diff --git a/cardano-api/internal/Cardano/Api/Certificate.hs b/cardano-api/internal/Cardano/Api/Certificate.hs
index b31ab1113..5024a933d 100644
--- a/cardano-api/internal/Cardano/Api/Certificate.hs
+++ b/cardano-api/internal/Cardano/Api/Certificate.hs
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ module Cardano.Api.Certificate
     -- * Internal functions
   , filterUnRegCreds
   , filterUnRegDRepCreds
+  , isDRepRegOrUpdateCert
   )
 where
 
@@ -793,3 +794,16 @@ getAnchorDataFromCertificate c =
             , Ledger.anchorDataHash = Ledger.unsafeMakeSafeHash hash
             }
         )
+
+-- | Returns `True` if the certificate is a DRep registration or update certificate,
+-- otherwise `False`. This is to see if the certificate needs to be compliant with
+-- CIP-0119.
+isDRepRegOrUpdateCert :: Certificate era -> Bool
+isDRepRegOrUpdateCert = \case
+  ShelleyRelatedCertificate _ _ -> False
+  ConwayCertificate ceo ccert ->
+    conwayEraOnwardsConstraints ceo $
+      case ccert of
+        Ledger.RegDRepTxCert{} -> True
+        Ledger.UpdateDRepTxCert{} -> True
+        _ -> False
diff --git a/cardano-api/src/Cardano/Api.hs b/cardano-api/src/Cardano/Api.hs
index 6cd53753c..f499ecc49 100644
--- a/cardano-api/src/Cardano/Api.hs
+++ b/cardano-api/src/Cardano/Api.hs
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ module Cardano.Api
     -- ** Anchor data
   , AnchorDataFromCertificateError (..)
   , getAnchorDataFromCertificate
+  , isDRepRegOrUpdateCert
 
     -- * Rewards
   , DelegationsAndRewards (..)