diff --git a/.changeset/fifty-dogs-collect.md b/.changeset/fifty-dogs-collect.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac04d6b930
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fifty-dogs-collect.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-sentry': patch
+---
+
+Exported `isSentryAvailable` which can be used to determine if sentry is available.
diff --git a/plugins/sentry/api-report.md b/plugins/sentry/api-report.md
index 5ad2992ee4..043fa7a1fd 100644
--- a/plugins/sentry/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/sentry/api-report.md
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ export const EntitySentryContent: ({
   tableOptions,
 }: SentryPageProps) => JSX.Element;
 
+// @public
+export const isSentryAvailable: (entity: Entity) => boolean;
+
 // Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "MockSentryApi" is exported by the package, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)
 //
 // @public (undocumented)
diff --git a/plugins/sentry/src/components/index.ts b/plugins/sentry/src/components/index.ts
index 210ba8d718..9af8a05853 100644
--- a/plugins/sentry/src/components/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/sentry/src/components/index.ts
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@
  */
 
 export * from './SentryIssuesWidget';
+export { isSentryAvailable } from './isSentryAvailable';
diff --git a/plugins/sentry/src/components/isSentryAvailable.ts b/plugins/sentry/src/components/isSentryAvailable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a7d26f97c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/sentry/src/components/isSentryAvailable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { SENTRY_PROJECT_SLUG_ANNOTATION } from './useProjectSlug';
+
+/**
+ * @public
+ * Checks to see if sentry is available
+ */
+export const isSentryAvailable = (entity: Entity) =>
+  Boolean(entity.metadata.annotations?.[SENTRY_PROJECT_SLUG_ANNOTATION]);