diff --git a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/BrokerView.java b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/BrokerView.java
index b2321ff6e1..9dd45df515 100755
--- a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/BrokerView.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/BrokerView.java
@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ public class BrokerView implements BrokerViewMBean {
     public boolean isPersistent() {
         return brokerService.isPersistent();
     }
+    
+    public boolean isSlave() {
+        return brokerService.isSlave();
+    }
 
     public void terminateJVM(int exitCode) {
         System.exit(exitCode);
diff --git a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/BrokerViewMBean.java b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/BrokerViewMBean.java
index 6589489aa5..c0e21b0b0a 100755
--- a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/BrokerViewMBean.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/BrokerViewMBean.java
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ public interface BrokerViewMBean extends Service {
     void setTempLimit(long limit);
     
     boolean isPersistent();
+    
+    boolean isSlave();
 
     /**
      * Shuts down the JVM.
diff --git a/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/MBeanTest.java b/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/MBeanTest.java
index 846c2d8099..be0c99cd42 100644
--- a/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/MBeanTest.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/MBeanTest.java
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ public class MBeanTest extends EmbeddedBrokerTestSupport {
         ObjectName brokerName = assertRegisteredObjectName(domain + ":Type=Broker,BrokerName=localhost");
         BrokerViewMBean broker = (BrokerViewMBean)MBeanServerInvocationHandler.newProxyInstance(mbeanServer, brokerName, BrokerViewMBean.class, true);
 
+        assertTrue("broker is not a slave", !broker.isSlave());
         // create 2 topics
         broker.addTopic(getDestinationString() + "1");
         broker.addTopic(getDestinationString() + "2");