diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/xhtml/XhtmlNode.java b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/xhtml/XhtmlNode.java
index 5077dfbf0..da2d21864 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/xhtml/XhtmlNode.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/xhtml/XhtmlNode.java
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ import org.hl7.fhir.utilities.Utilities;
 
 import ca.uhn.fhir.model.primitive.XhtmlDt;
 
+import static org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.isNotBlank;
+
 @ca.uhn.fhir.model.api.annotation.DatatypeDef(name="xhtml")
 public class XhtmlNode implements IBaseXhtml {
   private static final long serialVersionUID = -4362547161441436492L;
@@ -423,6 +425,10 @@ public class XhtmlNode implements IBaseXhtml {
     return getValueAsString();
   }
 
+  public boolean hasValue() {
+    return isNotBlank(getValueAsString());
+  }
+
   @Override
   public XhtmlNode setValue(String theValue) throws IllegalArgumentException {
     setValueAsString(theValue);