeLedgerHash(header));
   });
+
+  it('isValidAddress - valid', function() {
+    const api = new RippleAPI();
+    assert(api.isValidAddress(address));
+  });
+
+  it('isValidAddress - invalid', function() {
+    const api = new RippleAPI();
+    assert(!api.isValidAddress(address.slice(0, -1) + 'a'));
+  });
 });