diff --git a/kdump-lib.sh b/kdump-lib.sh
index c2f9c0e..6511c4b 100755
--- a/kdump-lib.sh
+++ b/kdump-lib.sh
@@ -331,6 +331,11 @@ kdump_get_persistent_dev() {
     echo $(get_persistent_dev "$dev")
 }
 
+is_atomic()
+{
+    grep -q "ostree" /proc/cmdline
+}
+
 is_ipv6_address()
 {
     echo $1 | grep -q ":"