diff --git a/src/libcalamaresui/modulesystem/Module.h b/src/libcalamaresui/modulesystem/Module.h
index 896d3b597..ae9379859 100644
--- a/src/libcalamaresui/modulesystem/Module.h
+++ b/src/libcalamaresui/modulesystem/Module.h
@@ -155,6 +155,17 @@ public:
      */
     virtual void loadSelf() = 0;
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Is this an emergency module?
+     *
+     * An emergency module is run even if an error occurs
+     * which would terminate Calamares earlier in the same
+     * *exec* block. Emergency modules in later exec blocks
+     * are not run (in the common case where there is only
+     * one exec block, this doesn't really matter).
+     */
+    bool isEmergency() const { return m_emergency; }
+
     /**
      * @brief jobs returns any jobs exposed by this module.
      * @return a list of jobs (can be empty).
@@ -176,11 +187,14 @@ protected:
 
 private:
     void loadConfigurationFile( const QString& configFileName ); //throws YAML::Exception
+
     QString m_name;
     QStringList m_requiredModules;
     QString m_directory;
     QString m_instanceId;
 
+    bool m_emergency;
+
     friend void ::operator>>( const QVariantMap& moduleDescriptor,
                               Calamares::Module* m );
 };