diff --git a/src/fsfw/osal/linux/CommandExecutor.cpp b/src/fsfw/osal/linux/CommandExecutor.cpp
index bd23f97d..3ec9b982 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/osal/linux/CommandExecutor.cpp
+++ b/src/fsfw/osal/linux/CommandExecutor.cpp
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ int CommandExecutor::getLastError() const {
     return this->lastError;
 }
 
+CommandExecutor::States CommandExecutor::getCurrentState() const {
+    return state;
+}
+
 ReturnValue_t CommandExecutor::executeBlocking() {
     while(fgets(readVec.data(), readVec.size(), currentCmdFile) != nullptr) {
         std::string output(readVec.data());
diff --git a/src/fsfw/osal/linux/CommandExecutor.h b/src/fsfw/osal/linux/CommandExecutor.h
index 2810b67d..21876c6f 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/osal/linux/CommandExecutor.h
+++ b/src/fsfw/osal/linux/CommandExecutor.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ public:
      */
     ReturnValue_t close();
 
+    States getCurrentState() const;
     int getLastError() const;
     void printLastError(std::string funcName) const;